Blog
February 23, 2023
Sarah Dukes, a teacher at The Chase School, discusses how she is embedding sustainability and climate education into her teaching.
February 17, 2023
Teach the Future are excited to announce the latest addition to the Curriculum for a Changing Climate: Tracked Changes review of the national curriculum for England, with reports now complete for the English and Modern Foreign Language (MFL) curricula for KS3 and KS4. The updated curricula for English and MFL highlight the range of opportunities for climate change and sustainability to be integrated into these subjects throughout secondary school.
January 26, 2023
Two days ago, on Tuesday 24th January 2023, alongside a group of other Teach the Future volunteers, I visited parliament to host a drop-in briefing for MPs as our Climate Education Bill was being presented in parliament by Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East.
December 2, 2022
We’re taking part in the BigGive’s #ChristmasChallenge2022 with an aim to fundraise £4,400. This is what we have been up to and have planned for 2023.
December 1, 2022
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a Teach the Future (TTF) volunteer? If you would like to support our campaign then becoming a volunteer is one of the best things you can do. In this short blog you can find out what volunteering with us is like.
November 13, 2022
After only 44 days in office, Liz Truss resigned as Prime Minister of the UK following multiple failures and controversies. Her successor, Rishi Sunak, seems to have a more sympathetic approach to environmental issues, but what will his premiership mean for climate justice in the UK? His indecisiveness regarding his attendance of COP27 would suggest that he is still not prioritising the issue highly enough.
October 16, 2022
Young people today seem far more able to talk about and understand mental health than the generations before them. This is undoubtedly a good thing as both an open dialogue and compassionate outlook are essential for addressing the growing mental health crisis among young people. However, it seems that despite this growing conversation there is still a belief that self-care is somehow selfish and a waste of time. In this short blog I want to talk about why this idea is a myth and that actually, as young activists, self-care is one of the biggest acts of defiance that you can take part in.
October 6, 2022
Olivia Marshall is a 15 year old climate activist from Nottingham. Liv was kind enough to speak at our Teach In event in August and here we have posted a copy of her speech for you all to read!
October 2, 2022
Olivia Marshall, a 15-year-old climate activist has written a guest blog about the great work of the Nottingham Climate Assembly and the manifesto they have written.
September 25, 2022
Matt Carmichael is a Climate Commissioner and sixth form teacher who attended our August Teach-In. He spoke about the importance of the Arts and Humanities in climate education. The following post is a transcription of his wonderful, thought-provoking speech.
September 18, 2022
This summer saw a wave of rail strikes throughout the UK. As unions have been disputing with both the government and train companies over issues such as pay and job losses, wider flaws with the UK’s railway system have been highlighted. A good rail system is crucial to meeting Britain's emissions targets yet the nation's railways, and the workers who operate them, have been neglected for decades.
September 17, 2022
Teach the Future are really excited to announce the launch of Curriculum for a Changing Climate: track changes review of the national curriculum for England.