Learning and Skills

Sustainability literacy is the idea of everyone having enough knowledge and skills to be able to contribute towards sustainable development - whatever they do.

Our work is aimed at changing London’s post-school sector, so that students, lecturers, researchers and institutions are sustainability literate.

If someone is sustainability literate, they would:

• understand why we need to change to a sustainable way of doing things, at home and at work and in their community
• have enough knowledge and skills to act in a way that contributes to sustainable development
• recognise, reward and reinforce other people’s decisions and actions that contribute to sustainable development.

Our recent work with the sector includes:

• London Students Towards Sustainability – a unique London based network to engage, motivate and support students to contribute to sustainable development through their studies and their future careers
• Learning to Last in London partnership – a network run from 2002-4 to promote sustainable development in post-16 education in London and share good practice.
• London Intern Sustainability Exchange (LiSx) Website – subsequent to our previous LSTS network services, LSx have launched our new LiSx website where employers with good sustainability practices and students and young professionals with enthusiasm and skills to provide substantial inputs for London are welcome to register and make good use of this free service. The website can be found at London Intern Sustainability Exchange (LiSx).

For more information, please contact Gail Freeman, Partnership and Communications Director at LSx on 020 7234 9400 or g.freeman@lsx.org.uk

Photograph by Ana Verastegui