🟦 Blue is for Climate Ambassadors

🟪 Purple is for anyone

⬜️ White is general

Now I am able to combine my knowledge of sustainability and education as Sustainability Lead for a large FE college. Here, I support teaching staff to embed sustainability principles into the different curriculum areas, and collaborate with support teams to improve the college’s ecological impact.

As a Climate Ambassador, I am pleased to support other institutions in adopting a climate-conscious approach to education.

Being a Climate Ambassador has given Rowan the opportunity to widen their offer to schools by providing them with extra support with their Climate Action Plans and related actions. Rowan says “The scheme has a phenomenal amount of support resources available, which is brilliant. Although Climate Action Plans are expected by the Department for Education, they need now to be mandated, since some schools quite rightly have higher short term priorities, even though through engaging with Climate Ambassadors they will become more economically sustainable too”.   

Rowan sees their role as a Climate Ambassador as allowing them to use their ‘superpower of influence’. It gives them the feeling they are doing something meaningful for the future, their daughter’s future and her friends futures. 

“Charley and I started discussing the Climate Action Plan over emails and she also came into school to meet with me. She was really encouraging, knowledgeable and armed with lots of resources.” — Fern Catt, Carr Infant School 

By the end of the school year, their collaboration had resulted in a Climate Action Plan for the school.

For Charley, being a Climate Ambassador has also created powerful links between her studies and her volunteer work: 

“It’s interesting to see the social implementation of my academic knowledge and skills. Last year I completed a project looking at stakeholder involvement in ecology; my role supporting Fern has given me a real-life experience of this.” 
— Charley Clayton, Climate Ambassador 

The Climate Ambassadors scheme offers so much more than volunteering. For students, it’s a chance to: 

• Apply academic learning to real-world projects. 

• Gain training and experience that enhance employability. 

• Engage meaningfully with the local community. 

• Contribute to tackling global challenges at a local level. 

- providing education and Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) opportunities

- protecting the environment and ensuring access to green spaces 

- improving community spaces and saving energy

- helping with the cost of living and supporting employability 

- encouraging physical health and activity 

- supporting mental health and wellbeing

Linking a Governor and their role out side of school to deliver impact

• help people connect with and care for nature in their area

• make a positive difference to the environment

When: Thursday 5^th November 2026

Who : Eco Council representatives and/or eco-conscious students  

Arrival: between 9:00 and 10:00

Departure: Finish at 14.30

More information about STARS can be found here: https://modeshift.org.uk/modeshift-stars/stars-education

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