Doorways to Sustainable Schools

In this episode Martin talks to Morgan Phillips, author of the brilliant new book Great Adaptations - In the Shadow of a Climate Crisis (http://theglaciertrust.org/great-adaptations). Morgan is a real expert in environmental education and is currently Project Designer for Global Action Plan (https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk) and Co-Director of The Glacier Trust (http://theglaciertrust.org/).  Martin and Morgan discuss Morgan's career in environmental education, his new book, and how schools can adapt to climate change.  Other links mentioned in the podcast:  Common Cause Foundation (https://commoncausefoundation.org/)  Keep Britain Tidy (https://www.keepbritaintidy.org)  National Association for Environmental Education (https://naee.org.uk)  Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/)  Three Spheres Framework (https://cchange.no/about/the-three-spheres-of-transformation/)  Humankind by Rutger Bregman (https://www.rutgerbregman.com/books)  Survival of the Friendliest by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/550437/survival-of-the-friendliest-by-brian-hare-and-vanessa-woods/)  How London Schools and Early Years Settings can Adapt to Climate Change (https://www.london.gov.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/environment/environment-publications/how-schools-and-early-years-settings-can-adapt-climate-change)  Order Great Adaptations direct from The Glacier Trust: (http://theglaciertrust.org/great-adaptations/shop/great-adaptations) Sign your school up to the Dirt Is Good Schools programme: (www.dirtisgoodproject.com) Order Great Adaptations the beer! https://wiperandtrue.com/collections/mixed-fermentation-seasonal-beers/products/great-adaptations-1 Start your school's journey into sustainability:  Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/)  Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/)  London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network)  Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/)  Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/)  This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

A magical audio-story, created to launch a sustainable food project. Minerva is in trouble - but for Edmund to find her, he must first work out how to get to Peru though the magical orange doorway. Edmund seeks the help of a wise old standing stone... Background This story has been created for London Climate Action Week during a global pandemic. It is inspired by zoom meetings and by a belief that despite everything there is much hope and magic.  The story launches a sustainable food project between two groups of young people: Year 7 students at Glebe School, an SEN school in the London Borough of Bromley and young people in a refuge on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. How will this work students in both places (initially Glebe, later Lima) will trial their school food project their feedback will be presented monthly by 'Minerva' and 'Edmund' in the form of a new episode of the magical orange doorway at the same time, a blog will be written (hosted by Semble) discussing 'learnings' from experts in the field the project will continue for 12 months and will report its findings to COP26 The project has two parallel journeys: A school based case study based around sustainable food, language, culture, and place. It is part of a wider school project called Proyecto Peru A working group of experts that will advise, critique and support the schools based on their own expertise in education, sustainable food, language, culture, and place People The voice of Edmund and the narration are by Martin Crabbe, Head of Geography at Glebe School. Martin was inspired to write this story by the grandmother of Martin Allen Morales , by the Wild Area and by so many other things! The voice of Minerva is played by Leydis Vollar, Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Glebe School. Leydis will also translate each episode of the story into Spanish for our friends in Peru. People who are about to become involved... Mark McKillop, Head of RE, Glebe School Martin Allen Morales - advisor, inspiration Malini Mehra - advisor The young people of Glebe and in the refuge in Lima Many other experts as we continue. And if this magical story inspires you why not get involved from your own perspective? And tell us how you get on. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

In this episode, Martin talks to Dr Jessica Tipton about the London Schools Eco-Network (https://twitter.com/ldnschoolseco). Jess was recently awarded the School Changemaker of the Year 2021 at the Sustainable City Awards www.globalactionplan.org.uk/about-us/sustainable-city-awards Jess will be one of the panelists at the Schools Climate Summit on 29th June 2021 in our 'deep dive' into Community: http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/uploads/1/5/7/4/15747734/scs_programme-full-22-6.pdf  Jess has a rich and varied background in Russian language and culture, music, civil service and teaching, and is currently Head of Youth Networks at Global Action Plan (https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/). Jess also convenes the London and South East Schools Eco-Network and was recently made a Fellow of the National Association for Environment Education (http://naee.org.uk/about-naee/naee-fellows/). She previously worked for ten years at the UK Department for Environment (DEFRA) and on the Teach the Future campaign (https://www.teachthefuture.uk) to reform the English education system to reflect the severity of the climate and ecological crises. Jess and Martin talk about how the various eco-networks formed, and the projects that the students from the networks have been involved in. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

In this episode, Martin talks to Natasha Freedman and Rhuti Carr from Studio 2909 (https://www.studio2909.org/) about their current project - In Search of Aether (https://www.studio2909.org/in-search-of-aether).  Studio 2909 broker conversations around social justice, human health and the health of the environment, enabling collaborations between artists, scientists, environment and health professionals, communities, schools, the higher education sector, local councils, youth, health and environmental organisations. They support schools to enhance their creative offer and embed cross-curricular approaches to learning, and support young people to develop their voice around issues that concern them, nurturing their sense of empowerment. In Search of Aether explores our right to clean air and to accessing the head space to imagine positive visions of the future. It focuses on breath as a practical tool for managing anxiety and powering the voice, and as a framework for inter-disciplinary learning across Science, PSHE, Civics, Geography, English and Music. Working with secondary schools in some of the London boroughs with the worst air quality and health inequalities, it supports cross-curricular and creative thinking, helping teachers and pupils understand the health impacts of air pollution and develop their sense of empowerment to bring about change in their own behaviour and in their local community. As well as hearing all about this project, you'll hear some wonderful clips from the work of the students involved. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

This episode is the Spanish version of chapter one of The Magical Orange Doorway, translated by Leydis Vollar for the young people in Lima, Peru, and created to launch a sustainable food project. Background This story has been created for London Climate Action Week during a global pandemic. It is inspired by zoom meetings and by a belief that despite everything there is much hope and magic.  The story launches a sustainable food project between two groups of young people: Year 7 students at Glebe School, an SEN school in the London Borough of Bromley and young people in a refuge on the outskirts of Lima, Peru.   How will this work students in both places (initially Glebe, later Lima) will trial their school food project. their feedback will be presented monthly by 'Minerva' and 'Edmund' in the form of a new episode of the magical orange doorway at the same time, a blog will be written (hosted by Semble) discussing 'learnings' from experts in the field the project will continue for 12 months and will report its findings to COP26 The project has two parallel journeys: A school based case study based around sustainable food, language, culture, and place. It is part of a wider school project called Proyecto Peru. A working group of experts that will advise, critique and support the schools based on their own expertise in education, sustainable food, language, culture, and place. People The voice of Edmund is played by Martin Crabbe, Head of Geography at Glebe School. Martin was inspired to write this story by the grandmother of Martin Allen Morales , by the Wild Area and by so many other things you will have to wait until his blog comes out next week on Semble (Wednesday 25th November)! The narration and voice of Minerva are played by Leydis Vollar, Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Glebe School. Leydis will translate each episode of the story into Spanish for our friends in Peru. People who are about to become involved...Mark McKillop, Head of RE, Glebe School Martin Allen Morales - advisor, inspiration Malini Mehra - advisor The young people of Glebe and in the refuge in Lima Many other experts as we continue. And if this magical story inspires you why not get involved from your own perspective? And tell us how you get on. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

A magical audio-story, created to launch a sustainable food project. In this chapter Minerva steps through the magical orange doorway, explores the Wild Area and meets the tyre-swingers. Everyone receives a visit from a giant, and then they plan a special event... Background This story has been created for London Climate Action Week during a global pandemic. It is inspired by zoom meetings and by a belief that despite everything there is much hope and magic.  The story launches a sustainable food project between two groups of young people: Year 7 students at Glebe School, an SEN school in the London Borough of Bromley and young people in a refuge on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. How will this work students in both places (initially Glebe, later Lima) will trial their school food project their feedback will be presented monthly by 'Minerva' and 'Edmund' in the form of a new episode of the magical orange doorway at the same time, a blog will be written (hosted by Semble) discussing 'learnings' from experts in the field the project will continue for 12 months and will report its findings to COP26 The project has two parallel journeys: A school based case study based around sustainable food, language, culture, and place. It is part of a wider school project called Proyecto Peru A working group of experts that will advise, critique and support the schools based on their own expertise in education, sustainable food, language, culture, and place People The voice of Edmund and the narration are by Martin Crabbe, Head of Geography at Glebe School. Martin was inspired to write this story by the grandmother of Martin Allen Morales , by the Wild Area and by so many other things! The voice of Minerva is played by Leydis Vollar, Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Glebe School. Leydis will also translate each episode of the story into Spanish for our friends in Peru. People who are about to become involved... Mark McKillop, Head of RE, Glebe School Martin Allen Morales - advisor, inspiration Malini Mehra - advisor The young people of Glebe and in the refuge in Lima Many other experts as we continue. And if this magical story inspires you why not get involved from your own perspective? And tell us how you get on. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

To mark the start of Pestival project 'Make More Insects', we are replaying the interview Martin did with the remarkable Bridget Nicholls.  Bridget conceived of Pestival (http://www.pestival.org/) in 2004, and has gained international status as a world authority on eco-entertainment, in particular cultural entomology. In 2010 she was awarded the first International Zoo Art Fellowship of the Zoological Society of London, a role created for her, voted Woman to Watch – Cultural Leadership Programme 2010 and named CRZ Cultural Engineer by Honda for her outstanding sustainable and ecological entrepreneurship. More recently, Nicholls won a Capital Awards Grant from the Wellcome Trust to fund her ongoing work with the Pestival mission. Martin and Bridget discuss how insects inspired Bridget to create Pestival, how out of the box thinking can enhance schools and learning, and Bridget teases her brand new project 'Make More Insects (by any means possible!)'. Other links mentioned in the podcast: Pestival (http://www.pestival.org/) Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

As part of a series of interviews in which Martin will be interviewing teachers from outside of London in the run up to COP26, Martin is speaking to Scottish primary school teacher - and his brother - Dougie. Dougie is a munroist and Forest Schools leader, whose current professional role supports families and schools across the borders in getting their young people engaged back into school life. In this episode, Martin and Dougie discuss using the outdoors as a tool to engage young people, Scotland's 'curriculum for excellence', and 'linking the thinking'. Other links mentioned in the podcast: COP26 (https://ukcop26.org/) Scottish Curriculum for Excellence (shorturl.at/hrNOR) Maggie's Centres (https://www.maggies.org/) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

This week Martin is talking to the remarkable Bridget Nicholls. Bridget conceived of Pestival (http://www.pestival.org/) in 2004, and has gained international status as a world authority on eco-entertainment, in particular cultural entomology. In 2010 she was awarded the first International Zoo Art Fellowship of the Zoological Society of London, a role created for her, voted Woman to Watch – Cultural Leadership Programme 2010 and named CRZ Cultural Engineer by Honda for her outstanding sustainable and ecological entrepreneurship. More recently, Nicholls won a Capital Awards Grant from the Wellcome Trust to fund her ongoing work with the Pestival mission. Martin and Bridget discuss how insects inspired Bridget to create Pestival, how out of the box thinking can enhance schools and learning, and Bridget teases her brand new project 'Make More Insects (by any means possible!)'. Other links mentioned in the podcast: Pestival (http://www.pestival.org/) Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

In this episode Martin speaks as the voice of one teacher, talking in a time of crisis, from the perspective of one school. Martin talks from a purely personal perspective on the current COVID-19 situation, the new lockdown and the role school's have played in the run up to the decision,  Martin examines how his school is coping with the new lockdown, how things have changed since the first lockdown in March 2020, and he explores these topics through a mantra he uses throughout his geography field work lesson - safety first, fun second, learning third. Finally, Martin shares some exciting news about a series of meetings leading up to the Schools Climate Summit, and a renewed focus for sustainable schools. To find out more about some of the resources Martin talked about in the podcast: Project Peru and the Magical Orange Doorway: http://www.magicalorangedoorway.co.uk/about-us.html London Climate Action Week (schools): http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/london-climate-action-week.html To find out more about  Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

In this episode, Martin talks with co-chair of the London Climate Action Week Schools Group, Malini Mehra. Malini is the CEO of GLOBE International (http://globelegislators.org/), the environmental legislators organisation. She has more than three decades of experience on sustainability, gender, human rights and climate in multiple sectors. From leading international campaigns for Friends of the Earth International, Oxfam and other NGOs to founding an award-winning Indian climate & sustainability NGO, she has co-authored the UN’s Human Development Reports and advised the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on UN reform. Currently, she is a commissioner to the Mayor of London on sustainable development, and an adviser to the head of the UN’s disaster risk agency. A keen swimmer, she founded the Teach A Girl To Swim (https://teachagirltoswim.org/) campaign to highlight the hidden global epidemic of drowning and connect it with the climate crisis and girls empowerment. She is based in London, where she raises her three children, and helped initiate the annual London Climate Action Week.  Martin and Malini reflect on the successes of this year's event, what lessons they learned from it, how the pandemic has changed not just the event, but the conversation around climate, and the need for a unified direction for schools to take climate action. Catch up on events from this year's LCAW: How London Schools and Early Years Settings can Adapt to Climate Change (shorturl.at/dtuz5) Choose Life! Film (shorturl.at/jJMX7) LCAW 2020 Launch Film (shorturl.at/clnJ1) Let's Go Zero: The National Zero Carbon Schools Campaign Interview with Martin Crabbe (shorturl.at/kBNZ5) Ashden Awards 2020 (shorturl.at/ey079) Semble Webinar (shorturl.at/dvwI1) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

A magical audio-story, created for London Climate Action Week 2020, to launch a sustainable food project. In this chapter Edmund gets another visit from Minerva the magical Jaguar, who brings a Christmas message for him and the year 7 students of Glebe school... Background This story has been created for London Climate Action Week during a global pandemic. It is inspired by zoom meetings and by a belief that despite everything there is much hope and magic.  The story launches a sustainable food project between two groups of young people: Year 7 students at Glebe School, an SEN school in the London Borough of Bromley and young people in a refuge on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. How will this work students in both places (initially Glebe, later Lima) will trial their school food project their feedback will be presented monthly by 'Minerva' and 'Edmund' in the form of a new episode of the magical orange doorway at the same time, a blog will be written (hosted by Semble) discussing 'learnings' from experts in the field the project will continue for 12 months and will report its findings to COP26 The project has two parallel journeys: A school based case study based around sustainable food, language, culture, and place. It is part of a wider school project called Proyecto Peru A working group of experts that will advise, critique and support the schools based on their own expertise in education, sustainable food, language, culture, and place People The voice of Edmund and the narration are by Martin Crabbe, Head of Geography at Glebe School. Martin was inspired to write this story by the grandmother of Martin Allen Morales , by the Wild Area and by so many other things! The voice of Minerva is played by Leydis Vollar, Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Glebe School. Leydis will also translate each episode of the story into Spanish for our friends in Peru. People who are about to become involved... Mark McKillop, Head of RE, Glebe School  Martin Allen Morales - advisor, inspiration  Malini Mehra - advisor  The young people of Glebe and in the refuge in Lima  Many other experts as we continue. And if this magical story inspires you why not get involved from your own perspective? And tell us how you get on. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

Today's podcast is a special celebration of London Climate Action Week 2020 (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/). The week had over 200 events, with over 30,000 people taking part across a huge range of sectors. Due to pandemic, the majority of the events took place virtually - but they weren't any less inspiring!  This episode aims to give you a flavour of the week with a focus on schools and the young people involved, so Martin has selected a montage of clips from his favourite things from the week. The first clip is the Choose Life! video inspired by the film Trainspotting, and, followed by the LCAW launch film. Following that is an introduction to the Let's Go Zero campaign (https://letsgozero.org/) with Alex Green from Ashden (https://ashden.org/) featuring a short clip of an interview with Martin. Then there's a poem from poet Rakaya Fetuga at the Ashden Awards, followed by an interview led by Studio 2909 (https://www.studio2909.org/) with sixth form students from Sydney Russell School in Dagenham. After that is a few words from Zamzam Ibrahim - president of the NUS, then clips from the Semble (https://semble.org/) webinar Supporting Youth Climate Action in our Communities, featuring Amanda Horton-Mastin, Carley Sefton, Mya-Rose Craig, and the incredible Eco Emeralds. Events and other links featured in the podcast: How London Schools and Early Years Settings can Adapt to Climate Change (shorturl.at/dtuz5) Choose Life! Film (shorturl.at/jJMX7) LCAW 2020 Launch Film (shorturl.at/clnJ1) Let's Go Zero: The National Zero Carbon Schools Campaign Interview with Martin Crabbe (shorturl.at/kBNZ5) Ashden Awards 2020 (shorturl.at/ey079) Semble Webinar (shorturl.at/dvwI1) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

A magical audio-story, created for London Climate Action Week 2020, to launch a sustainable food project. Background This story has been created for London Climate Action Week during a global pandemic. It is inspired by zoom meetings and by a belief that despite everything there is much hope and magic. The story launches a sustainable food project between two groups of young people: Year 7 students at Glebe School, an SEN school in the London Borough of Bromley and young people in a refuge on the outskirts of Lima, Peru. How will this work students in both places (initially Glebe, later Lima) will trial their school food project. their feedback will be presented monthly by 'Minerva' and 'Edmund' in the form of a new episode of the magical orange doorway at the same time, a blog will be written (hosted by Semble) discussing 'learnings' from experts in the field the project will continue for 12 months and will report its findings to COP26 The project has two parallel journeys: A school based case study based around sustainable food, language, culture, and place. It is part of a wider school project called Proyecto Peru. A working group of experts that will advise, critique and support the schools based on their own expertise in education, sustainable food, language, culture, and place. People The voice of Edmund and the narration are played by Martin Crabbe, Head of Geography at Glebe School. Martin was inspired to write this story by the grandmother of Martin Allen Morales , by the Wild Area and by so many other things you will have to wait until his blog comes out next week on Semble (Wednesday 25th November)! The voice of Minerva is played by Leydis Vollar, Head of Modern Foreign Languages at Glebe School. Leydis will also translate each episode of the story into Spanish for our friends in Peru. People who are about to become involved... Mark McKillop, Head of RE, Glebe School Martin Allen Morales - advisor, inspiration Malini Mehra - advisor The young people of Glebe and in the refuge in Lima Many other experts as we continue. And if this magical story inspires you why not get involved from your own perspective? And tell us how you get on. Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

London Climate Action Week 2020 (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/) starts on Saturday 14th November and as an aim of this podcast is to get schools involved in LCAW, Martin shares some highlights to expect in the coming week. You can check out the full diary of events here (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events). Martin also talks about episodes of the podcast that will be highlighted during the week, The School's Pack of free lesson plans (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/london-climate-action-week.html), and a special surprise for Wednesday lunchtime... Events mentioned in the podcast: Youth Climate summit 2020 (https://www.transform-our-world.org/youth-climate-summit-2020) School & University Partnerships for Climate Action (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events/0487f462-a947-4ec5-8a82-0cb17e2e0e5a) Let's Go Zero: the zero carbon schools campaign (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events/7729bd81-dd66-4965-86a0-099919c67b4c) Breathing Space: accessing clean air to imagine the future (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events/b1c39378-9f46-4df8-8616-9c025debaa78) Youth Demands for Climate Justice: Action on Loss and Damage (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events/90e2acb2-ef01-4d60-ac9d-eedb8644fda0) Climate Café (https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events/f7308088-987a-49d9-8786-69351770c096) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

Lorna works for Semble (https://semble.org/) (formerly Project Dirt), a platform that brings together businesses and community projects to make change happen from the grassroots up, and a long time partner of Outdoor Classroom Day. Lorna believes in the power of storytelling to inspire real change; and spends her days devising wonderful ways to celebrate community action.  In this episode, Martin and Lorna discuss the work that Semble are doing with kids, communities and climate action, through two of their major campaigns: Backyard Nature and Outdoor Classroom Day. Lorna also talks about an exciting webinar Semble are hosting during London Climate Action Week. Other links mentioned in the podcast: Backyard Nature (https://www.backyardnature.org/) Prince William: A Planet For Us All (https://www.itv.com/hub/prince-william-a-planet-for-us-all/10a0440) Outdoor Classroom Day Webinar (3rd November) (shorturl.at/fjpI4) Embedding Youth Climate Action in the Community Webinar (17th November) (shorturl.at/fvDZ9) Find this episode's supplementary lesson plan here. (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/doorways-podcast.html) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

Annette Figueiredo works with the Greater London Authority (GLA) (https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work-london). She is instrumental in developing environmental programmes for London schools based around water, air quality and climate resilience. Her work is set within the context of the London Environment Strategy and addresses ways that London can adapt to climate change whilst meeting London's zero carbon emissions target by 2050. It integrates planning, health, transport and social policy areas. Annette has recently led the development of a Guidance document for schools/nurseries on how they can adapt to London's changing climate. It considers three areas in detail: higher temperatures, flooding and water scarcity. Martin and Annette have worked together on various projects over a number of years. In this episode, Martin and Annette discuss the risks to London schools of poor air quality, rising temperatures, flooding and water shortages and how they can adapt to these environmental changes. They touch on some of the resources and reports the Greater London Authority produce to help schools take climate action and links to these are provided below. Other links mentioned in the podcast: The Mayor’s school air quality audit programme (https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/pollution-and-air-quality/mayors-school-air-quality-audit-programme) How London Schools and Early Years Settings can Adapt to Climate Change (https://www.london.gov.uk/WHAT-WE-DO/environment/environment-publications/how-schools-and-early-years-settings-can-adapt-climate-change) Re-imagining Rainwater in Schools (https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/reimagining_rainwater_in_schools_v1_.pdf)  Find this episode's supplementary lesson plan here. (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/doorways-podcast.html) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

Cath Prisk, CEO of Outdoor People (https://outdoorpeople.org.uk/) and Global Partnerships Director for Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/), is a well respected thinker and advocate for children and the outdoors. She has led large scale programmes, campaigns and research, both in the UK and globally, based around outdoor play and learning. Her work has always supported children, schools and families and has helped governments, corporates and charities to meet their aims.  In this episode, Martin and Cath discuss the importance of time spent outdoors for children's development. Cath discusses how schools can improve their students' play including how to maximise play areas with limited resources and space. Cath discusses the global growth of Outdoor Classroom Day and why celebrating the outdoors is more important now than ever. They also take a trip to the beach! Other links mentioned in the podcast: Outdoor Play And Learning (OPAL) (https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/) Learning Through Landscapes (https://www.ltl.org.uk/) Teacher Tom's Blog - (http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/) Find this episode's supplementary lesson plan here. (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/doorways-podcast.html) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

This week Martin talks to the remarkable Judy Ling Wong CBE, OBE. Judy is an artist, poet, dancer, environmental activist and a founder of the Black Environment Network (BEN - http://www.ben-network.org.uk/). Martin and Judy first met in the late 90's and Martin has since worked for and with Judy on projects such as Sowing the Seeds and London National Park City.   In this episode, Martin and Judy discuss her journey from Hong Kong to becoming one of the most respected figures in the environmental movement - not just in the UK, but across the world. Judy also shares her perspectives on the Black Lives Matter movement and its implications for climate action.  Other links mentioned in the podcast:  Judy's own website with some further remarkable info that we didn't have time to include: http://www.judylingwong.co.uk/  NCVO: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/  Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/  TCV - https://www.tcv.org.uk/  World parks congress - https://www.worldparkscongress.org/  Groundwork - https://www.groundwork.org.uk/  Climate Reframe (docsociety) - https://climatereframe.co.uk/ Centre for Alternative Technology - https://www.cat.org.uk/  National Trust - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/  Judy's simple but profound recommendations:  Develop in your students a passion for nature, and a love of each other and relating to each other.  Find this episode's supplementary lesson plan here. (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/doorways-podcast.html) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)

In this 'shorter than usual' episode, less really is more. In under 20 minutes Martin describes how this year's Outdoor Classroom Day provided inspiration to Proyecto Perú (Glebe school's global learning project). Martin tells the story in audiobook style, reading from a blog he wrote on May 26th. Martin describes how the school grounds became the perfect backdrop for developing the concept of playful nature - the theme of this year's Outdoor Classroom Day. The Proyecto Perú team renamed the day 'Playful Naturaleza'. It became a fun mixture of play, exploration, discussion, art and the powerful but simple use of Spanish. It would not be too strong a statement to say that the day ended with the audacity of hope. Accompanying this podcast Martin shares loads of brilliant lessons created by Outdoor Classroom Day, suitable for a range of age groups, to help you engage, not only in outdoor learning, but also in London Climate Action Week. Note on the blog that formed the basis of this podcast: It was the ninth blog out of a series of 12 blogs entitled 'Reflections'. The first blog was written April 8th, 2020. They were a deliberately reflective series, written in Lockdown, which ultimately led to the creation of the Doorways podcast.  To read any of the 12 blogs entitled 'Reflections' click here. Each blog is hosted on Semble. And if you haven't heard of Semble (formerly Project Dirt) we recommend that you check them out immediately!! Martin's recommendations: Safety first, fun second, learning third 1. Safety - do your best to make your school more climate resilient (see Mayor's report above) 2. Fun - try to make lessons fun - the subject is serious but you are more likely to engage people for longer if they enjoy what they are doing 3. Learning - find the approach that you excel in or that interests you the most and start there Martin's school, the home of Proyecto Perú, is called Glebe School and you can access the website here (https://www.glebe.bromley.sch.uk/) Start your school's journey into sustainability: Outdoor Classroom Day (https://outdoorclassroomday.com/) Eco-Schools (https://www.eco-schools.org.uk/) London National Park City (https://www.nationalparkcity.london/get-more-involved/get-more-involved-1/schools-network) Great resources at Transform Our World (https://www.transform-our-world.org/) Find out more about London Sustainable Schools Forum (http://www.londonsustainableschools.org/) This podcast was produced by The Pod Farm. (https://www.thepodfarm.com/)