Welcome to Green Space. The climate crisis is the most significant threat to humanity we have ever faced. It is already impacting the lives, economies and neighbourhoods of millions of people globally and is the defining social justice issue of our time. It is increasingly recognised internationally that schools need to be at the forefront of responding to climate change, both in the way that they model sustainability, but also develop ‘climate literacy’ across all phases and subjects.  

Having heard leading practitioners and their pupils reflect personally on their journey with climate education, on this year’s Green Space Day (24 April), trainees are required to work collaboratively to create learning plans themselves. This reflects the urgency of the challenge, and my hope is that the resulting plans will be shared here and used in schools soon. The website is stocked with a very wide range of current resources to support trainees in meeting their brief, as well develop teaching materials longer term. 

I hope that you will seize this opportunity for exploration and apply your creativity to create new learning that will move your pupils from a place of eco-anxiety to positive eco-engagement.

Jake Lever 

Assistant Professor