Learning for Sustainability

This year, Glasgow hosts the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. Over 200 world leaders & people of influence will attend to discuss priorities & actions relating to the Paris Agreement. LFS is an entitlement that all young people have within Scotland & is part of the GTC Standards. We want young people across West Lothian to have a sound understanding of the importance of leading sustainable lives now & in the future.

To help promote, support & continue a legacy for sustainable living the Education Development Team are planning a number of events & initiatives. Some of these include:

• Seeking young peoples views to help influence & develop policy within the authority via an online survey Climate Change Survey for Young People (opens new window)
• A young people's summit, where young people from across West Lothian will take part in virtual workshops & debates around some issues to do with Climate Change
• Smarter Choices funding & bids. Having secured money from Smarter Choices we are asking individual schools or clusters of schools to put forward a bid for money that can be used to fund projects that promote active travel. There is support & guidance that comes with this & we hope that schools will take advantage of this & the opportunities it can help provide for our young people & families

The Team are also looking at other events & ways to support schools in their LFS journey. The attached leaflet (West Lothian Learning for Sustainability (PDF, 181 KB)(opens new window)) contains more detail along with links to the survey. If you are interested in finding out more or already have plans in place please contact Melissa Dunn at melissa.dunn@westlothian.org.uk