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It's Launch Day!

It's Launch Day!

Anna Brown

July 6, 2020

The day is finally here! Today we are launching our Teach the Future Scotland campaign! The Teach the Future England campaign was launched last October and for the last few months, a few of us from Scotland have been working on starting the campaign up here in the north.

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Retraining Revolution

Retraining Revolution

Charlie Sweetman

July 3, 2020

Earlier this week, on Monday 28th June, it has been reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak hasrequested advice from every governmental departmentas to how to best support a "retraining revolution."

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Our response to Gavin Williamson: £1bn is not enough.

Our response to Gavin Williamson: £1bn is not enough.

Joe Brindle

June 29, 2020

Today Zamzam Ibrahim, NUS President, and I have written to Gavin Williamson, the Secretary of State for Education in response to today's announcement of £1bn school rebuilding and retrofitting investment.

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Our calls for school investment have been heard, but more is needed.

Our calls for school investment have been heard, but more is needed.

Joe Brindle

June 29, 2020

Today the government has announced that they plan to invest £1bn into a ten-year school retrofit and rebuilding plan, this comes after Teach the Future has been pushing for a Green Recovery for Education, a similar but significantly more ambitious 10-year retrofit plan.

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53 leading environment and education organisations write to the Chancellor

53 leading environment and education organisations write to the Chancellor

Joe Brindle

June 29, 2020

53 leading environment and education organisations have today written to the Chancellor calling for a Green Recovery for Education.

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A Terrible but Unmissable Opportunity

A Terrible but Unmissable Opportunity

XR Educators

June 28, 2020

The hopes and fears of the last year and a half of activism now seem like a distant memory. Sometimes I struggle to reconnect with those feelings - the urgency and excitement of being on the streets,

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Teach the Future Scotland and our letter to John Swinney

Teach the Future Scotland and our letter to John Swinney

Katie Napier

June 26, 2020

Today we wrote to John Swinney, the cabinet secretary of Education in the Scottish Parliament. We wrote to him asking for a recovery that creates green jobs and improves the mental health of young people.

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1,105 students write to Rishi Sunak calling for Green Recovery for Education

1,105 students write to Rishi Sunak calling for Green Recovery for Education

Joe Brindle

June 17, 2020

Over 1,000 students have signed a letter delivered today to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, stating the case to retrofit the education estate to net-zero as part of our ongoing educational reform campaign.

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Letters to Rishi Sunak and Alok Sharma

Letters to Rishi Sunak and Alok Sharma

Joe Brindle

June 6, 2020

Today Zamzam Ibrahim (NUS President) and I have written to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Alok Sharma, Business Secretary, urging them to make substantial investment into net-zero schools as part of the government's fiscal stimulus plan.

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Why climate change is important: the psychology behind climate change inaction

Why climate change is important: the psychology behind climate change inaction

Serena Murdock

June 4, 2020

My school started hosting an annual Green Week last year - an initiative driven by a biology teacher and a group of students - which got other classmates involved through activities ranging from food waste to fast fashion.

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Adult Advisory Board - information and application form

Adult Advisory Board - information and application form

Jodie Bailey-Ho

June 1, 2020

Over the past two months, our campaign has made a lot of progress. We’ve onboarded over 20 new youth volunteers, employed 6 campaign coordinators, and started a social media page (Follow us @_TeachTheFuture on Twitter!).

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"Young people understand the reality of climate and ecological breakdown, often better than adults "

"Young people understand the reality of climate and ecological breakdown, often better than adults "

Charlie Sweetman

May 26, 2020

This month we have been astonished at the incredible amount of new organisations who want to support Teach the Future so today I thought we could share with you just a handful of snippets of blog posts by some of them!