|
Doorways Podcast
|
#less is more
|
reflecting on the past, engaging in the present and dreaming of better days to come
|
Episode 4: Let's Go Zero 2030
With Martin Crabbe |
|
Welcome to the fourth episode of Doorways to Sustainable Schools - a podcast aimed to support London schools to engage in London Climate Action Week 14th-22nd November 2020.
In this episode, Martin introduces us to an exciting new project called Let's Go Zero 2030 which will be launched in November 2020 at the Youth Climate Summit. This national project aims to get UK schools to become net zero by 2030. The project has been developed by Ashden but it is explicitly collaborative. Ashden have already started working with an impressive group of people including Global Action Plan, Ecoschools, Fairtrade, WWF, Sustrans, Soil Association, UKSCN, Salix and Carbon Trust.
Martin gives an overview of Let's Go Zero 2030 and then offers some perspectives. In the final part of the podcast Martin discusses how Proyecto Peru, a project in his own school, will participate in Let's Go Zero and provide case study evidence to the Youth Climate Summit. As part of this, Martin discusses a school food project based on circular economy principles that he has started working on with Martin Morales.
During the podcast Martin mentioned a report by the London Mayor on London schools climate adaptation. The report has now been published and can be found here: How London schools and early years settings can adapt to climate change.
Martin also mentions a charity he is working with at school called Project Peru.
At the end of the episode, Martin shares not one but 37 free lesson plans (climate actions), suitable for a range of age groups, to help you engage in London Climate Action Week.
Martin's recommendations: Safety first, fun second, learning third
1. Safety - do your best to make your school more climate resilient (see Mayor's report above)
2. Fun - try to make lessons fun - the subject is serious but you are more likely to engage people for longer if they enjoy what they are doing
3. Learning - find the approach that you excel in or that interests you the most and start there
Start your school's journey into sustainability:
In this episode, Martin introduces us to an exciting new project called Let's Go Zero 2030 which will be launched in November 2020 at the Youth Climate Summit. This national project aims to get UK schools to become net zero by 2030. The project has been developed by Ashden but it is explicitly collaborative. Ashden have already started working with an impressive group of people including Global Action Plan, Ecoschools, Fairtrade, WWF, Sustrans, Soil Association, UKSCN, Salix and Carbon Trust.
Martin gives an overview of Let's Go Zero 2030 and then offers some perspectives. In the final part of the podcast Martin discusses how Proyecto Peru, a project in his own school, will participate in Let's Go Zero and provide case study evidence to the Youth Climate Summit. As part of this, Martin discusses a school food project based on circular economy principles that he has started working on with Martin Morales.
During the podcast Martin mentioned a report by the London Mayor on London schools climate adaptation. The report has now been published and can be found here: How London schools and early years settings can adapt to climate change.
Martin also mentions a charity he is working with at school called Project Peru.
At the end of the episode, Martin shares not one but 37 free lesson plans (climate actions), suitable for a range of age groups, to help you engage in London Climate Action Week.
Martin's recommendations: Safety first, fun second, learning third
1. Safety - do your best to make your school more climate resilient (see Mayor's report above)
2. Fun - try to make lessons fun - the subject is serious but you are more likely to engage people for longer if they enjoy what they are doing
3. Learning - find the approach that you excel in or that interests you the most and start there
Start your school's journey into sustainability:
- Outdoor Classroom Day
- Eco-Schools
- London National Park City
- Great resources at Transform Our World
|
This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm.
You can subscribe to our Doorways podcast on many of your favourite podcast players. Published on: July 31st, 2020 at 0900 |
