Green Action ELT
Cambridge University Press is holding a virtual ELT conference, Global Schools Festival, 24 – 26 November 2020, with many session of interest to environmental educators: Education for a Sustainable Planet, 3 ways to bring sustainability into the primary classroom, Taking a stand; inspiring students to take action, There is no Planet B? What can I do? (with Mike Berners Lee) – and more! Highly recommended. Explore more and sign up here.
What is our role as language teachers in the context of Sustainable Development Goals (UN)? Great to see this and other questions being considered at IATEFL 2020 Annual Conference in Manchester this April. More info
Excellent to see so many people at ‘Environmental Responsibility in ELT’ at English UK Young Learners annual conference at Harrow School yesterday.
Thanks to everyone who came along. Grand surroundings for some really good conversations and hopefully meaningful actions will result.
Very much looking forward to Environmental Responsibility in ELT at the Young Learners English UK Conference at Harrow School tomorrow (21 February 2020). The conference is free for two people from each YLEUK member school; £50 for the day for additional members and non members. Tickets here
Congratulations to Innovate2020 Conference, 15 – 16 May in Barcelona Spain, promising ‘In the wake of the #ExtinctionRebellion protests, #fridaysforfuture and Dan Barber’s iELT19 declaration that we are in a climate emergency, this year’s conference is going green.’
Look out in particular for the four-hour Workshop on 15 May, ‘Moving towards sustainable ELT.’
Information and booking here.