Schools in England must have a Sustainability Lead by 2025 Our 'Designing Sustainable Schools' Course supports your Sustainability Lead Helping educators develop meaningful Climate Action Plans (CAP) Aligned to deliver the Department for Education’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy (England). Sign up to the course now! "We've set a target for all education settings to have a sustainability lead and a climate action plan in place by 2025, to embed sustainability in all they do." DfE December 2023 This course has been created to help you navigate a way through the mass of eco-friendly and sustainable suggestions; to find a sensible starting point; or to build on your work to date. Our goal is yours: Creating positive changes across your whole school, to support a greener future. CPD UK accredited course Take effective action! Gain CPD hours and a certificate of completion. Share your successes and challenges in the UK wide forum Learn + share with other Sustainability Leads! “In the end we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught.” Baba Dioum, General Assembly of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, (Valenti & Tavana, 2005). Covering the Department for Education’s five Climate Action Areas: 1) Climate education 2) Green skills and careers 3) Education estate and digital infrastructure 4) Operations and supply chains 5) International PLUS 6) Creating your climate action plan! Ethical and Practical Apply essential knowledge Guided by the values of caring for the earth, people, and the future.. Emphasising the involvement of the entire school community: Leadership, staff, students and their families. "The challenge of climate change is formidable. For children and young people to meet it with determination, and not with despair, we must offer them not just truth, but also hope.. Learners need to know the truth about climate change – through knowledge-rich education. They must also be given the hope that they can be agents of change, through hands-on activity and, as they progress, through guidance and programmes allowing them to pursue a green career pathway in their chosen field." The Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy (2023) Develop the intellectual knowledge + understanding needed to tackle climate change effectively. Learn how to inspire and engage your whole school community in a meaningful way. Find useful lessons, links and activities to optimise action for your students and school community. "Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple." Bill Mollison, co-founder of Permaculture What do you need to know? It's self study and online - with plenty of away from screen time Including a journal and printable worksheets. Its applicable to early years, primary, secondary and colleges. It's minimum 8-20hrs of study - depending on the depth you choose. Who made this course? Made in partnership with educators members of the Permaculture Association. Specialist developers made up of governors, head teachers, primary and secondary teachers, permaculture teachers, early years practitioners and identity specialists. They volunteered their valuable time to see this course into creation, after a education gathering in Essex in 2023. Consultancy Support As part of this course you can get consultancy support from our course creators and experienced designers. At the end of your course, if you choose you need extra support we are on hand to tailor support to you. Our education members have been supporting climate action in schools for 40 years. Learn more about our consultancy An educational charity The Permaculture Association is a membership and educational charity, who have covered the network around this mission to support schools. Our Education Lead has coordinated this project and many others that improve people's quality of life, support systemic change and focus on hopeful action at the community level. Sign up to membership when you registering for this course, supporting further development work. Join as a member Join the course now Contact your school