Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.
Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.
About Sustainability Support for Education
Sustainability Support for Education enables education settings to start or progress on their sustainability journey. This includes all types of settings from Early Years to Higher Education.
We offer suggested actions paired with quality-assured resources. You can filter these so you only see suggestions that are relevant to your setting - based on your teaching age, priorities, how far you’ve progressed already, estate, and more.
Department for Education Strategic Aims
Sustainability Support for Education is part of a set of projects commissioned by the Department for Education to meet these strategic aims:
Excellence in education and skills for the changing world
Preparing all young people for a world impacted by climate change through learning and practical experience.
Net Zero
Reducing direct and indirect emissions from education and care buildings, driving innovation to meet legislative targets and providing opportunities for children and young people to engage practically in the transition to net zero.
Resilience to climate change
Adapting our education and care buildings and system to prepare for the effects of climate change.
A better environment for future generations
Enhancing biodiversity, improving air quality and increasing access to, and connection with, nature in and around education and care settings.
Get in-person support
Get support from other projects in the Sustainability Support Programme.
Climate Ambassadors help nurseries, schools and colleges in England to develop and implement a climate action plan – a government expectation for all education settings. DBS-checked and trained volunteer Climate Ambassadors are here for every setting, member of staff and learner. They bring enthusiasm, expertise and skills from a range of relevant industries to support early years settings, schools and colleges on their sustainability journey.
Find out more
Contact Climate Ambassadors (this link opens in a new tab).
The National Education Nature Park programme empowers children and young people to make a positive difference to both their own and nature’s future. Go on a journey to connect with nature, get to know your outdoor space and transform your grounds for both people and wildlife. This free programme provides educators with curriculum-linked resources, support and guidance to embed climate and nature into everyday teaching and learning, in a way that suits your setting and learners.
Find out more
National Education Nature Park (this link opens in a new tab)
Working with:
These programmes work alongside Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors to support schools, colleges and nurseries to lower their emissions and become better places to work, learn and play. There’s help to develop a climate action plan and support to access funding for green projects, from solar panels to uniform swap shops. Climate Action Advisors are on hand with practical solutions and ideas tailored to your setting’s needs.
Find out more
Contact Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors (this link opens in a new tab).
Partners
Our sustainability experts make sure our recommendations are effective and suitable for education settings.
Recommendations you can trust
The recommendations on this site are made by sustainability and education experts from our partner organisations. As well as creating our suggested actions, they have quality assured all the resources that accompany them, so you can feel confident using them.
Have you created a resource?
If you have created a resource that could help education settings become more sustainable, you can send it to us and we consider it for inclusion on this site. A resource can be an asset, material, expertise or support system.