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January 6, 2022
Recently we’ve told you a lot about Teach the Future’s plans, but this blog is dedicated to how you can get involved with us!
January 2, 2022
Welcome to 2022; we hope that for many of you it’ll be better than 2021. Here at Teach the Future, we’ve got a lot of plans in the works, so read on to hear what’s in store!
December 30, 2021
As 2021 draws to a close and the second reading of our climate education bill draws closer, we thought it would be a good idea to take it back to square one and remind ourselves of why we are working on this campaign in the first place. We reached out to our current volunteers from all across the UK and asked them the question that started it all: Why do we need Climate Education? Here are some of their responses…
December 26, 2021
As 2021 comes to an end and Teach the Future enters its third year, it seems fitting to re-introduce ourselves to everyone new. Despite the pandemic, we’ve had a busy (but COVID-safe) year.
December 23, 2021
Before logging off to enjoy Christmas, we thought we’d use this last opportunity to talk through our Christmas list! Santa, you better be listening!! You may have seen this post on our Instagram page but what do we mean by these? Let’s break it down!
December 19, 2021
Dr Meryl Batchelder is a science teacher at Corbridge Middle School, Northumberland, a UN accredited climate change teacher and a wonderful supporter of our campaign! She has kindly shared with us her piece, 'From COP to Classroom: Teaching in a Climate Crisis' which gives an insight into navigating the world today from the perspective of a teacher. Teachers are our keys to education and are the ones who it falls upon to 'Teach the Future'. We are extremely grateful for all the work they do. Read Dr Meryl Batchelders blog below.
December 16, 2021
The last few months have seen many of us at Teach the Future return to school and university, but that doesn’t mean we’ve been slacking off in our activism. Since October we’ve spoken with major exam boards, supported fellow activists at COP26, dealt with some difficult topics in the campaign, and taken the fight to Westminster.
December 12, 2021
On 23rd November, MP Nadia Whittome introduced our Climate Education Bill into Parliament - here are the highlights
December 2, 2021
At the start of November, the Department for Education announced their new draft strategy plan for climate and sustainability. While it touches on some of our asks, it falls short of what is needed in three key areas from our Teach the Future asks.
November 26, 2021
Climate change will inevitably big a huge part in our children's future, so how do we teach them about it, while still protecting their innocence? On this week's episode of Sky News ClimateCast, host Sarah Hewson is joined by Teach the Future campaigner Scarlett Westbrook, who tells us how she's on her way to changing the school education system to have climate change embedded into the curriculum.
November 26, 2021
This week, the first-ever student-written education bill was presented to UK Parliament. The English Climate Emergency Education Bill was brought forward by 25-year-old Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East and youngest current member of Parliament. 17-year-old Scarlett Westbrook, a prominent youth climate activist and Teach the Future member, was one of the students involved in putting the bill together.
November 25, 2021
A new climate education bill has been called for matters relating to climate change and sustainability to be integrated throughout the curriculum in primary and secondary schools and included in vocational training courses.