November 2021 - Brighton, United Kingdom 

In Sussex they got 7 million ponds to work on
- carbon literacy (compulsary lessons about climate change and solutions) 
- e- vehicle technology
- land management
- alternative energy
- decarbonisation

Info about the carbon literacy course: 

About heatpumps

England is going to install 27 million heatpomps in 8-12 years. 240.000 nieuw jobs.
And houses has to be renovated. This needs education of teachers and learners. 

At Plumpton college Brighton they have big plans to go into the future.

They want to renovate their whole area in creating more nature and making BREEAM excellent buildings.

Now the climate is changing they started lessons in winery. They have a wine centre.

Additionally, the Kelp Restoration project taking place off the Sussex Coast was introduced to partners as well.

After, partners heard from local authority officials and an elected politician about their collaborative work on sustainability. Brighton & Hove City Council has a Carbon Neutral Programme and local authorities are working together on climate goals in a city-region partnership which has made 10 pledges on the environment ranging from marine conservation to low-carbon heating to decarbonising vehicle fleets.

At the end of 1st day, Chichester College Group (with around 15.000 learners per annum) presented examples of their support to foster sustainability. Examples included tree planting and the creation of green spaces on college campuses, educational programmes, and the aspiration to create a ‘living wall’ in every classroom.



On the 2nd day of PLA, project partners visited Brighton Hove and Sussex Sixth Form College (BHASVIC). Principal, Will Baldwin, gave an overview of the college, talked about piloting the L3

Carbon Literacy project, which teaches the science of climate change, and also provided a tour around the campus.

Their target

Afterward, Sharon Phillips from the Greater Brighton Economic board shared that there is a long tradition of partnership and entrepreneurship in this region. The aim is to work together on innovation and sustainability goals in all sectors. Innovation needs new green skills to be embedded in the work of schools, colleges, and universities as well as in industries.

Next, Philippa Alway from AoC explained that it is needed to make climate and environmental education a compulsory part of college learning and a funded requirement of lifelong learning, including student maintenance costs, which is not an easy task.

After that, Teresa Frith as well from AoC told that the green economy is a very great challenge and like other big problems, it has to be broken down into small pieces. But in order to make changes, it is important to have a lot of people. Additionally, there is a need to
improve the qualification level of students for the future.

(SOS-UK) and UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) which grew out of the National Union of Students. The aim is to get sustainability and climate education embedded throughout the education system, for young people and adults.

Students asked for climate change lessons.