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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.

Wellbeing

Staff and learners of all ages are experiencing climate anxiety as a result of the climate crisis. Using outdoor learning can help address this anxiety and increase their resilience.

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

Promote the benefits of using outdoor learning spaces to your stakeholders

Communicate with parents, children and young people, governors and trustees about how outdoor learning can enhance teaching and development. You can also seek their feedback and address any concerns they may have.

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Introduce outdoor activities as part of learning

Embedding outdoor activities into current learning practices enhances the learning experience of young people at your setting.

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Establish a regular climate anxiety survey

Routinely ask your community about their feelings and worries regarding climate change. This will help you develop strategies to support them.

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Develop a plan for addressing climate anxiety

Where applicable, map out how your setting is going to acknowledge and help address the effects of climate anxiety within your school body.

Long term action
Arrange climate anxiety training for all staff

It’s important to provide climate anxiety training to staff to address the growing mental health effects associated with climate change amongst learners. Training helps staff recognise and support learners experiencing climate-related stress, promoting emotional resilience.

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