Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Engage your community in climate education

Engage your learners, parents and wider staff in climate education. Ask learners and parents to calculate their carbon footprint to get them engaged in your activities and teach them about emissions.

Have your learners calculate their personal carbon footprint

Your personal carbon footprint means the total amount of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, that a person produces through their daily activities.

Low costRepeat action

Have your learners calculate their personal overshoot day

A personal overshoot day is the date when a person's resource consumption for the year would exceed what the Earth can sustainably provide.

Low costRepeat action

Engage parents in climate education initiatives

Communicate with parents about climate education initiatives in your setting. Explain how they can support their child's participation or get involved themselves.

Low costLong term action

Identify opportunities for your estates team to support on teaching and learning

Find ways for your setting's estates and facilities staff to contribute to sustainability and climate education.

Low costLong term action

Integrate climate education into learning

Include topics related to climate change, the environment and sustainability in the daily lessons or activities at your setting.

MilestoneLong term action