Senior trust leaders and school sustainability leads completed a climate training day as part of Futura’s commitment to take positive action to address the climate emergency.
Over the past year, a project group including members of the executive leadership group, trustees, governors and teachers has been working to develop a Climate and Nature Plan in response to the DfE’s recommendation that all schools have a Climate Action Plan and start to reduce their carbon emissions by 2025.
So that staff understand the importance of this work and are fully committed to Futura’s sustainability agenda, a climate training day was held on September 11th. This event, led by Two Rivers governor and sustainability consultant Paula Malone, gave participants a thorough understanding of the science and causes of climate change and the impacts that we’ll be seeing in Futura schools and their communities. She shared several stories of schools across the UK that had embraced sustainability and decarbonisation projects and presented a range of inspiring solutions and resources for participants to take back to their schools.
Participants committed to an action they would take following the training. There were various pledges, including reducing food waste and using Energy Sparks (Home | Energy Sparks) to increase their school’s energy efficiency.
There will be a follow-up meeting in October where participants can discover how to apply for Carbon Literacy Accreditation (https://carbonliteracy.com/what-on-earth-is-carbon-literacy/), a global recognition that the participant has ‘knowledge and capacity required to create a positive shift in how mankind lives, works and behaves in response to climate change’.
