Sustainability and Eco-Leads

What is an Eco-Lead?

The Sustainability or Eco-Lead is an incredibly valuable role in a nursery, school or college. The DfE Climate Change and Sustainability Strategy sets out that all education settings should have a Sustainability (Eco) Lead and a Climate Action Plan by 2025. 

Over 70% of all Waltham Forest nurseries, schools and colleges have designated Eco-Leads. They can be teachers or non-teaching staff who are enthusiastic about the role schools can play in creating a flourishing future and are able to be the point of contact for climate change and related learning at their school.

You can find an example Sustainability Lead role description here on The Hub's Climate Action Toolkit.

We know one voice is not enough to sustainably drive enthusiasm and build expertise in climate change education so we strongly recommend that schools, depending on their size, have more than one Eco-Lead. 

• A Eco-Lead who coordinates the student Eco-Committee and other school-wide climate action,
• A Sustainability Curriculum Lead to ensure that all students are receiving a structured education for the future.

If you are the Eco-Lead for your school, or looking for advice about becoming an Eco-Lead you can email thehive@walthamforest.gov.uk

• To find out more about sustainability and climate action outreach provided by The Hive and LBWF
• To be listed as an Eco-Lead
• To be signposted to resources on specific subjects and action areas
• For support making the case for Eco-Leads to your Senior Leadership Team