Schools are gearing up for The Climate Action Countdown – starting 7 June

It’s nearly time for 29 days of fun, inclusive, inspiring schools’ climate action! Schools around the UK are invited to sign up to the most exciting collaborative and fun climate […]
Press response on London Mayor’s new climate action plan

Let’s Go Zero welcomes London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s new climate action plan announced on 12 April, which includes the launch of a new Net Zero Schools initiative. The new initiative, […]
Winning schools in IKEA X Let’s Go Zero competition

Four winning schools across the UK have been announced as winners in the IKEA-Let’s Go Zero sustainable schools’ competition. The competition – a partnership of IKEA and the national zero […]
From grow-your-own food banks to food-waste wormeries, here are the UK’s prizewinning green schools projects

Twenty-five schools have won green funding to boost nature projects on their grounds. The zero carbon schools campaign, Let’s Go Zero, and OVO Foundation, have awarded cash prizes of up […]
Department for Education’s ‘sticking plaster’ energy efficiency funding released

The Department for Education’s announcement of £500m for schools to reduce their energy use falls far short of the funding needed for a nationwide retrofit programme to reduce costs and […]
‘National emergency retrofit response’ needed for UK schools

Let’s Go Zero, the campaign supporting schools to be zero carbon by 2030, is calling on the new Secretary of State for the Department for Education to retrofit every school […]
Flipping how we teach the climate crisis could be just what young people need

The pandemic has been really tough for children and young people. According to NHS Digital, probable mental health disorders nearly doubled after the first lockdown. The last thing children need […]
All doing their bit for zero carbon schools

The National Education Union look at how schools are doing their bit to tackle climate change in their magazine, Educate. Schools joining Let’s Go Zero are supporting the campaign’s […]
Climate action in schools: Ideas to reduce your carbon impact

Taking climate action in schools and reducing your school’s carbon emissions is not as difficult as it may seem. Alex Green from the Let’s Go Zero campaign outlines some inspiring […]
Tips for schools in cutting carbon and slashing energy bills

Lowering energy use in old buildings, or ensuring new ones are energy efficient, is one of the main routes to becoming a zero carbon school. Alex Green, schools manager of […]