Education

We offer a wide range of educational sessions including: Assemblies, talks, lessons, workshops, day events with a carousel of sessions running simultaneously and community engagement events. This portfolio illustrates some of the topics, many of these can be adapted for different ages. Our sessions promote Education for Sustainable Development, STEAM and Sustainable Development Goals . Curriculum links – global citizenship, geography, English, science and life skills.

Themes and Topics

Programmes are adapted to suit each school, college or adult group and will be led by one of our environmental educators. Many of our themes and topics can be adapted to suit different age groups.

Primary School or Children’s Group One-Hour Workshops
(Usually delivered as part of a day to multiple classes)

Waste and Recycling

  • Reduce, reuse and recycle
  • Plastic free oceans
  • Low carbon lunchbox
  • Lower impact clothes

Low Carbon Living

  • Grow your own
  • Love your clothes
  • Design a net zero classroom

Energy and Heat

  • Energy – Insulation + heat loss (using baked potatoes)

Ecology and Biodiversity

  • Pollination education station (ideally including the installation of a PES)
  • Biodiversity study
  • Gardens for people and wildlife
  • Soil citizen scientists

 Cross-Thematic Topics

  • Ecology and low carbon living – Exploring our R words

Secondary, College, and Adult One-Hour Session

Ecology and Biodiversity

  • Gardens for nature and people

Low Carbon Living

  • Introduction to circular economy principles
  • Energy efficiency
  • Introduction to carbon literacy
  • Love your clothes
  • Biomimicry

Climate change and the solutions

Waste Management

  • Circular economy

Only Suitable for College and Adult Groups

Longer Workshops

  • Low carbon living – Climate Fresk (3-hour workshop)
    Delivered by 2 trained Climate Fresk facilitators
  • Low carbon living – Carbon Literacy (6-hour workshop)
    Delivered by 3 certified Carbon Literacy Trust facilitators

View & download our environmental education portfolio here

2025 Purpose & Impact Report – Page 16
2025 Purpose & Impact Report – Page 33

Resources

We have many resources that are suitable for use in your classrooms that accompany our education programmes. In addition, we have created a list of organisations and websites that have brilliant environmental education resources, many totally free, for primary and secondary schools.

We also have selected our favourite books, films, documentaries and podcasts to further educate and inspire you and your students.

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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Nelson Mandela
Former President Of South Africa

Next Steps

We work in partnership with schools to support and offer the best in environmental education. Our programmes offer solutions as well as highlighting the causes, allowing students and schools to take steps on the sustainability journey.

Make a Difference

Check out our action plans to improve the sustainability of your school and for pupils to try at home.

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School Recycling

Schools are a perfect location for single-use plastic recycling and a great way to raise awareness of waste and recycling in school.

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School Visits

Find our more about our education programmes and what Sussex Green Living can offer for your school.

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What the Students and Teachers Say…

I wanted to say a huge thank you for bringing the Bright New Future Roadshow to our School and for the fabulous work you all put in to each workshop. You are an amazing group of human beings!

The staff have been saying to me how much they enjoyed it and how the pupils have been feeding back to them about ideas and information they found out from you. One year 3 pupil said it was ‘the best day at school. Ever!’  We will have to work harder now!

A huge thank you for bringing your roadshow to Bolnore Primary School. The Year 2 children had the most inspiring, educational and fun day learning about the looking after the environment. The children have continued to say “can we do this again tomorrow?” which is the biggest compliment!

The day was full of engaging activities. They enjoyed learning about food chains and seeing the many items from the woodland you brought with you. We loved the carousel of activities such as learning about eco houses and gardens. This day was incredibly memorable and we loved it outside!

Carrie’s enthusiasm for all things ecological was really inspiring. At our visit, she engaged children from different age groups – from 9 years old to 14 and taught us about the plague of plastics, environmental pollution and the importance of our oceans.

We were taught about the impact that we, as human beings, have on the planet, but also about the differences that we can make on an individual level. She also described the ways to reduce our impact on the environment, from recycling to buying sustainably to reusing.

Carrie Cort has run two morning workshops for Yr 3 and Yr 4 and one morning for Yr 5 and Yr 6, the workshop themes were ‘Dreaming of a Healthy Planet’, ‘The Future We Want’ and ‘Green Inventors’. The workshops have really made the children reflect on the impact modern life has on the environment and the need to change behaviour to protect their future.

They produced work, including a letter to their M.P., which gave them a chance to voice their concerns.

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