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XR Educators

@XREducators

A group of teachers and other educators taking action in this climate and ecological crisis as part of #extinctionrebellion (mainly UK)

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Joined May 2019
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Struggling with climate grief? Finding it hard to juggle activism & caring responsibilities? Volunteers from @ClimatePsychol are hokding a climate listening circle for parents & carers in XR. Tuesday 2 July, 8pm Online via Zoom Email [email protected] to book
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We need to have a conversation about the purpose of education. But really, what we need to do is get past the 'end of history' narrative and start imagining and creating alternatives to neoliberalism. Our future depends on it. linkedin.com/pulse/education… #EducationRenewed
An education system in need of a purpose

An education system in need of a purpose

I attended Education Renewed last week, in London, an event co-hosted by the NEU and Teacher Tapp. It was great to be invited, both personally, and because its good to know there's a place for...

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🔴Tomorrow be part of history 🟢 Join 350+ climate and nature groups to send a clear message to our next government #restorenaturenow tinyurl.com/39dudv38
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📢 Today's ruling on #ClimateLitigation case brought by @MadamPratolungo on behalf of @WealdActionGr has huge implications - if successful, major new restrictions will be put on new #OilAndGas projects in England & Wales, including coal mines in Cumbria & North Sea oil extraction
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It's #ShowYourStripes Friday With @ed_hawkins #WarmingStripes We train teachers and inspire young people with a 13ft banner of the global warming stripes Adding the CO2 concentration from 1850 - present day linked to key people and events
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Thank you Nadia for taking our climate education test, your report will be on our website soon! ✅Are you a PPC and want to show your constituents your commitment to climate action? Fill in our report card and we’ll share your score on our website actionnetwork.org/forms/teac…
Teach the Future Climate Cards

Teach the Future Climate Cards

Teach the Future is an organisation advocating for climate education across the UK. The responses you give to this form will be used to formulate a report card on the strength of your commitments.

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Nadia Whittome MP (@NadiaWhittomeMP) profile pictureNadia Whittome MP
@NadiaWhittomeMP19 Jun 2024
It was great to meet with campaigners from @_teachthefuture. I have long championed curriculum reform, tabling the Climate Education Bill, so that the climate receives the focus it deserves in our education system. We must prepare young people for the future they will inherit.
Nadia sitting at a table with campaigners from Teach the Future

ALT Nadia sitting at a table with campaigners from Teach the Future

Nadia standing next to campaigners from Teach the Future. They are holding signs that say "Teach the Future" and "I support Climate Education"

ALT Nadia standing next to campaigners from Teach the Future. They are holding signs that say "Teach the Future" and "I support Climate Education"

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Individual Actions 🌎 🗣 Talk about #climatechange 🌱 Switch to plant-based diet ⚡️ Switch to renewable energy ♻️ Reduce, reuse & recycle 🚴🏾 walk/cycle more 🚗 Use electric/hybrid cars ✈️ Reduce flying 💵 Divest from fossil fuels 🛰 Set up green company ✊ Protest 🪧 ❌ Vote 🗳
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So much in this @GuardianEdu @sweale article resonates with the aims of the #EducationNaturePark: 🏞️access to #greenspace for all #youngpeople 💚#wellbeing & #health benefits 💻#skills for the future 📚#climate & #nature at the heart of #education theguardian.com/society/arti…
Green space could be even better for young brains than we realised

Green space could be even better for young brains than we realised

Science on specific benefits for children’s behaviour and thinking is catching up with established wellbeing claims

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✊ ONE WEEK TO GO! WILL YOU JOIN US ON THE STREETS? Multiple wildlife and climate campaigners are uniting for the biggest-ever UK gathering for Nature and Climate. We urgently need to: #RESTORENATURENOW #ActNow #HereComesEveryone #March #ClimateAction #ShowYouCare #XR_London
IF NOT NOW, WHEN? ⏰ Saturday 22 June Meet at midday, March from 1pm, Rally at 2.15pm 📍 Park Lane to Parliament Square TIME TO UNITE! JOIN US! XRUK is launching this huge action in partnership/collaboration? with a wealth of wildlife and environmental organisations, including @greenpeaceuk, @friends_earth, @rspb, Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, @woodlandtrust, Wildlife and Countryside, @nationaltrust, @theclimatecoalition, @chrisgpackham2, and many more. The demonstration will be colourful, creative, theatrical, passionate, legal, non-violent, family-friendly and super-inclusive. 💚 SAVE THE DATE, COME, and invite EVERYONE! More information via the link in our bio. #RestoreNatureNow #XR_London #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow #HereComesEveryone #March #ClimateAction #ShowYouCare

ALT IF NOT NOW, WHEN? ⏰ Saturday 22 June Meet at midday, March from 1pm, Rally at 2.15pm 📍 Park Lane to Parliament Square TIME TO UNITE! JOIN US! XRUK is launching this huge action in partnership/collaboration? with a wealth of wildlife and environmental organisations, including @greenpeaceuk, @friends_earth, @rspb, Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, @woodlandtrust, Wildlife and Countryside, @nationaltrust, @theclimatecoalition, @chrisgpackham2, and many more. The demonstration will be colourful, creative, theatrical, passionate, legal, non-violent, family-friendly and super-inclusive. 💚 SAVE THE DATE, COME, and invite EVERYONE! More information via the link in our bio. #RestoreNatureNow #XR_London #ExtinctionRebellion #ActNow #HereComesEveryone #March #ClimateAction #ShowYouCare

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🗣️Yesterday, one of our adult advisors told us about conversations she had had with two candidates who was initially against climate education. A Reform UK candidate initially shot her down as he didn't think we should "frighten children" with "adults' problems". +
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Does your school use the #SDGs as a framework to encourage commitments to #EducationforSustainability? DERC’s Global Learning MA could help you develop powerful approaches to addressing the #ClimateCrisis in the classroom. Find out more at bit.ly/IOE_MA_GL
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Coming to #RestoreNatureNow on 22/6 with kids? Here's an FAQ document to help you plan your day at the march. #NoNature#NoFuture drive.google.com/file/d/19vg…
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No. It’s not about 38 polar bears in the Alaska Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It’s about what will happen if the 11 billion barrels of oil underneath one of Earth’s last wildernesses are extracted and burned. #FossilFuelsAreKillingUs
Carbon Brief (@CarbonBrief) profile pictureCarbon Brief
@CarbonBrief6 May 2024
Alaska refuge drilling could threaten polar bears with ‘lethal’ oil spills | @daisydunnesci w/comment from @AEDerocher Read here: buff.ly/44th5br
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Expedition Sea Level! A new time travel game about #SeaLevelRise, #glacier and #ice sheet melting Play here --> protect-slr.eu/expedition-se… Created for our sea level project @ProtectSlr
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Earlier this week we released a collection of essays under the heading: 'Environmentalism in a time between education worlds'. globalactionplan.org.uk/gene… It's gone down well so far, here are some of the kind things people have been saying about it:
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MorganHPhillips (@MorganHPhillips) profile pictureMorganHPhillips@MorganHPhillips1 May 2024
Short thread on a collection of essays we've released today on "Environmentalism in a time between education worlds" 🧵 globalactionplan.org.uk/gene… 1/7
Environmentalism in a time between education worlds

Environmentalism in a time between education worlds

Re-framing the campaigning role of England's environmental educators

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Our Green Schools Revolution: Teach the Teacher campaign is hiring! 📣 Join our team of student Campaign Coordinators and help us empower young people to talk to their teachers about climate. Applications are open now until June 3rd 👉 bit.ly/ttt_apply
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If you feel it's time to move beyond incrementalism in education, please read these essays. We are on the cusp of a generation-defining new era of education. It's a ship that will be built as it sails, we need to be on board it now: globalactionplan.org.uk/gene…
Environmentalism in a time between education worlds

Environmentalism in a time between education worlds

Re-framing the campaigning role of England's environmental educators

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Tom reflects on ECO ED SOUTH WEST Tom is a coordinator based in the South West on an adventure to support schools to amplify best practice and weave sustainability throughout their curriculum By weaving together the best free resources and opportunities from 100’s of orgs
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It was a pleasure to deliver the expert air quality knowledge for a People's Assembly at Francis Holland School @FHSSloaneSquare. Decision-making will change, and it's pioneering schools like these showing children how it could be done. People's assemblies are the future.
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On Sunday, we joined forces with other XR groups at the Natural History Museum for a day of outreach & activities. How beautiful it is to witness children's passion for the natural world! Save the date & pledge to march to #RestoreNatureNow 22/6, London restorenaturenow.com/
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