Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Enhancing biodiversity

Improve your green spaces and local environment to create thriving habitats for local wildlife and cleaner air for your setting.

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Milestones are key actions that enable you to complete your aims. You can also use them as points to share and celebrate your progress.

Complete a biodiversity assessment

Identify the variety of plant and animal species in and around your setting. This will enable you to plan actions you can take to improve the biodiversity of your setting.

MilestoneLow costRepeat action

Identify and monitor key biodiversity indicators

Use the results of your biodiversity assessment to identify specific plants, animals, or other ecological factors that you can use to monitor overall biodiversity health in and around your setting.

Low costLong term action

Arrange biodiversity training for your estates and site staff

Biodiversity training should help your estates and site staff carry out, understand and interpret biodiversity survey and assessment activities. This will enable them to identify quick wins and ultimately lead to more effective management of onsite and local ecosystems.

One off action

Set some short term biodiversity aims

Use the results of your biodiversity assessment to identify some short term goals to improve the biodiversity in and around your setting.

Low costOne off action

Engage your estates and site management in biodiversity initiatives

Create collaboration opportunities with the people responsible for maintaining your setting's site and green space.

Low costRepeat action