Stories of ingenuity in overcoming barriers to change
by Sarah FrazerSarah Frazer, SEEd's YCM Programme Director, dives into some of the wonderful stories of ingenuity from the Whitley Fund for Nature. The Whitley Fund for [...]
Changing our minds means changing how we feel
By Tom Crompton, Co-founder, Common Cause Foundation Common Cause Foundation has long highlighted the ways in which movements for social and environmental change often rehearse and embed a neoliberal worldview. [...]
SEEd Recommends: Children’s Books for Sustainability and the Environment
We're often asked what books for children covering sustainability and environmental topics we'd recommend, and now Jen Gale (Author of two Sustainable(ish) guides) and Ann Finlayson have made us [...]
The builders of ESD – the real scaffolders!
I find it fascinating how the words and emphasis and even inclusion of education keeps changing. So UNESCO are putting peace education first- it’s no wonder really. But it [...]
SEEd Youth Board members Emily and Keira present a youth perspective on COP28
By Emily Hunt COP28, the 28th annual UN climate meeting, took place in Dubai between 30th November and 12th December 2023. Roughly 200 countries were represented in the discussions, and [...]
Youth Listening Survey shows young people want to learn how they can make a difference
By Dr Katy Wheeler, University of Essex The SEEd Youth Listening Project started in 2018 and is a unique study asking young people aged between [...]
Empowering Young Voices – COP28 Students Declaration
Following reflections, comments and contributions at a Mock COP28 session celebrated in June 2023, Wellington College, Edgbarrow School, Holme Grange School, Charters School, and Wokingham Youth Council have shared [...]
The tide has turned – or so it seems….
There are many indications that teachers are seeing the need to engage in school with sustainability and climate change. And by sustainability I mean environmental, social and economic. Recent [...]
SEEd Young Changemakers launch for secondary schools/colleges in Sept 2023
A hub of six Gloucestershire and Bristol schools/colleges are launching the SEEd Young Changemakers programme at a joined event this September. Some 250 students will begin to identify their [...]
SEEd Young Changemakers 2023 – Perfect Partners!
SEEd has selected over 20 businesses, charities and community organisations of all sizes to bring real life examples of organisations with an environmental and sustainability focus to the participating schools [...]
SEEd at the 13th Festival of Education 2023 at Wellington College
Having designed and hosted the first ever Sustainability Strand at the festival of Education at Wellington College in 2022, SEEd returned this year with our ‘Cabinet of Sustainability Curiosities’ [...]
Secure the foundations then build – why it is a good thing that OFSTED aren’t yet assessing schools on sustainability
By Dr Morgan Phillips, Head of Education and Youth Engagement, Global Action Plan On May 31st, the Department for Education (DfE) will release two new ITT’s for contracts relating to [...]
The transformation of education? – Four desiderata critical to real change
By Stephen Sterling, Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education, University of Plymouth and IAU Senior Fellow This blog was first published as an article in Horizons, vol 27, no 2. pp21-22, [...]
Sparking Sustainability Conversations with Pupils
Beyond COP21 symposium at Rendcomb College We love speaking to young people of all ages to find out what sustainability means to them. This month we spent a day [...]
COP and climate change education: what happened at COP27 and what happens next?
Link to original post: https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2022/11/23/climate-change-education-what-happened-at-cop27-and-what-happens-next/ Dr Kate Greer, Prof. Nicola Walshe Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society Corresponding author: kate.greer@ucl.ac.uk So, [...]
Don’t Do Sustainability
By Brett Girven, Principal at The Arbor School Dubai "Brett contacted me probably 4 or so years ago. The Arbor School in Dubai was newly built and with an environmental [...]
Is carbon offsetting merely a form of greenwashing?
“You may be aware of the current discussion and controversies around ‘greenwashing’. Well we are delighted to post a journalistic piece from a young person, Claudia Goodman, who is an [...]
A New Year – A New Approach
Ann Finlayson, SEEd Executive Chair There is an interesting thread currently on LinkedIn on why Rishi Sunak has said he wants Maths to be compulsory until 18. Thanks Cindy Forde, [...]
The slow road to transforming education
SEEd Director Ann Finlayson takes a look at progress on education for sustainability. It is the year of COP 26, and less than 2 months before COP [...]
What would a meaningful application of the new DfE Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy look like?
Dr Leigh Hoath is an Associate Professor at Leeds Trinity University. She leads Science Education in the Institute of Childhood and Education. The launch of the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate [...]
