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Climate Action at The Hive
Climate and sustainability education is critical in helping young people understand the impacts of climate change, encouraging healthy attitudes and behaviours, and developing competencies and leadership skills that are vital for a sustainable future.
All the programmes listed below, for students and teachers, are designed to embed and embolden climate action.
Schools & Colleges Climate Charter
This ambitious document draws together sustainability learning, decarbonising and a culture of caring for the planet. It is designed to support schools in creating a climate action plan wherever they are on their sustainability journey.
Download the Charter
An accompanying Climate Action Toolkit which reflects the structure of the Charter hosted on The Hub.
Visit the Climate Action Toolkit
Contact our Climate Action Outreach Coordinator Poppy Flint to find out more about climate learning support for Waltham Forest schools and colleges.
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Waltham Forest Schools and Colleges Climate Charter
Read about the Climate CharterAll schools and colleges can sign up to show their commitment to climate action and make use of the charter wherever they are on their sustainability journey.
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Climate Leadership Programme
Click to find out more about the Climate Leadership ProgrammeYoung people living or attending school in Waltham Forest can join this programme to develop their skills and confidence to act on the issues that matter most to them.
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Sustainability / Eco-leads Role
Read about Eco-LeadsFind out about how an Eco-Lead can inspire climate learning and action, and sign up for The Hive's half-termly Eco-News for Schools.
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Climate Confidence for Teachers
Read more on Teacher TrainingThe Hive has developed a 1- day climate literacy and action training course to enable teachers to embed sustainability into their lesson and to turn this anxiety into knowledge and action.
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Carbon Literacy Training
Read more about Carbon LiteracyCarbon Literacy provides learners with a clear understanding and ‘an awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.’
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The Big Climate Conservation
Find out more about the Big Climate ConversationWaltham Forest Council is putting local young people at the heart of the borough’s response to the climate and ecological emergency, enabling them to be heard and informed about Waltham Forest’s Climate Action Plan.
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Climate Action Initiatives and Training
Be Inspired by Climate InitiativesFind programmes to involve the whole school, opportunities for passionate students to have leadership experience, school related climate action campaigns and resources for teachers to develop their awareness and skills in this area.
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Climate Teaching Resources
Discover Great Teaching ResourcesThere is a huge range of sustainability related teaching resources and schemes of work out there.
These resources are carefully selected and listed by theme with recommended key stage and subject links.
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Count Your Carbon
Start Counting Your CarbonEco-Schools have built this Carbon Footprint Calculator in collaboration with nurseries, schools and colleges. An essential starting point for reducing your schools carbon emissions.
I think the opportunity for children to come up to The Hive and actually learn about sustainability and take it home to their parents is amazing.
I would like to thank the colleagues who nominated me for the award, especially as I feel that at The Hive we work very much as a team, with everyone playing their part in ensuring that we provide fantastic environmental and climate action learning for young people and families. I feel that the award is recognition of the work that has been taking place at Suntrap, (now The Hive) over the past 55 years to provide high quality education for residents; in the environment, about the environment and for the environment. I am retiring at the end of March, but am proud and grateful to have worked with so many people, over many years, who are passionate about caring for the environment and who share that passion with local residents and especially young people. With the recent publication of the borough’s Climate Action Plan, The Hive will support Waltham Forest to achieve the goal of reaching net zero by 2030; continuing to provide residents with a better understanding and connection with the natural world which in turn supports them to develop as active citizens for a sustainable future.