Shropshire Climate Action
Resources for schools
& youth groups
Schools, youth clubs, Scouts and Guides groups play a vital role in educating young people about the climate crisis, sustainability and active travel and showing how they can be part of the solution.
Generation Zero Carbon Shropshire - a group of young adults aged 16-30 living in Shropshire during the covid pandemic who were affiliated to Zero Carbon Shropshire - and Deborah Murphy, a former deputy head teacher, created many of the resources on this page. They wanted to ensure Shropshire’s younger citizens have a voice in the ongoing debate about carbon emissions.
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Resources have also been provided by the Teach The Future campaign which aims to reform the UK education system around the issues of climate justice, the natural world, and sustainability.
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Let's Go Zero - a national campaign uniting teachers, pupils, parents and their schools to become zero carbon by 2030 - also provides support to schools. You can book one of their Climate Action Advisors to give free and tailored advice to help green school buildings, transport, menus and more.
Watch this video
Young people from Generation Zero Carbon Shropshire created this video for Key Stage 3 students. Listen to what they have to say about the climate crisis and what young people in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin can do about it.
Key Stage 3
sustainability resources
These sustainability resources for schools were designed by Generation Zero Carbon Shropshire and former deputy head teacher Deborah Murphy to be used for stand-alone sessions with KS3 students.
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​This material is intended to launch discussion about the climate crisis, sustainability and the goal of zero carbon emissions in Shropshire by 2030.
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This lesson will suit a range of settings including:
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PHSCE, Citizenship
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English - extend into persuasive letter writing
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Flexible Learning Days
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Catch up Literacy sessions
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Youth Club, Scouts, Guides, youth group sessions.​
Click the orange links to download the resources which include:
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the video above - suitable for assemblies, tutorial time, break times etc.
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lesson plan for a stand-alone lesson that can be adapted to meet specific needs. Activities can be stretched to allow deeper exploration if required
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powerpoint presentation to accompany the lesson plan
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What can I do now poster
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letter template for a school action plan to email to Shropshire Climate Action via: contact@shropshireclimateaction.org
Active Travel to School
For more information about the support available to schools to encourage their pupils to walk and cycle to school see our page on Active Travel
(scroll to the bottom of the page)