Learning for Sustainability Scotland

08/06/2026

Our June bulletin is now available!

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👉UN Sustainable Development Goals
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👉Policy & Research
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Update from the Learning for Sustainability Scotland Steering Group June 2026 Our neighbours are lovely, but we politely disagree about the value of nettles. In the corner of our garden, under the elder tree, we have a flourishing patch of stinging nettles (Urtica dioca). They are currently small an...

12/05/2026

Today's the day: applications for our Youth Climate Action Fund 2026 are now open!

Constituted groups and schools working with young people in the Scottish Borders can apply for a grant of up to £750.

What do we fund?
🌍Community action which benefits our planet.
🌳Activities which support sustainable practices.
🐝Activities or learning which encourages climate resilience and adaptations.
🌄Opportunities to learn new skills and discover nature.

To find out more and apply, visit the link in the comments below 👇

18/03/2026

Welcome to ‘Learning for Sustainable Futures’; a refreshed iteration of one of our highly-successful online learning opportunities, which has, to date, attracted over 20,000 learners from ~170 countries.

This five-week course is open to all; especially those interested in education and learning for sustainability.

Join us from Monday 30 March to Sunday 03 May on a FREE, facilitated run of this course.

Click here to find out more and register your interest: https://lnkd.in/eqD82hTz

11/03/2026

Webinar: Using Digital Tools in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Join the European Network in the fourth of their "Exploring the potential of..." webinar series 🖥️

The webinar aims to support educators across Europe to engage with digital tools for ESD, explore the benefits and challenges of using digital tools, share practice examples from RCEs across Europe 🌍️ and share relevant resources 📱

🗓️ 31 March 2026
🕒 17:00–18:05 CET
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://buff.ly/OHfzeiJ

with Learning for Sustainability Scotland

10/03/2026

Join us and our colleagues from across the European network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) in Education for Sustainable Development on 31 March for our webinar on ‘Using Digital Tools in Education for Sustainable Development’.

👉 Who is this event for?
- Educators: including teachers, head teachers, community-based educators, teacher educators, youth leaders, academics, policy-makers, and other education stakeholders, Regional Centres of Expertise in Education for Sustainable Development.

👉 What are the aims of this event?
- Supporting educators across Europe to engage with digital tools in Education for Sustainable Development
- Enabling ongoing sharing of practice examples from RCEs in Europe
- Sharing relevant resources

Find out more and book your FREE place here:
https://lnkd.in/ezhnT9J3

26/02/2026

GTC Scotland has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its Accreditation Policy.

As the independent regulator for teachers and college lecturers in Scotland, it also has responsibility for accrediting programmes of initial teacher education (ITE) and further education teaching qualification programmes for college lecturers (TQFE).

Join us on Tuesday 03 March from 16:00 – 17:00, where we will:

- Help you to find out more about this proposed Consultation
- Encourage discussion and gather insights/perspectives on the format of the review and the place of Learning for Sustainability in this
- Collate input from you to inform a response to the Consultation
- Support and encourage you to submit your own informed, independent contributions to the Consultation (by the deadline of 12th March 2026)

Click here to reserve your free place: https://lnkd.in/eJUMi2m7

We look forward to welcoming you.

09/02/2026

Ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary Elections in May 2026, our Policy Action Group has published a Policy Briefing for the next Scottish Parliament.

👉 Click here to read the Briefing: https://lnkd.in/duZ7xzqv

What are our asks of the next Scottish Parliament?

We seek the following key commitments for education and learning in the next Scottish Parliament through political commitment, accelerated action at scale, and sustainable and sustained resourcing:

✔️ Join up action and collaboration through learning and education across all sectors to deliver a socially-just and sustainable Scotland through an integrated systems approach
✔️Escalate and scale up the delivery of Scotland’s Learning for Sustainability Action Plan ‘Target 2030: A Movement for People, Planet and Prosperity’’ for early years and schools
✔️Champion the Learning for Sustainability ‘Movement for Change’ across all of Scotland’s universities and colleges
✔️Strengthen sustainability understanding and action through community learning and development, including youth work
✔️Enable equitable and long-term access to Learning for Sustainability opportunities to ensure a just transition for communities and learners of all ages.

For more information, please contact Cecilia Manosa Nyblon, our Development Manager, at [email protected]

Warmest wishes,

The Learning for Sustainability Scotland Team