Stories

Young people from 9 schools helped shape and test a new climate behaviour change survey during lockdown, a tool that will really help to have a say about climate action... read more

Emily Smith, a sixth former at Reading’s Kendrick School, was invited to speak at Reading Youth Cabinet’s climate debate on 31 January 2020, as the cabinet shifts their focus towards... read more

This article, by secondary school student Selene Kalra, was originally published in the Commonwealth Human Ecology Council Journal No 49 in May 2019: In the last few months, it has... read more

At InterClimate Network’s National Summit in Portcullis House in 2018 we (Phoebe, Nicole, Nathalie, and myself) won the Leadership Prize for our work to raise awareness of environmental issues in... read more

One of the key moments in this year’s Climate calendar was the United Nations Climate Action Summit. The Summit, convened by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, was held in... read more

Young people have found their voice! Whether it is through the passionate speeches of Greta Thunberg or the mass movement of the School Strikes 4 Climate, there is no doubt now about the awareness and determination of the generation that are set to inherit a warmer climate.

As a sixth former at Reading School, in June I was lucky enough to be a representative at the first step in forming Reading’s new Climate Strategy and Action Plan.... read more

I recently spoke at a conference in Barcelona called ‘Fixing the Future’.  The aim of the two-days was to bring together a range of different artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, activists, and... read more

Theresa May has announced a dramatic step-up of the UK’s efforts to tackle climate change.  The outgoing Prime Minister pledged that by the middle of the century greenhouse gas emissions... read more

Young people, perhaps more than any other group, wear their heart on their sleeve and want to say it as it is. They can translate information into human emotions and... read more