Carbon Neutral Schools

Eco- Education Business Partnership

How Can We Help You?

Do you know you have a Eco-Education Project Manger in Cornwall?

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This year, Cornwall Council is partnering with Eco-Schools and Let’s Go Zero to enhance your eco-education curriculum and Eco-Clubs. This year we would also like to help decarbonise your school buildings and grounds. Your Eco-Education Project Manager will connect your school with climate advisors who will develop Climate Action Plans for you. Additionally, they will assess your buildings and recommend improvements to reduce carbon emissions and save costs. Please read more about Let's Go Zero in the News section below.

Your advisor will work with headteachers/site managers to develop a school Climate Action Plan tailored to your school's needs. This will address the DfE Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy (2023), which suggests that by the end of 2025 all education settings should have a nominated climate lead and a clear Climate Action Plan in place They will provide guidance on reducing your emissions and outline the necessary steps, followed by connecting you with organisations who may be able to help fund new initiatives.

To learn how Cornwall Council can help, please contact your Eco-Education Project Manager.

She can assist you in the following ways:

• Help you to cut your carbon footprint using the Eco-Schools Cut Your Carbon Calculator.
• Help achieve your Eco-School Accreditation by providing you will an action plan to follow and the resources needed to achieve the award. She may also be able to assist with funding your award.
• Find the right information you need in relation to your eco-education, clubs, and buildings.
• Organise meetings with Council Teams who may be able to assist with your needs, Eco-School managers and Let’s Go Zero climate advisors.
• Networking giving STL/Teachers the opportunity to learn from each other through regular catch up events, in person and online
• Assisting with finding funding for eco-projects.
• Organising workshops offering a variety of workshops to suit your needs.
• Providing regular updates via the newsletter.

Please check out the important links section to learn more about our partnerships.

Cornwall Council is committed to supporting active engagement within schools. By fostering climate and environmental awareness and encouraging hands-on participation, they aim to cultivate a sense of responsibility and stewardship among the younger generation, paving the way for a more climate and nature-conscious future. This crowd funder opportunity is available to schools, and can be matched with funding from the Cornwall Council Nature fund.

Found out more: Cornwall Climate and Nature Fund

To read about one crowd funded project here: Nansloe Nature Garden

Plant a tree with The Woodland trustThe Woodland Trust

We want to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree. So we’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities. Together, we'll get millions more trees in the ground.

Please see The Woodland Trust for more information.

Hayley In Action

Climate Workshops

FREE Climate Change workshops for primary and secondary schools

Do you want to help your students understand climate change in an accessible, enjoyable way? Do you worry about your students suffering climate anxiety? These FREE workshops for students from EYFS to Key Stage 5 could help!

Following a huge demand in the 2023/24 academic year, Cornwall Climate Care, a local charity making documentaries about the impacts of climate change and innovative solutions being used to reduce these, are delighted to extend their offer of free workshops on the effects of climate change on topics such as our oceans, coastal erosion, food systems and, new for 2024/25, energy production.

These workshops increase understanding of the causes of climate change and its effects on the chosen topic, by using interactive activities to make an intimidating topic accessible and fun. They also inspire hope and positivity by demonstrating how anyone can make a difference regardless of their age.

For more information please contact Cornwall Climate Care’s Education Coordinator, Hayley Hill, via hayley@cornwallclimate.org or visit her website – bookings now open for the 2024/25 academic year.