Learning for Sustainability Scotland

It’s back! Join a worldwide learning community with ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’
2024-10-07 08:00 - 2024-11-10 17:00 (Europe/London)
Climate change, gender equality, biodiversity collapse, health, social equity, and inclusion are issues that concern us all, impacting human and planetary well-being, and economic stability. How to live a sustainable life affects – and connects – everyone and everything.

We’re delighted to announce the return of ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’; our highly successful online learning opportunity, which has, to date, attracted over 17,000 learners from nearly 160 countries.

Developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and the British Council, this is a FREE, five-week, facilitated course, starting on 07 October.

You’ll develop an informed personal response to major global challenges as you’re supported to take positive actions towards a sustainable future. You’ll learn more about current global issues and consider how we can all take action, personally or locally. The course has an additional strand for those working in formal or informal education, who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered in the course into their own teaching.

Click here to register your interest and we’ll email you as soon as the course is live.

Keep the global climate conversation going with 'Live at the COP'!
2024-11-10 08:00 - 2025-11-05 17:00
Our FREE ‘Live at the COP’ MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) remains open as a legacy resource until COP30 begins in November 2025.

Since its first iteration in 2021 for COP26, over 20,000 people from over 170 countries have taken part in this collaborative, facilitated learning opportunity.

The course ran during the United Nations COP29 Climate Change Conference which took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 – 29 November.

This course offers you an opportunity to examine what the COP process is, why it’s considered to be important and reflect on how you can add your voice to the call for collective action for a sustainable future.

Throughout the course, we shared ‘live’ insights into the issues being discussed at COP29, as well as responses to the conference themes from children and young people, community groups and ministerial bodies, both nationally and internationally. Using these ‘starting points’, we invite you to reflect on what you have heard, watched and read, and think about what these conversations and issues mean to you.

Course content from ‘Live at COP29’ will remain open, free and accessible as a legacy resource for school, community and individual use beyond the Conference.

Click here to access the course

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #21
2024-11-14 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on ‘Coaching and mentoring students: LfS in initial teacher education’.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #22
2024-12-05 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on Learning for Sustainability at a strategic level in a local authority.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Learning for Sustainability Scotland Annual Gathering and 2024 AGM
2025-01-09 10:00 - 12:30
We warmly invite our members to join us online for our 2024 Annual Gathering and AGM; where we will also announce the results of the election of our new Steering Group for 2025-2027.

This event will provide members with the opportunity to:

Hear an update on our activities over the past year

Learn about new LfS developments in Scotland and internationally

Connect with other members

Celebrate the achievements of members who have developed creative approaches to address controversial sustainability issues.

Share their own examples of these kinds of approaches.

Please click here to book your place.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #23
2025-01-23 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on Learning for Sustainability and the Curriculum Improvement Cycle.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Network: 'Positive Impacts of ESD on Learning and Quality'
2025-01-28 14:00 - 15:30
Join us and our partners at EAUC Scotland for this Topic Support Network (TSN) meeting on education for sustainable development (ESD).

This meeting will centre around how ESD enables quality learning in colleges and universities.

More details and agenda to follow soon!

Expect inspiring stories and approaches, peer-to-peer conversations, and a safe space to share your thoughts.

All college and university staff from EAUC member institutions are welcome to join us.

Click here to book your place.

Exploring the potential of...whole-school/institution approaches to Education for Sustainable Development
2025-01-30 15:30 - 16:45
Join Learning for Sustainability Scotland, and our colleagues from across the European network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) in Education for Sustainable Development, for our very first in our ‘Exploring the potential of…’ webinar series.

In this webinar, we will focus on ‘Whole-school/institution approaches to Education for Sustainable Development’.

Who is this event for?

Educators including teachers, head teachers, community-based educators, teacher educators, youth leaders, academics, policy-makers, and other education stakeholders

Regional Centres of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development.

What are the aims of this event?

Actively engage ESD stakeholders in sharing and deepening their understanding and knowledge of Whole-School/Institution approaches to ESD

Support educators to engage with the opportunities and challenges of bringing about a whole school approach to ESD

Share resources and sources of further support for a whole-school/institution approach to ESD.

What is the format of this event?

The event will include:

A keynote address from Professor Arjen Wals: Professor of Transformative Learning for Socio-Ecological Sustainability at University of Wageningen, Nederland; and and UNESCO Chair of Social Learning and Sustainable Development.

Practice examples from educators in primary, secondary, and tertiary settings

Opportunities for sharing and discussion amongst participants.

Click here to book your FREE place

Further details, including joining instructions, will be sent to you in due course.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event.

Warmest wishes,

The European RCE Network

Exploring the Proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill
2025-02-17 16:00 - 17:00
Join Learning for Sustainability Scotland and YouthLink Scotland on Monday 17 February from 16:00 – 17:00 to hear more about the Proposed Youth Work (Scotland) Bill.

This Bill, created by Martin Whitfield MSP, aims to “ensure accessible, well-funded, and high-quality youth work services across Scotland; supporting the holistic development, well-being, and social inclusion of young people, and ensuring equal opportunities for all, regardless of background or circumstance.”

The consultation for this Bill is open and will close on 21 February 2025. Read more in the Consultation Document at: https://lnkd.in/gVZGqcRA

Click here to book your free place now.

We look forward to welcoming you to the discussion.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #24
2025-02-27 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on ‘Learner voices and Learning for Sustainability‘

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

It’s back! Join a worldwide learning community with ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’
2025-03-10 08:00 - 2025-04-13 17:00
How to live a sustainable life affects – and connects – everyone and everything.

Climate change, gender equality, biodiversity collapse, health, social equity, and inclusion are issues that concern us all, impacting human and planetary well-being, and economic stability.

We’re delighted to announce the next ‘run’ of ‘Learning for a Sustainable Future’; our highly successful online learning opportunity, which has, to date, attracted over 20,000 learners from nearly 160 countries.

Developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and the British Council, we invite you to join a FREE, facilitated run of the course, from Monday 10 March to Sunday 13 April.

You’ll develop an informed personal response to major global challenges as you’re supported to take positive actions towards a sustainable future. You’ll learn more about current global issues and consider how we can all take action, personally or locally. The course has an additional strand for those working in formal or informal education, who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered in the course into their own teaching.

Click here to find out more and register your interest.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #25
2025-03-27 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on ‘Learning for Sustainability and the role of Senior Leadership Teams’

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Exploring the potential of…creative learning for sustainability
2025-04-02 15:30 - 16:45
Join Learning for Sustainability Scotland, and our colleagues from across the European network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) in Education for Sustainable Development, for the second in our ‘Exploring the potential of…’ webinar series.

In this webinar, we will focus on ‘Creative learning for sustainability‘.

Who is this event for?

Educators including teachers, head teachers, community-based educators, teacher educators, youth leaders, academics, policy-makers, and other education stakeholders

Regional Centres of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development.

What are the aims of this event?

Supporting educators across Europe to engage with creative approaches to ESD

Enabling ongoing sharing of practice examples from RCEs in Europe

Sharing relevant resources

What is the format of this event?

The event will include the following input:

Engaging children and young people in sustainability through creativity: Jana Dlouha, RCE Czechia

The ‘Seven Gardens’ whole community approach: Peter Reichenbach, RCE Ruhr, Germany

Music and ESD: RCE Basque Country- Navarre

Click here to book your FREE place

Further details, including joining instructions, will be sent to you in due course.

We look forward to welcoming you to this event.

Warmest wishes,

The European RCE Network

Why Not Scotland? Film screening (Edinburgh)
2025-04-14 18:45 - 21:00 | ECCI (Edinburgh Climate Change Institute), High School Yards, Edinburgh, EH1 1LZ
Why Not Scotland? is a feature-length documentary, which forms a central part of the Rewilding Nation campaign.

The film accompanies Flo, a young Scot from Glasgow, on an intensely personal journey, as she seeks out examples of nature recovery around Europe. Like many of her generation, Flo is concerned by the state of nature and fearful about an uncertain future. However, during her travels, she discovers places where nature is making a spectacular comeback, breathing life back into the landscape and revitalising human communities.

Encouraged by these stories of hope and renewal, she is prompted to wonder: Why Not Scotland?

Join us, the 2050 Climate Group, and our Youth Co-Ordinator, Alyson, at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute for an in-person screening of this film and an informal discussion; where we will be asking ourselves – ‘Why not Scotland?’

Click here to find out more and book your FREE place.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #26
2025-04-24 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on ‘Learning for Sustainability and a Rights-Based Approach’.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Launching the new National Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education (ITE).
2025-04-29 16:00 - 17:00
Learning for Sustainability (LfS) is an entitlement of all pupils in Scotland as part of a whole learning community approach, and is deeply embedded in the Professional Standards for teachers in Scotland, as set out by the General Teaching Council for Scotland.

Join the LfS in ITE Network, the Scottish Council of Deans of Education and Scotland’s Initial Teacher Education community as we launch and celebrate Scotland’s National Framework for Learning for Sustainability in ITE.

Please click here to book your free place.

About the Framework

All ITE institutions in Scotland have recognised their important role in questioning and collaborating with student teachers to imagine and develop approaches to weaving LfS throughout their practice – and this document has been co-created by, with, and for members of the ITE community in Scotland.

Find out more at www.scde.ac.uk/learning-for-sustainability-in-ite

Speakers at this event will include:

· Professor Lizzie Rushton, Professor in Education and Head of the Education Division, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stirling(Event Chair)

· Ian Menzies, Senior Education Officer (Sciences, STEM, Learning for Sustainability, and Outdoor Learning), Education Scotland

· Dr Zoè Robertson, Chair, Scottish Council of Deans of Education

· Suzy Aldous, Teaching Standards Education Officer, GTC Scotland.

We look forward to welcoming you.

Please click here to book your free place.

Critical Sustainability Conversations #1: Mapping the terrain around the SDGs
2025-05-12 12:30 - 13:45
This is the first in a new series of Critical Sustainability Conversations led by Learning for Sustainability Scotland.

This webinar is held in collaboration with Scotland’s SDG Network.

Click here to book your free place.

Overview

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have now been in place for a decade, with only five years left to go until we reach their target date of 2030. Conversation is intensifying on how far we have come, potential avenues for collaboration and where we go from here.

Join us in this webinar, where we will map the future terrain of the SDGs in Scotland. We will explore the current ‘hot topics’ in relation to the SDGs, consider who is involved so far, and investigate how we can work together. This is an exciting time, as Scotland’s SDG Network is galvanising further action through a revamped Basecamp site for active collaboration, a brand new landing page and an open LinkedIn to widen the conservation.

We will also share the results of a new map illustrating ongoing work in Scotland and will offer participants an opportunity to put themselves ‘on the map’!

This webinar highlights positive possibilities for individuals, organisations and nations to work together through the SDGs.

Click here to book your free place.

It precedes the second Critical Sustainability Conversation on 28th May that will offer critical perspectives on the SDGs and suggest how we can consider them whilst attempting to decolonise the curriculum.

Critical Sustainability Conversations #2: Education, sustainability, and decolonialism: moving beyond the 'greenwash'
2025-05-28 16:00 - 17:15
This is the second in a new series of Critical Sustainability Conversations led by Learning for Sustainability Scotland.

This webinar is held in collaboration with Queen Margaret University and Canterbury Christ Church University.

Click here to book your free place.

Overview

In this second webinar in the series, we will explore decolonial perspectives of the UN SDGs and sustainable development.

We will hear from Mostafa Gamal, a Co-Programme Leader and Lecturer in the Psychology, Sociology and Education division, Queen Margaret University; and Zulfi Ali Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities & Educational Studies, Canterbury Christ Church University.

This webinar follows the first Critical Sustainability Conversation on 12th May that will map the future terrain of the SDGs in Scotlandl where we will explore the current ‘hot topics’ in relation to the SDGs, consider who is involved so far, and investigate how we can work together.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #27
2025-05-29 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on ‘The new National Framework for Learning for Sustainability in Initial Teacher Education’; which was launched on Tuesday 29 April.

Click here to read more about this important development.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Critical Sustainability Conversations #3: Peace education: fighting for the future
2025-06-10 16:00 - 17:15
This is the third in a new series of Critical Sustainability Conversations led by Learning for Sustainability Scotland.

This webinar is held in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland.

Click here to book your free place.

Overview

In this webinar, we will explore the vital role of peace education in ensuring a sustainable future.

We will hear from Mark Langdon, Lecturer in School of Education and Social Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland.

This webinar follows the first Critical Sustainability Conversation on 12th May and the second on 28th May.

Exploring the potential of…tools and frameworks for education for sustainable development
2025-06-18 15:30 - 16:45
Join Learning for Sustainability Scotland, and our colleagues from across the European network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) in Education for Sustainable Development, for the third in our ‘Exploring the potential of…’ webinar series.

In this webinar, we will focus on ‘Tools and Frameworks for Education for Sustainable Development’.

Who is this event for?

Educators including teachers, head teachers, community-based educators, teacher educators, youth leaders, academics, policy-makers, and other education stakeholders

Regional Centres of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development.

What are the aims of this event?

Supporting educators across Europe to engage with tools and frameworks for Education for Sustainable Development

Enabling ongoing sharing of practice examples from RCEs in Europe

Sharing relevant resources

Click here to find out more and book your FREE place.

Learning for Sustainability and the Professional Standards – monthly Connect session #28
2025-06-19 16:00 - 17:15
Learning for Sustainability is an international and national priority in education.

Making a professional commitment to learning and learners that is compatible with the aspiration of achieving a sustainable and equitable world embodies what it is to be a teacher in Scotland.

In Scotland, the Professional Standards for teachers are underpinned by Learning for Sustainability as a key cross-cutting theme; interdependent with the other key cross-cutting themes of Values and Leadership.

Join us and the General Teaching Council for Scotland at our monthly drop-in sessions to connect with other practitioners and contributors to share, celebrate and discuss more about Learning for Sustainability and what it means for you, your practice, your setting and your wider learning community.

This session will have a focus on ‘Creating a culture of LfS in your setting‘.

Click here to reserve your FREE place.

Responding to Scotland's Wellbeing & Sustainable Development Bill
2025-08-13 12:30 - 13:30
SDG Network Scotland and Learning for Sustainability Scotland invite you to join them online for further discussion on Scotland’s proposed Wellbeing and Sustainable Development Bill.

Following an initial consultation in 2024, Sarah Boyack MSP has introduced this Member’s Bill, which will promote consideration by public bodies of sustainable development and the wellbeing of future generations.

Click here for our response to the initial consultation in 2024.

What are the aims of this event?

to hear more about the ambitions of this proposed Bill

to raise awareness about the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Bill

to generate discussion on policy coherence and preferences

to collate input from participants to generate a response for the proposed Bill

to encourage others to submit informed, independent contributions to the consultation

Click here to book your FREE place.

Joining details for this event will be sent to you in due course.

We look forward to welcoming you.

SDG Network Scotland and Learning for Sustainability Scotland

Have your say on... Scotland's draft Environment Strategy
2025-09-09 16:00 - 17:15
The Scottish Government’s draft Environment Strategy sets out a framework for delivering Scotland’s role in tackling the global crises of nature loss, climate change and pollution. Through it, Scotland has the opportunity to create new opportunities for jobs, businesses and investment, improve people’s health and wellbeing, tackle poverty, and promote social justice.

The draft of this strategy is currently under consultation; and Learning for Sustainability Scotland and EAUC Scotland are working together to draft a response.

But we want to hear from YOU.

Education and learning have a huge role to play in achieving this vision. Help us showcase and celebrate what education across Scotland is already doing – and identify and highlight what else it could do with the right support.

Anyone working or learning in an early years, school, college, university. or community setting is welcome. Whether you’re from a teaching, research or operational background – or a learner yourself – join us and share your perspective and insights. We’ll also share pointers and a template to help you easily draft your own response.

Let’s all have our say on a strategy for a sustainable Scotland.

We look forward to welcoming you at 16:00 on Tuesday 09 September – and to hearing your thoughts. We’ll be using Microsoft Teams and we’ll send you the joining link once you’ve signed up.

Click here to reserve your FREE place at this event

Warmest wishes,

Learning for Sustainability Scotland and EAUC Scotland

EAUC ESD Community of Practice: Rethinking Learning: Risks and Benefits of AI
2025-09-19 12:30 - 14:00
Join EAUC and Learning for Sustainability Scotland at the next Education for Sustainable Development network meeting for educators in further and higher education.

About this meeting of the ESD Community of Practice

Welcome to our first official ESD Community of Practice Meeting – previously known as the ‘Topic Support Network’.

Through various speakers and discussions, we will examine learning in a time of AI, and have a look at this through an ESD lens.

Chaired by Scott Strachan, our ESD COP Covenor from the University of Strathclyde, we’ll hear from speakers at further and higher education providers about:

The social, ethical and environmental impacts of AI

An AI coach that helps you develop ESD lesson plans, designed to maximise efficiency and reliability

Teaching methods that develop human competencies and that ensure our students grow and learn – away from ChatGPT

University and college practitioners are welcome to join this event.

Click here to find out more and sign up, or email Kathrin Möbius at kmobius@eauc.org.uk

Celebrating Scotland's Climate Week with Imagining Possible Futures
2025-10-03 14:00 - 16:30 | YouthLink Scotland, 19A Canning Street, Edinburgh E, EH3 8EG, United Kingdom
***For Youth Workers and the young people they work with***

We all have a story to tell about our changing planet.

We all have fears, hopes and dreams...

But have you ever wondered how stories and cardboard theatre can connect sustainability to your life??

Join us in person to explore how you can use your creativity to break barriers and spark bold, imaginative and courageous ideas for sustainable futures.

Click here to book your free place(s) (please note that numbers are limited!)

Join a worldwide teaching and learning community with ‘Learning for Sustainable Futures'.
2025-10-06 08:00 - 2026-03-01 17:00
We’re delighted to welcome you to ‘Learning for Sustainable Futures’; a refreshed iteration of one of our highly successful online learning opportunities, which has, to date, attracted over 20,000 learners from 160 countries.

This five-week course is open to all; especially those interested in education and learning for sustainability.

Join us from Monday 06 October to Sunday 09 November on a FREE, facilitated run of this course – but the course will remain open for those who want to join at a later date.

About the course…

Developed in partnership with the University of Edinburgh and the British Council, This course supports learners to consider a global issue important to them, to investigate its various causes and impacts, and to start to take informed action – in whatever social or political form that may take. This course may be useful to you on a personal level or in your workplace, if you seek to make changes in your own life or practice, or to inspire those around you to join you in taking action.

The Teaching and Learning Approaches section integrated into each week provides a dedicated space for discussions and reflection focused on pedagogy: supporting those who want to bring some of the activities and issues covered into their own educational practice.

Click here to find out more

Educating for a Healthy Planet and People: Strengthening Partnerships on the Road to COP30
2025-11-06 13:00 - 20:00
Join us and colleagues from the Planetary Health Alliance as we explore the role of Planetary Health education in preparing societies for the urgent transitions demanded by the climate crisis; aligning with COP30’s agenda, the broader UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and building upon the Planetary Health Educational Framework, developed by the Planetary Health Alliance.

As humanity faces converging crises—from climate change and biodiversity loss to pandemics and food insecurity—it is increasingly clear that the health of people is inseparable from the health of the planet. Planetary Health offers an integrated, transdisciplinary framework that addresses these interconnected challenges by placing human well-being within the context of Earth’s natural systems.While COP30 (to be held in Belém, Brazil in 2025) represents a critical political moment to advance climate action globally, education remains a powerful yet under-utilised lever for long-term transformation. Embedding Planetary Health into education systems—from primary schools to professional training—can empower citizens, leaders, and communities with the knowledge, values, and skills necessary to co-create a sustainable and equitable future.

Click here for full details and to reserve your FREE place. Who is the event for?

● Educators, researchers, and students● Policymakers in all related areas● Youth and student organizations● Civil society and environmental NGOs● Indigenous leaders and traditional knowledge holders● International organizations (e.g., WHO, UNESCO, UNEP)

What are the expected outcomes?

● A shared understanding of the importance of Planetary Health education for climate action.● A set of recommendations to feed into the official COP30 processes and legacy initiatives.● Strengthened networks among educators, institutions, and civil society committed to transforming education for a healthy planet.● A public-facing communiqué or declaration on Planetary Health Education for COP30.

Click here for full details and to reserve your FREE place. Supporting partners and organisations:

Planetary Health AllianceUniversity of São PauloPlanetary Health Brazil NetworkScotland’s United Nations University recognised Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development – Learning for Sustainability Scotland

'Live at COP30': explore more with our FREE legacy course
2025-11-10 08:00 - 2026-11-08 17:00
Our FREE ‘Live at the COP’ MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is now available as a legacy course following COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

Since its first iteration in 2021 for COP26, over 20,000 people from over 170 countries have taken part in this collaborative, facilitated learning opportunity.

About the course

This course offers you an opportunity to examine what the COP process is, why it’s considered to be important, and reflect on how you can add your voice to the call for collective action for a sustainable future.

Throughout the course, we shared ‘live’ insights into the issues being discussed at COP30, as well as responses to the conference themes from children and young people, community groups and ministerial bodies, both nationally and internationally. Using these ‘starting points’, we invite you to reflect on what you have heard, watched and read, and think about what these conversations and issues mean to you.

Course content from ‘Live at COP30’ will remain open, free and accessible as a legacy resource for school, community and individual use beyond the Conference.

Click here to find out more.

Have your say on Scotland's School Inspections
2025-11-18 16:00 - 17:00
Learning for Sustainability Scotland invites you to join them online on Tuesday 18 November from 16:00-17:00 for a discussion on Scotland’s School Inspections Consultation.

Why are we holding this event?

The way in which school inspections work in Scotland is being reviewed – and His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education in Scotland wants your views.

Your feedback will shape how inspections can be made fairer, more transparent, and more focused on what matters most for children and young people.

This consultation is a key part of the education inspectorate system-wide review of school inspections. It will inform how the inspection process is strengthened as a driver of improvement and public assurance on the quality of education.

Join us online on Tuesday 18th November to hear more. Our event aims to:

raise awareness about the proposed Schools Inspection changes

generate discussion and gather views on the format, purpose and content of the new inspection process: including the place of Learning for Sustainability in this

collate input from participants to generate a response to the Consultation

encourage others to submit their own informed, independent contributions to the Consultation.

Please book your FREE place by completing this registration form.

Joining details for this event will be sent to you in due course.

We look forward to welcoming you.
