Brentwood Climate Action’s first Schools Conference takes place this coming Thursday, November 11, at the Anglo European School in Ingatestone.
The aim of the Conference (1-4.30pm) is to bring together sixth form students from across the Brentwood Borough to take part in educational activities related to the current COP26 climate summit being held in Glasgow.
Brentwood Climate Action believe this Conference will be a great opportunity for students to discuss the growing concern about the need to combat climate change, and its various effects on societal well-being.
It’s hoped the students will be able to take back what they have learned to their schools, along with ideas for tackling climate change and other environmental issues. We also hope the Conference will provide them with the necessary tools to empower their fellow students, and to share their knowledge with the wider community.
The outline Conference agenda aims to educate the attending sixth formers about the climate challenge we face in general, and in three specific areas:
- Buildings’ effect on climate
- Climate conscious fashion
- Reducing individual impact on the climate
Presentations by three key-note speakers – Matt Webster, Head of Environment and Sustainability for British Land; Patrick McDowell, fashion designer; Andrea Zara, DJ – will be interspersed with round-table discussions among the students, brainstorms and workshops.
Students will be invited to identify climate actions they want to take, and get together in action groups – which would then report back at a planned follow-up Conference in the summer of 2022.
In this way we are looking to get students to commit to inter-school collaborative action over the coming months.
And we are aiming to provide more of these sessions in the future to allow the students of Brentwood to share their ideas, along with the successes of working with the school, the wider community and with each other.
Paul Jeater, Chair of Ingatestone & Fryerning Parish Council and a member of Brentwood Climate Action, will introduce the Conference, outlining its aims, objectives and the agenda.