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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.

Travel

Car or bus, walking or cycling. The methods your staff and learners use to get to and from your setting have an important impact on your emissions.

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

Establish a regular travel survey

Periodically collect information on how your staff, children and young people, visitors and suppliers travel to and from your setting.

MilestoneLow costRepeat action
Raise awareness of active travel

Active travel means incorporating physical activity, such as walking, cycling and scootering, into the journey to and from your setting.

Low costLong term action
Identify opportunities to increase active travel to and from your setting

Identify some simple initial steps you can take. This could include walking buses, bike safety training, setting up staff incentive schemes, and providing active travel facilities such as buggy storage, bike racks and showers.

Repeat action
Create sustainable travel tools for your setting

Develop resources to facilitate walking, cycling, or other sustainable modes of transportation to and from your setting. This might include maps of safe walking routes or information about local cycling paths.

Low costOne off action
Develop a sustainable travel plan

Develop a programme to increase the use of methods like walking, cycling and carpooling, in journeys to and from your setting.

MilestoneLow costLong term action