Steve Korris (convenor) Anna Stopes, Harry Cormack
Long Term Vision
- Information & knowledge of how a community can live a low energy existence & be more in tune with natural cycles, to be taught in all schools as part of the regular teaching programme
- This would include the knowledge and practical skills of how to put theory into action
- School experiences to be environmentally friendly, i.e.
- Transport to school
- Teaching areas
- School ethos
- Recycling & energy usage
etc all to be orientated towards a reduced carbon output & an environmentally aware policy
Medium Term Vision
- Define specifics of what we believe should be taught in schools
- Work in relation to local government to harmonise vision
- Create links between the charities / organisations that can provide the necessary teachings skills, & those schools which require / request those services
- Potentially organise TTB information days, workshops etc at schools
- Information, films, activities etc
- Think about a strategy of how existing curricula e.g. about renewable energies, can focused and emphasised
- i.e. much very useful info is already taught at schools, but it can appear distant and not something that can be tried on an individual level
- Conduct a regular set of skills workshops & programmes to re-skill the local population in necessary areas
Initial Steps
1.
- Research what schools are covered within the TTB remit
- Research local/ national government policy
- Create a basic TTB strategy/ curriculum of what we deem should be added to current school programmes, e.g.
- Food production
- Environmental education
- Recycling
- Energy saving
- Create a survey to be sent to school heads to:
- Inform them of TTB, – its aims, strategy (especially in relation to local government), and the role which they may be able to play in creating a sustainable future
- Survey to gain a better understanding of what environmental education, energy awareness practices etc are already in existence within school programmes
- Survey to find what aspects of basic TTB curriculum schools would be interested in
- Research the charities & organisations which already provide the types of education were interested in, e.g.
- Trees For Cities – Tree planting & environmental education
- LMB – Textile & Shoe Recycling
- Sustrans – Cycling promotion
- Contact Transition Town Totnes to find out more on their ‘Transition Tales’ pilot
2.
- Make further contact with Brixton library (and others?) about creating a resource area for environmental practices, peak oil, energy saving, permaculture etc see Other Projects below
3.
- Look into setting up skills workshops as part of the events calendar
- Dependant on requirements – i.e. obtain feedback from mailing list as to what sort of courses people would like to attend if they were available
