Affiliate Projects
The UK’s education sector can become a world leader in climate change
The Net Zero Accelerator Programme Pathfinder has been developed to help achieve this aim, alongside a number of other projects, including:
Let’s Go Zero
Let’s Go Zero 2030 is an inspiring national campaign aimed at empowering schools to take charge of their environmental impact and achieve zero carbon emissions by the year 2030. By working together, schools, parents, and pupils can create healthier, more sustainable learning environments and ensure a better future for everyone.
Launched by the climate action charity Ashden, Let’s Go Zero 2030 brings together schools across the UK with one bold goal: reaching zero carbon by 2030.
National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Awards
The National Education Nature Park and Climate Action Awards empower children and young people to make a positive difference to both their own and nature's future.
A partnership, led by Esri UK and the Natural History Museum, working with the Royal Horticultural Society, the Royal Society, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Learning through Landscapes, Manchester Metropolitan University and additional supporting partners, work with the education sector to help them to map, manage and enhance all the land across the education estate, creating one, vast, virtual, nature park.
Sustainability Support for Education
Sustainability Support for Education is a free online service that supports education settings to get started or make progress on sustainability. It helps settings to identify the strategic next steps that are right for them, and links to trusted resources to help implement those steps. This service is designed to inform development of your climate action plan.
Climate Ambassadors
The Climate Ambassadors scheme exists to provide free expertise and support to nurseries, schools and colleges to develop and deliver impactful climate action plans.
Led by University of Reading and EAUC working with nine regional delivery hubs across England (Newcastle University, University of Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan University, Universities for Nottingham, Keele University, UEA, UCL and The Met Office), STEM Learning and Change Agents UK.
Climate Ambassadors are trained volunteers from across the private, public, charity and university sectors, providing education settings with free, tailored guidance to progress impactful climate action plans, wherever they are on their sustainability journey.
