More evidence – from 10 different countries – if it was needed – that young people are worried about climate change.
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Young people worried
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“It is unequivocal”
The latest IPCC report confirms what we already know. The climate crisis is caused by human activities and is affecting every corner of the planet’s land, air and sea already.
So we all need to act now to achieve net zero.
Follow the science and the advice at ELT Fooprint UK to do what you can to help in the crucial global effort to achieve net zero.
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The Cost of Green ELT
Can we afford to do what we should at a time when our profession / industry is being squeezed by Covid? How much does it all cost to go green in ELT?
The short answer is, many of the actions we should be taking will actually save us money. So we have good business reasons for joining the #GreenELT movement and doing what we know is right.
More here.
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Future of ELT
Trinity College London is the latest ELT organisation to rather belatedly recognise that the future of ELT might actually be affected by the survival of our species on the planet.
You can catch Christopher Graham’s session on ELT and Climate Change: Where Next? at this year’s Future of ELT 2021 conference, Saturday 26 June at 11:15 – 12:00 UK time.
Register free here.
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Breaking Boundaries
A newly released Netflix documentary, “Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet,” features David Attenborough and Johan Rockström, one of the scientists who introduced the concept of planetary boundaries.
The film sounds alarm on planetary boundaries, but offers hope.
Highly recommended: read more here and watch the film here. #GreenELT
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Thunberg on #ForNature
Amazing that it still takes a teenager to join the dots, clearly setting out the problems and the solutions in a way that our political leaders generally fail to do:
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Outrage and Optimism
Outrage and Optimism is a weekly podcast that provides everything you need to keep up to date with the latest environmental developments: ‘We explore the challenges, frustrations and genuine outrage we need to face this crisis, and we explore the real changes already happening that offer the stubborn optimism we need to play our part in building a thriving new economy and world.’
This week’s podcast is about the nature agenda and how we cannot deal with the climate crisis without also addressing nature. Some wonderful music too from Marie Spaemann.
Highly recommended.
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The Climate Connection podcast
#TheClimateConnection podcast series from The British Council starts 12 May. It explores the relationship between the climate crisis and language education.
Ten episodes will feature a wide range of leading practitioners working in the sector – teachers, trainers, researchers, publishers and authors – from Colombia to China, Moldova to Mali, and Palestine to Poland.
In partnership with the Oxford English Dictionary, you’ll also learn more about the origins of climate-related language.
For more information about ‘The Climate Connection’ podcast visit https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/podcast
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Climate Action in Language Education
Good to see The British Council stepping up its response to the climate and ecological emergency: see https://www.britishcouncil.org/climate-connection and register now for the free Climate Action in Language Education professional development training series – starts on 28 April.
We are pleased to present two sessions at the environment-focused English UK ELT Conference on Thursday 22 April – join us on the free teachers’ day for practical tips, discussion, Q&As and to support our green ELT movement.
> Register for the free ELT Conference teachers’ day (via English UK)
In the morning, join ELTSustainable’s Owain Llewellyn and colleagues, who will share practical tips on including sustainability in everyday teaching. In the afternoon we’ll take a wider look at why and how we can create a greener ELT sector with ELT Footprint UK founder Chris Etchells. View our events page for more details.
Everyone is welcome! So please invite your colleagues and join the conversation on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
We look forward to you joining us again soon!