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The General Teaching Council for Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Hub, developed in partnership with LfS Scotland, provides a one-stop-shop to help educators across the 3-18 continuum to ‘explore, engage, enact & embed, and connect’ with Learning for Sustainability in their individual practice – and the wider life of their setting.

A key element of the Hub is ‘LfS Connect’: which includes monthly online opportunities for educators to network and collaborate with others, and explore key aspects of Learning for Sustainability.

The LfS Connect session on 27 February 2025 offered participants an opportunity to hear more about, and discuss ‘Learning for Sustainability and the voices of learners’

We were delighted to welcome young people from secondary schools in the City of Edinburgh and West Lothian, who shared more about their thoughts, ideas, and vision for Learning for Sustainability: both in their current learning and future lives.

Click on the hyperlinks below to engage with this session:

1. View the slides from this session
2. View the introduction and ‘scene-setting’ from Learning for Sustainability Scotland
3. View input from the General Teaching Council for Scotland on the importance of LfS and learner voice in the Professional Standards
4. Listen to the input from the young people present at this event.
5. View resources and ideas for next steps with this aspect of Learning for Sustainability

Our warmest thanks goes once again to the young people present for their invaluable contribution to this event.

Click on the links below for more information on the research conducted with children and young people which informed the current national Learning for Sustainability Action Plan:

• Primary school pupils: Children’s Parliament research
• Secondary school pupils and practitioners: University of Dundee research