We have several ongoing collaborations with partner organisations. On this page, you can find out more about the organisations we partner with and the projects we have undertaken in past and are undertaking now. Each collaboration is different. Email us, let’s discuss how we can help you and develop a collaboration together.
Collaborations:
SEEd advised Solar for Schools on ways schools could make more of their solar panels in the classroom. Solar panels, and the ability to use a renewable energy source, are within the reach of many schools. In the UK and internationally, Solar for Schools is looking to put solar panels on to school roofs. At SEEd we see how solar panels can bring opportunities to link to the curriculum and the campus. We believe that by working with organisations like Solar for Schools we can achieve more and so encourage more schools to embrace a lower carbon future.
If you would like to join and help more schools take advantage of the opportunities, contact Ann Flaherty at Solar Options for Schools on 07946 245 556 or email ann@solarforschools.co.uk.
N.B. for every £50,000 Solar for Schools invests in solar panels on a school in the UK, the school will benefit for between £100,000 and £200,000 in savings and profit share over the first 20 years of the system while saving over 600 tonnes of carbon emissions and helping reduce climate change.
UNESCO has been recognised globally as the lead agency for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). In 2015, SEEd was selected as one of the Key Partners on their Global Action Programme for Education for Sustainable Development. The Global Action Programme is the follow-up to the decade for Education for Sustainable Development which came to an end in December 2014. The programme serves as UNESCO’s main commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly that of quality education for all, and seeks to generate and scale up concrete action on ESD.
SEEd worked in Priority Action Area 2 which focuses on the transformation of learning and training environments to embed a Whole School/Institution approach. Our work with UNESCO involved gathering best practice on whole school approaches as well as looking at the evidence of the impacts of Sustainable Schools. Find out more about Whole School Approaches here.
Wellington College is one of the world’s top co-educational boarding schools with a strong commitment to embedding sustainability into the heart of their campus, curriculum and community. Wellington were the first school to join our Whole School Approach network which we launched at the beginning of 2017. Schools involved in this network received up to four consultation sessions from either a member of the SEEd team or one of our many fellows and advisors, depending on your personal interest and specific areas of need. Our initial work with Wellington began with a full day of environmental events which were organised by students and took place across the whole school.
SEEd partnered with Wellington College to pilot the SEEd Young Changemakers programme offered to students in Year 11 and 12 as compulsory co-curriculum activity. The pilot ran over four consecutive years and is now embedded in the curriculum at Wellington. Find out more about the programme here.
PACTS
PACTS (Politicians Accountable for Climate To Students) is an ongoing collaboration between SEEd, Reboot The Future and The Harmony Project, powered by the Our Shared World coalition. PACTS aims to empower young people to lobby their local MPs and politicians for action on the issues that they care about (for example, climate change and policy). The partnership brings together schools and students with local politicians to encourage open conversations about policy, and to enable young people to hold politicians accountable to agreements they make. Find out more about PACTS, and sign up on its dedicated Our Shared World page.
The Gloucestershire Local Nature Partnership (GLNP) is a collaboration between over 40 organisations. These organisations, including ourselves, work with the GLNP to showcase the importance of embedding nature’s value in local decisions, and providing the environment and environmental sector with a voice in policy, local authorities and environment plans.
The GLNP run a wide range of projects aimed at boosting the value of nature and encouraging local authorities to see its value and importance, from the Local Nature Recovery Strategy and the Nature Recovery Network to implementation of Green Infrastructure. Find out more about the GLNP here and more about their work here.
Hear from Nicola Hillary, Manager of the GLNP about SEEd’s role in the partnership!
The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education
The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education was founded in 1995 by Jaimie P. Cloud and has been a pioneer of Education for Sustainability from its inception.
For over 30 years, the Cloud Institute has been dedicated to developing a shared understanding that schools have a responsibility to contribute to our individual and collective potential, and to that of the living systems upon which all life depends.
Through various programmes and professional learning services, the Cloud Institute transforms schools into learning organizations by creating awareness, fostering commitment and guiding actions toward a healthy, secure and sustainable future for ourselves, and for future generations!
Learn more about the Cloud Institute’s programs and services
Associate Organisations:
University of Essex
University of Gloucestershire
