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

For more information, please contact Gail Freeman, Partnership and Commuications Director.  

Photograph by Ana Verastegui