Climate Changers

Action for Conservation’s brilliant plan is to mould the next generation of nature conservationists.

Our support will help 2,500 students aged 11-17 from less-advantaged areas. These children will gain the skills and knowledge needed to deliver environmental improvement projects, making their schools and communities greener – and more sustainable in the process!

Energy Sparks empowers pupils to make the energy efficiency of their schools better. The children learn energy-saving skills that not only have a real impact on climate change, but that they can take home and teach to their families and friends.

Our funding will help 350 schools become more energy efficient and fight climate change through an online energy education programme. Over the next 3 years, we’ll help schools ditch 6,000 tonnes of CO2, and save £1.9m in energy costs.

Our support will help build 12 Tiny Forests (sites of 200m2 of land, with 600 trees per site) in deprived areas of the UK. These forests will be used by teachers as incredible outdoor classrooms to teach children about the environment and sustainability.

Each forest absorbs 450-600 kg of carbon after 4 years of planting. So they’re up to 30x better at absorption, compared to other tree-planting schemes – and this means our Tiny Forests will absorb up to 7,200 kg of CO2.