From Glasgow to Belfast, Liverpool to Cardiff, school leaders are standing alongside students and taking action to tackle the climate crisis. Every school that signs up is pledging to work towards a more sustainable future while calling for much-needed government support to help all schools reach their zero carbon goals.
By raising our voices together, we are showing the overwhelming support for zero carbon schools up and down the UK. Together we’re harnessing the power of schools and young people to drive change and spark climate action in communities across the country, reducing emissions, increasing biodiversity and safeguarding our planet for future generations.
Schools up and down the country are already taking action to reduce their carbon impact. By joining Let’s Go Zero, your school will become part of a community of ambitious, forward-thinking schools all aiming for a better, fairer, zero carbon future. Together we can prove that pupils, parents, teachers and governors are united in calling for change.
As a school, when you sign up to Let’s Go Zero, you’ll get support on setting your zero carbon targets and developing roadmaps for delivery, and will help influence our discussions with politicians as we work to get more support for schools. The actions you take today will reach far beyond the school gates, inspiring families and sparking community action to tackle the climate crisis.
“Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council are proud to support the Let’s Go Zero campaign. We have great ambitions for climate action and reaching net zero in our borough, and we recognise the importance and value of young people and schools in this journey. We are excited to see how the ambition and enthusiasm of our young people can tackle the challenge of becoming net zero with the support of the Let’s Go Zero campaign, and we are committed to supporting our schools on this journey”
“West Mercia Energy are delighted to support the “Let’s Go Zero” campaign. Schools have a vital role to play in leading, educating and inspiring young people to act on climate change, and that is why we are encouraging our education customers to sign up and make the pledge to work towards being zero carbon by 2030”
“NAHT is pleased to support Let’s Go Zero and to encourage our members to be part of the campaign too. Schools are fully committed to playing their part in tackling climate change and in working to reduce their carbon footprint. This generation of pupils is passionate about bringing about meaningful change.”
“Southwark Council is proud to be a supporter of Ashden’s Let’s Go Zero programme, which is equipping our schools with the skills and resources needed to tackle the climate emergency. We are committed to doing all we can to become a carbon neutral borough by 2030, and we know that every one of our schools play a vital role in making this happen. We’re looking forward to getting as many schools as possible signed up!”
“Greater Manchester has declared a climate emergency and set a clear aim for the region to be carbon-neutral by 2038. We are asking that everyone in the region joins us on our journey to make a change, drive positive action and ask others to follow their lead. We know that young people can be environmental game-changers and getting schools on-board and committed to driving action each and every day is essential to tackling the climate crisis – today, tomorrow and together.”
“At the Wildlife Aid Foundation, we believe that small actions add up to give big impacts. Ashden’s “Let’s Go Zero” campaign aligns perfectly with this ethos, by actively encouraging schools across the UK to play their part in tackling the climate crisis. The more schools that sign up, the more impact we can all have in safeguarding the future of British nature.”
“I don’t know of a more important campaign for schools than Let’s Go Zero. Not only is it pushing schools to do the right thing in reducing their carbon footprint, but I am excited by the potential to engage children and young people in an even more significant change in their behaviour. By signing up to Let’s Go Zero schools are committing to take their whole community on the journey we all need to a sustainable future.”
‘Devon Climate Emergency supports the Let’s Go Zero campaign to create zero-carbon schools by 2030. As the partnership responsible for securing Devon’s net-zero future, we understand that carbon-free schools and climate education are vital to the net-zero transition. Putting schools at the heart of our net-zero goals will help to embed knowledge of the threats our planet faces and build resilience towards them.’
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Schools across my constituency are working to reduce their carbon emissions. This will help our planet, create healthier schools and engage our children in developing solutions to the climate emergency. Schools are ready to go further but reaching net-zero requires investment to retrofit older buildings. Let’s Go Zero is a fantastic campaign giving our schools the tools they need to begin the transition, but the Government must commit to support this vital work in meaningful ways with funding and resources.”
The Let’s Go Zero campaign is brilliant. It inspires pupils and their schools to take the collaborative, holistic action at scale and pace we so urgently need. It provides a fantastic opportunity for all schools, all over the UK, to give their pupils a chance to engage in the climate emergency in a positive way, and reduce not just their carbon footprint, but their eco-anxiety. It’s a win-win for our planet, school-community, and young people as it’s so learner focused and engaging, and it provides extensive opportunities for the development of new skills and leadership. The Association of Colleges fully supports this excellent campaign.
“I’m so pleased to have found the Let’s Go Zero campaign. This is such an important initiative and is something that every school can take part in. You can start off small and then work your way up to making really substantial changes that will make a real difference in the world. It’s really wonderful too that so many schools are now incorporating climate change and biodiversity loss into their teaching. I feel so inspired by all the work that’s being done in schools now and it gives me real hope for the future. I can’t wait to see amazing things happen through the Let’s Get Zero campaign!”
“This is a brilliant campaign which taps into the real sense of urgency children and young people have about the climate crisis. They are a real driving force for climate action around the world and an inspiration to politicians like me. Let’s Go Zero gives them the chance to support practical steps in their own schools to reduce their carbon footprint.”
“The importance of a campaign like Let’s Go Zero should not be underestimated. Not only is it playing a fundamental part in bringing schools and the education system on board in fighting the climate crisis. It allowing the schools to lead by example in inspiring the young people it educates about how to act on climate change and keeping the earth’s health at the heart of every decision we make.”
“As Chile hands over the baton for global climate talks to the UK, we are thrilled to see this initiative engaging schools in cutting carbon. In fact, we really hope that the campaign will go global – and that schools here in Chile will be early adopters, showing real leadership in starting now to reduce their carbon footprint.”
“I am proud to support the Let’s Go Zero campaign for zero-carbon schools across the country. With the UK holding COP26 this year, there is not a moment to lose in building a better, more sustainable future for our children. The Government must act now to help bring schools into a new, zero-carbon world.”
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This decade is vital to tackling some of the biggest issues facing the world and creating a better future for us all. As future leaders and carers for the Earth, it is brilliant to see children and young people leading the way with Let’s Go Zero 2030. We hope that many more are inspired by this optimistic, action-focused initiative.”
“At Theirworld, we are a children’s charity committed to ending the global education crisis – and that means tackling climate change too. We see first-hand how climate change is hitting the poorest children the hardest. Let’s Go Zero is a campaign that answers the call to action from school children everywhere to ask the world’s leaders and policy makers to act faster and better to protect their future. I hope their voices are heard quickly.”
“This is a brilliant idea. Climate change affects all of us of course, but especially future generations. Our schools are the perfect place to start, inspiring young people and teachers to make the environment in which they spend so much time zero carbon by 2030. Starting small in this way, where the goal is attainable and everyone in the school can become personally involved and enthused, stands a real chance of working. Multiply that across Britain’s 32,000 schools and you are making a real difference, raising local and national awareness and galvanising the Government into providing more support.”
Let’s Go Zero brings together UK schools who want to be zero carbon, are reducing their own climate impact, and demanding greater UK government support to achieve this goal. The campaign will show national government that there is a substantial demand amongst teachers and pupils to become zero carbon, with the potential for schools to catalyse wider change in their communities.
Let’s Go Zero is a campaign for schools based in the UK. Any school or educational setting in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland can sign up to the campaign. Sign up can only be done by a person with authority. This means the headteacher, a member of the senior leadership team or a governor.
You will need to use an email address when signing up and to provide some basic information about your school. We will verify the email address that you provide.
By joining the campaign, a school is publicly declaring that they want to be zero carbon by 2030, and that it wants the UK government to enable schools in the UK to take more action on this issue.
This campaign is about showing aspiration. We know that being zero carbon is currently beyond the reach of most schools, but by working together and with government we believe it is achievable by 2030.
To be part of the campaign, schools are expected to be taking action to reduce their carbon impact, measuring this where feasible, and have ‘next step’ actions planned for the following year. They can indicate the steps they are taking from a checklist on the sign-up form.
By joining the campaign, schools commit to telling their students, communities and suppliers that they are part of Let’s Go Zero and aim to be zero carbon by 2030. We can provide the Let’s Go Zero logo for schools to do this.
The information we collect about schools helps us build a picture of carbon action in schools across the UK. This information is used to:
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Keep schools in the campaign up to date about the campaign and let them know about actions they can take to reduce their carbon.
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Share stories of what other schools are doing.
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See trends in school behaviour and to understand the type, size and location and schools who are taking different types of actions. We aim to also quantify the carbon action in schools. All analysis and quantified data will be anonymised if shared.
We will share the information gathered by the campaign with our campaign partners, funders and with key policy and decision makers to help support the progress of decarbonising schools.
We will send schools the latest news and information on our work, campaigns, fundraising, events and other ways they can support Let’s Go Zero (schools can unsubscribe from these messages).
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Let’s Go Zero is currently only available for schools based in the UK as it is brought to you by a coalition of UK-based organisations. If you are a school or organisation based outside of the UK, and are interested in finding out how you can start your own Let’s Go Zero campaign, please get in touch with us via the email below.
