Teach the Future

Teach the Future is the UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) and Students Organising for Sustainability - UK (SOS-UK) joint campaign to rapidly repurpose the English education system around the climate crisis and ecological emergency to better prepare young people to mitigate and face the consequences of it.

 Aims 
Teach the Future runs under 6 main asks of the government

 A government commissioned review into how the climate crisis is currently taught in schools
 The inclusion of climate education in teaching standards and qualifications
 The enactment of an English Climate Emergency Education Act
 The establishment of a national climate emergency youth voice grant
 The establishment of a national Youth Climate Endowment Fund
 For all:
 new state-funded educational buildings to be built carbon net-zero by 2020
 existing state-funded educational buildings to be converted to a carbon net-zero grid by 2030

 Progress 
Teach the Future originated as the 2nd demand of the UK Student Climate Network - from which it takes its name. It evolved into a separate campaign group which launched on the 12th November 2019 however it is still supported by UKSCN's School Group Developmental working group and the wider volunteer base.

Teach the Future has garnered support for their English Climate Emergency Education Act through running a parliamentary reception; Nadia Whittome is the campaign parliamentary sponsor and helped them run the aforementioned event to unveil their legislation to the government.

The campaign's work being supported by multiple influential organisations - included the RSPB, British Youth Council, Global Action Plan, National Union of Students and Friends of the Earth.

It has been featured in many articles by national media sources such as The Guardian, BBC Breakfast, DeSmog Blog, the Thomas Reuters Foundation and BBC Radio 5 Live.

 References 

Category:Educational organisations in the United Kingdom
Category:Climate change
Category:Student organizations
Category:Sustainability