This section provides additional resource links that may be helpful for Hampshire schools. It includes links to national organisations such as Climate Ambassadors and Lets Go Zero which are funded by the Department for Education. You will also find links to Hampshire County Council departments and centres that offer further guidance and support.
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Situated in Ampfield, just outside Romsey, Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is an arboretum covering 180 acres and accommodating over 42,000 trees and shrubs - most notably an almost unparalleled collection of oaks, camellia, magnolia and rhododendron.
Minstead Study Centre offers a tranquil retreat in the heart of the New Forest National Park.
Smart Living is Hampshire County Council's waste prevention initiative, engaging and enabling residents in ways to save money while helping the environment.
We have lots of fantastic and engaging initiatives that are inspiring parents and children across the county to get involved, get active and make travelling to school a lot more fun and safer.
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We're passionate about giving back to our local communities. Part of this involves providing free educational resources to help people learn more about water and what we do.
This links to a Global Dimension curriculum resource which schools can use to begin planning.
Teachers may also wish to talk about children and young people’s ideas on the climate crisis and the impact of them. Here is a link to Greta Thunberg’s speech at the United Nations, which might be very useful for work with older children, particularly in secondary schools.
Use Scratch to learn about our planet and how to protect the environment for future generations.
Click on the following link for a recording of Greta, the Dalai Lama and other leading scientists as they discuss the current climate crisis; there are also links on the website to five short films on climate feedback loops which are suitable to use with secondary age students.
The climate crisis is here; the nature crisis is here. Our education systems need to respond. To do this, they need to change. Through Global Action Plan Education we are driving these changes. But we do not do this alone. We organise. We collaborate. We activate.
The climate outreach website is packed with resources, videos and blogs which explore the lack of diversity in images of people and nature, the impact this has both on people and on climate engagement, and how we can and must make imagery more inclusive and impactful.
We take a look at whether eating meat is bad for you or the environment and how you can make your diet more sustainable.
The video includes thoughts, ideas and tips from over 30 individuals from across the UK - including teachers, students and representatives from various organisations - culminating in a call to action from Lord Jim Knight, former Minister of State for Schools. It is aimed at secondary schools and sixth-form colleges but some sections will be relevant to primary schools and other educational settings.
BBC Bitesize recently launched The Regenerators, an ambitious new initiative that will educate and inspire children, young people and families to take simple steps to build a greener future. There are online lessons for primary, interactive quizzes as well as tips on how we can all have a more positive impact on the environment.
Launched by Friends of the Earth late last year these key resources offer a free of charge, cross-curricula set of lesson plans that look at climate change through the lens of climate justice and active hope.
Each lesson is matched with objectives in the English and Northern Irish National Curriculum and they’re designed to be downloaded and used off the shelf, either as a set or as individual lessons, according to teacher need. The resources are based on Friends of the Earth’s decades of expertise and campaigning insight, from spearheading the world’s first climate change legislation to supporting impactful grassroots action. They also respond to the issue of eco-anxiety, providing activities and exercises to support pupils and teachers to navigate these difficult, emotional issues.
This technology has huge potential. The benefits of this type of agriculture and how we source food could be a real factor in contributing to climate change reduction as well as alleviating food poverty. It is a great example of sustainability for us and something that could be scaled so a fabulous case study.
It’s time to tackle plastic pollution! Look at why we need to save our seas, oceans and marine ecosystems from plastic waste and how we can take action.
Make your pupils consider potential solutions to world hunger by using skills such as critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and collaboration.
Help your pupils develop core skills by exploring issues and solutions to protect our climate and environment.
This resource will support you in developing students’ core skills through the study of solar electricity.
Explores the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development and their target on air pollution.