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Autumn Budget: £1.4bn investment in school rebuilding

Autumn Budget: £1.4bn investment in school rebuilding

Teach the Future and Let's Go Zero

October 28, 2024

This £1.4bn investment in school rebuilding is a step in the right direction but it only scrapes the surface.

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How our asks align with the Curriculum & Assessment Review

How our asks align with the Curriculum & Assessment Review

Teach the Future

October 28, 2024

We have looked at what the Government's Curriculum and Assessment Review sets out to deliver and shared how our campaign asks align.

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"Incredibly exciting and inspiring": a volunteer experience of our parliamentary reception

"Incredibly exciting and inspiring": a volunteer experience of our parliamentary reception

Cat and Enfys

October 22, 2024

Volunteers, Cat and Enfys, share their experience of attending our parliamentary reception

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100 days under the new Labour Government

100 days under the new Labour Government

Liv

October 12, 2024

This weekend marked 100 days into this new government and it’s clearer than ever, Labour must invest into school decarbonisation and climate education if they’re serious about reaching net zero.

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Storytelling for Climate and Nature Education - A Positive Story from Across the Pond

Storytelling for Climate and Nature Education - A Positive Story from Across the Pond

Freddie Emms

October 4, 2024

We've been sharing the stories about the lack of climate and nature education experienced by our community - but it's not all doom and gloom. Paige, from New Jersey, tells us about her positive experience with integrated, solutions-focused climate education.

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Climate Fiction For A Better Future- Finlay McIlwraith

Climate Fiction For A Better Future- Finlay McIlwraith

Finlay McIlwraith

September 11, 2024

A huge part of climate activism is having hope for the future. In this story set in Edinburgh, Scotland throughout the next century, Finlay McIlwraith tells a hopeful but realistic story of liberation. This story and artwork was originally published as a winner in Climate Vanguard's Climate Futures Competition:

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Our Collective Failure to Deliver Climate and Ecological Education

Our Collective Failure to Deliver Climate and Ecological Education

Sue James

September 10, 2024

Sue James, from Teach the Future's Adult Advisory Board, shares an essay on the impacts of the education system failing to inform us of the climate and nature crisis, and our role within it.

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Water scarcity: are we talking about it enough in schools?

Water scarcity: are we talking about it enough in schools?

Joel Taylor

September 4, 2024

Water is essential for life on Earth, yet scarcity of this precious resource is a growing global concern that threatens ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide. Despite its importance, the question arises: are we adequately educating our students about this pressing issue in schools? 

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Progress Report: How Well Has the Government Delivered, 56 Days into Office?

Progress Report: How Well Has the Government Delivered, 56 Days into Office?

Angelica Ngai

August 31, 2024

With the summer coming to an end, students are getting back to school…but are politicians getting back to work? 56 days have passed since the Labour government took office, bringing with it a set of ambitious climate promises. So, how much progress has been made on these commitments so far?

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Protest as a Purpose

Protest as a Purpose

Nico King

August 23, 2024

Everyone deserves the chance to speak or act for what they believe is right, but the visible youth action population is largely one of a privileged background. Activism is so much more than walking through the capital city, speaking at a rally, or retweeting petitions and messages online - it gives people meaning. All young people should be supported to take part in activism, in whatever capacity is safe for them, especially in such a turbulent, changing world.

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GCSE Geography students let down by outdated textbooks teaching inaccurate climate science

GCSE Geography students let down by outdated textbooks teaching inaccurate climate science

Teach the Future

August 22, 2024

New findings demonstrate the current curriculum contains severely out-of-date science and therefore risks misleading young people about the climate emergency.

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A-Level Results: Students vs the Curriculum

A-Level Results: Students vs the Curriculum

Freddie Emms

August 15, 2024

Today thousands of students across the country are receiving their A-Level results, and we couldn't be more proud of them. But, while our students are succeeding and putting their all into their education, the national curriculum isn't working as hard and is instead doing our students an injustice by omitting climate and nature education.