Headteacher Update Podcast: Environmental work and carbon reduction in primary schools

This episode looks at environmental work across the primary school, including how we can reduce our carbon emissions and integrate climate education into the curriculum. We look at where school leaders can begin when it comes to reducing carbon emissions across the primary school, including creating a Climate Action Plan and ideas for some quick wins. Our guests include experts from the National Education Nature Park and Let's Go Zero as well as a primary school doing amazing work in this area. We look at how we can engage pupils in this work without worrying or scaring them about the dangers of climate change. We ask how we can create an effective and engaging climate education. We also discuss ways to mitigate the impact of climate change in our schools. Throughout the episode our guests signpost to useful resources, initiatives and tools that schools can tap into to support this work, including educational resources. We also ask what support, grants and resources are out there for schools.