[117] TRANSFORMING EDUCATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF ECO EDUCATION

A Sustainable Life with Jen Gale

Today we’re talking education, specifically eco-education.
For me it feels like schools are a really big part of the jigsaw when it comes to changing hearts and minds, and to educating and empowering us all around the changes that we can make, both individually and collectively. More and more schools are running eco clubs, and hosting Green Days or Green Weeks, but ‘sustainability’ is a huge topic, and there is a very strong argument for making it the mainstay of the curriculum around which all the other topics hang.
But how do we do this?
When schools and teachers are already on their knees after 18months+ of Covid, alongside the ever changing goalposts of Department for Education, and ensuring that our children have those most of vital of all skills - the ability to recognise a fronted adverbial. Nope, no clue here either. And I’ve written two books!
Today’s guest is here to help!
Paul Turner is a geography teacher and education lead at the Ministry of Eco Education – "a collaboration of teachers working together to put sustainability at the heart of education."
Hear all about the project, their ambition to have half of all primary schools on board by 2025, and importantly, how you can persuade the schools you have connections with to get involved.
Enjoy!

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LISTEN...

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CHECK OUT...

• Ministry of Eco Education
  - Website
  - Twitter
  - Webinar - How to put sustainability at the heart of education (25th Oct '21)
• Paul Turner on Twitter
• [098] - Eco Schools (podcast)
• The Sustainable(ish) FB group

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DO...

• Sign up for the webinar on the 25th Oct, or pass on the details to your school
• Ask your school/your children's school/schools in your local area what their plans are for bringing sustainability into the curriculum - the more parents that ask, the more likely the schools are to act!
• Signpost your school to the Ministry of Eco Education website

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Anyone else hugely excited by this?
Let me know in the comments!!

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