16 November 2023 09:30 – 15:30
Redesigning Your School To Become More Sustainable
On the 16th November 2023 we hosted our second Sustainable Education Summit, in partnership with Schools of Tomorrow. The event was a unique opportunity for school leaders and their students to work together to create a more sustainable future for their school.
The day brought together school and student leaders to think expansively about what a better, more sustainable future for their schools might look like.
It focused on our attitude of mind, the way we think, the way we behave, the way we do things and the things that matter to us.
The aims of the conference were to:
- Be inspired by the experience of others
- Learn from practical examples of change from within the UK and globally
- Reflect on change in your own context
- Begin to develop a strategy to move your school forward
Read the reflections from the day
Watch the keynote speeches
Inspiration and Ideas for Your School Journey by Alba Brandt
Hope is the Engine of Change by Mickey Gjerris
Find out more
In this video you can meet Alba Brandt, one of our keynote speakers and Malika Dahl who consulted on the event.
See the agenda
Agenda
9:30 Registration and arrival refreshments
10:00 Welcome and intro to the day
10:05 Keynote speaker - Mickey Gjerris – Hope is the engine of change
10:05 Student Activity Part 1 – Sustainable Minds: Harvesting Values for a Greener Future with Alba Brandt, Founder, Green School
11:00 Break
11:15 Keynote speaker – Alba Brandt, Founder, Green School South Africa – Inspiration and Ideas for your School Journey
11:15 Student Activity Part 2 – Unleashing Student Advocacy: Action Design and Reflective Insights
12:15 Lunch
13:00 Virtual Globe from Home
This will take school leaders and students to Bhopal, India where they will meet women and girls who are part of
an organisation called Mahashakti Seva Kendra (MSK). An exciting opportunity to see how passion and a desire to
change peoples lives for the better was shaped into a growing movement and to ask questions, seek advice and
inspiration on how to begin a movement in your own schools and communities.
13:30 Leaving the World in a Better Place. A presentation from Windsor Academy Trust
14:00 Launch of the Climate Change and Sustainability Toolkit – Presented by the Foundation for Education Development
The Change and Sustainability toolkit is for teachers and school leaders who are looking for guidance and
resources to support them in implementing their Climate Change and Sustainability Action Plans. The toolkit
is replete with quality, impactful resources from 50+ content partners organised around the themes of
CURRICULUM, CULTURE, CAREERS, COMMUNITY and CAMPUS.
14:15 Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can. Plenary activity led by
Shaun Mclnerney, Institute of Education, University of Worcester
15:00 Conclusion to the day
15:15 Conference close
Tickets
Schools of Tomorrow/Edge members x 1 free ticket and additional places £95.
Non-member, school leader tickets £135.
Students (primary & secondary) 2 per school free of charge
Please note that a booking fee will apply for all payable tickets.
➤ Speakers
Alba Brandt, Founder, Green School, South Africa
Alba returned to South Africa after her three daughters attended the original Green School in Bali. Alba and her husband Herman decided to establish their own Green School to share “its forward-thinking approach to education with families in their community and beyond”.
In keeping with the Green School network’s focus on sustainability, Green School South Africa offers programs at every level, from kindergarten to grade 12, to help students become “more aware of the world’s environmental challenges and how they can make a difference”.
Mickey Gjerris, Associate Professor in Bioethics at the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen
Mickey holds a Master of Theology and a PhD in bioethics. Since 2004 he has done research and taught on different aspects of the ethical relationship between humans and nature, focusing on areas such as animals, agriculture, biotechnology, climate change and biodiversity.
