Sustainable Schools

Exploring climate change education and action in schools, with Pupils Profit, Tree Council, Let’s Go Zero & Earth Cubs.

In this special schools-themed episode of the Carbon Copy Podcast, we revisit conversations recorded during the Running Out of Time climate relay, with four amazing organisations helping to provide climate change education to children, young people and teachers, and helping schools to take action for climate and nature as part of the curriculum. We meet Lizzie Gimblett, founder of Pupils Profit, which helps children to set up and manage eco-refill shops at their schools; Richard Pollard of the Tree Council who works to embed learning about nature into classrooms and education settings; Jo Pettifer of the Ashden-led Let’s Go Zero programme and Michelle Parkes of Earth Cubs who provide climate change and sustainability education to very young children. 

Listen to hear: 

• How children are helping spread the word about reuse to their families by running Pupils Profit refill shops at school. 

• About the many different ways the Tree Council is connecting children with trees and nature in education settings. 

• How Ashden’s Let’s Go Zero programme is providing climate change education and helping schools to reduce their emissions – whatever stage they are at on their climate journey. 

• How Earth Cubs is using fun cartoon characters to teach young children about the environment and the actions they can take. 

Show Notes 

• Read more about Pupils Profit on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/pupils-profit  

• Read more about the Tree Council’s Young Tree Champions programme: https://youngtreechampions.org/  

• Find out about signing your school up to Let’s Go Zero: https://letsgozero.org/join/  

• Read more about Earth Cubs on Carbon Copy: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives/earth-cubs  

• Discover a thousand big-thinking local projects for you to copy and adapt in your own area: https://carboncopy.eco/initiatives  

• Learn about different actions you can take with your school and in your community: https://carboncopy.eco/community 

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