Excited to lead a workshop with Alison Kitson at this weekend's SHP conference, on how we can teach climate change in history. The lineup is fantastic and you can still grab tickets... schoolshistoryproject.co.uk/conferences/

Thank you to all who joined us at SHP #vshp21 today. Really want to start this conversation and get teachers experimenting with climate history now. You can find the enquiry we discussed today with all lessons ready to go here notion.so/Teach-Climate-…

Sustainable teaching means preparing our students for a world that’s so different to the one we’ve grown up in that we can’t hope to tell them what it will be like. They’re the ones who will figure that out, but we can help them be open and ready for transformation. #ukedchat

This is our schools minister, telling young people that if they were to learn about people relevant to them - who might just look like them, or come from a similar background, or know the same challenges - they would miss out on learning about 'the best'. Truly appalling.

The Times view on the #CostofNetZero: 💚 It makes economic sense 💚 It will cost less over 30 years than the pandemic has cost in 18 months 💚 It will create green jobs 💚 It must "be set against the cost of doing nothing", which would be far higher thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…

Great Resource from Dan Snow History Hit💥 on the Climate Crisis of the 17th century - perfect for upcoming Y8 David Ross Education Trust History unit play.acast.com/s/dansnowshist…

“The indigenous peoples of the Americas have been saying for decades that our past is your future and now that’s exactly what’s proving to be the case” theguardian.com/books/2022/jan…

A blog post on why we should be teaching climate change in history, with a full, accessible scheme of work to get you going! Thanks so much to the Historical Assoc for publishing this.

We're forming a network of teachers and academics to work together on practical solutions for bringing climate history to schools NOW. If you're interested in joining we'd love to have you - first meeting on Monday 14th March at 4.30pm on Zoom. Please get in touch for the details

Our new group to work on teaching climate change in history (led by Alison Kitson Arthur Chapman @arthurjchapman.bksy.social @Michaelshp Kate Hawkey Mr Langdon) meets on Zoom on Monday at 4.30pm. If you're interested, please signup here and we'll send out the details tomorrow. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join Dr Martin Drenthen at 5pm GMT today for this online talk on 'what it means to interpret environments, how environments can become meaningful to us, and how certain interpretations of the environment support certain interpretations of oneself'). eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmenta…

The next meeting of our group working on ways to teach climate change and nature in history will take place this Monday 9th May 4.30-6pm UK time. If you'd like to join us, sign up here and we'll send the details on Sunday. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Last chance to sign up for our next meeting, tomorrow at 4.30pm UK time. We're looking for people to join us to find practical ways to drive forward the teaching of climate and nature in history. Sign up here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

This just arrived. That's our reading sorted for now. V. excited.

Our next meeting is next Thursday at 4.30pm GMT, featuring glacier scientist Dr. Brian Menouous. More details and sign up to get the Zoom link: teachclimatehistory.org