Last week, Oxford’s Year 5 and 6 students planted a mini-forest with the support of Protect Earth and their school. Nearly 1,000 saplings now testify to their commitment to climate resilience and biodiversity.

Local councillor Emily Kerr joined the effort, highlighting the importance of empowering communities to drive environmental change.

Click to learn more about their inspiring project - https://www.protect.earth/blog/a-forest-for-the-future-oxford-students-take-climate-action-into-their-hands

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A Forest for the Future: Oxford Students Take Climate Action into Their Hands — Protect Earth

Last weekend, Storm Bert swept across the UK, leaving a trail of damage and chaos in its wake. As communities braced themselves for its arrival, a group of schoolchildren in Oxford showed how local action can offer hope amid the challenges of climate change. With support from their school and Oxford

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Texas rejects science textbooks for explaining climate change

The Texas Board of Education rejected proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that focused too much on the climate crisis.

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The Tyee: In a Climate Crisis, We Need to De-Grow Higher Ed https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/25/Climate-Crisis-Degrow-Higher-Ed/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #HigherEducationinBritishColumbiaandaPlanfortheFuture #post-secondaryeducationevolutionBC #post-secondaryeducationhistoryBC #JohnB.MacdonaldUBCpresident #climatechangeeducation #W.A.C.Bennett #DaveBarrett
In a Climate Crisis, We Need to De-Grow Higher Ed | The Tyee

BC burns and a new school year beckons. Is what we teach is out of step with the times?

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How a New SFU Program Will Prepare You to Fight Climate Change — Equitably | The Tyee

The Climate Action Certificate aims to make socially just climate solutions a reality.

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How a New SFU Program Will Prepare You to Fight Climate Change — Equitably | The Tyee

The Climate Action Certificate aims to make socially just climate solutions a reality.

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“The narrow conceptualisation of #homeowners as ‘rational actors’ has resulted in simplistic policies that target (yet still have not solved) financial challenges around retrofit, with little consideration of wider contextual challenges.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629622004194 #UK #UnitedKingdom #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeEducation #ClimateChangePolicies #EnergyEfficiency

Food waste is responsible for twice as much #greenhouse gas emissions as transportation?!

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How Central Ohio Got People to Eat Their Leftovers https://nyti.ms/3WEnZWK

How Central Ohio Got People to Eat Their Leftovers

The average U.S. household wastes nearly a third of the food it buys. This community is nudging its residents to change their habits.