A game of how many trees can you plant A race to twenty-five or forty Saplings to be nurtured In fields of shrubs and glorious mud
A number of Youth Climate Summit Ambassadors have got their hands dirty with planting trees. In particular, Alexandra set herself a challenge with how many she could plant over the summer holidays, managing around 40 saplings.
Photo credit: Youth Ambassador Alexandra
A school need not be contained within walls Break down barriers, connect with nature And it’s play-ground of plenty
All the rage at the moment are Forest Schools. One example is Fox Wood Forest School in Diss, Norfolk, which has reclaimed 3.6 acres of agricultural land, planting hundreds of saplings and setting up a range of ‘stations’ and play areas from a mud kitchen and potion table to a strider-bike track and a log shelter.
Kit Marie Rackley (they/she) is an award-winning educator, author and climate education specialist, and a former secondary Geography and Drama teacher. As Schools Climate Hub Coordinator at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research (University of East Anglia), Kit Marie supports schools to develop meaningful, evidence-informed responses to climate change.
Their work spans teacher professional development, school leadership, geography education and climate science communication. Kit Marie has worked with organisations including the Geographical Association, NOAA in Boulder Colorado and the Exploratorium in San Francisco, and has written for National Geographic Kids, Diverse Educators and What is Geography Teaching, Now?
Kit Marie’s work explores the climate crisis as a curriculum, leadership and safeguarding issue, alongside a wider commitment to youth voice, decolonising the curriculum, and inclusive and intersectional education. They write at Geogramblings.com and host and produce the Coffee & Geography podcast.
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