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"There are educated people who cause The Most damage to The Planet ," says the sixth former, Joe Brindle.

Joe , 17, says that schools need to help The Environment at The Heart of education.

the Ministers agreed: "it is important that pupils are taught about Climate Change ," but Joe says, the schools are not ready for a climate emergency.

He is a founder-member of the lasts next week, your call for an environmental review of the training to the Parliament.

"There are people with a degree from Cambridge and Oxford, who are always on fossil fuels chief executives and those seeking the destruction of Our World ," says Joe .

"And therefore, this kind of shows that the training succeed, and that our education System is broken, because education should be worse for the creation of a better human, not. "

On Wednesday, Joe , a student at Devizes school, and More Than a dozen other 18-year-olds, The Core of the Teachings, The Future , take over Parliament terrace, gazebo, host a crowd-funded reception for the deputies.

The Group that thinks together by the British students, the climate network, best known for The School climate strikes, and the National Union of students " climate-charity offshoot, SOS-UK, with a design by the English case of emergency, the formation of the bill, which embodies its Central claims and the Joe "is really" big".

teach The Future of design is hoped could be in any Phase, the basis for a private member's bill, but for now, the goal is to get MPs on our side"".

The idea is based on the objective of the kickstart engineering, mathematics and science education and give America The Edge in the space and arms race.

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"I, it really shows that education can be used to solve a difficult task, if the focus is at the bottom, from the government," says Joe , sitting A-levels in history, biology, and chemistry this Summer .

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But instead of relying solely on science, technology, engineering and mathematics - the area of the climate emergency education, he believes.

"The Space Race was just a thing, but the climate crisis affects every single part of everything, and it requires the solutions of each part of society be it art, be it mathematics, be it in the Sciences. "

He wants everyone to understand the impact of their behavior on The Environment and "try to do things in a way that as little negative impact as possible".

And while engineers play an important role, fundamentally, education has to be sustainable, he says.

people need to understand how the climate crisis, he argues: "It is a symptom of a General non-sustainable System . "

Joe speaking at the NUS sustainability summit in November 2019

Joe believes that Most People his age "to understand more about Climate Change and what is behind it, the questions of justice. and the policy behind it".

But he says that while schools are largely sympathetic, they are constrained by limited budgets and the demands of a high-stakes examination System and often teachers lack of detailed knowledge about Climate Change .

"It's not good enough, that sustainability is limited to a few topics and Most of our teachers don't know enough about you", say the activists.

they also point out that the inclusion of Climate Change in The National teaching plan only to local authority schools - not, academies, free schools or the Private Sector .

The Group invited, dozens of deputies at the front Desk, and are "mainly in the hope Minister of the government and the people close to the government will be there".

Zero-carbon schools

teach The Future of the wish-list also included climate research and sustainability in teacher training and all education buildings to a net zero carbon footprint by 2030.

The Group was in the fall of 2019, but already has the support of the leading education unions and environmental organizations. It is in the hope that several dozen MPs at the reception.

In a statement, said the government: "It is important that pupils are taught about Climate Change , that is the reason, why the same topics in The National curriculum for both primary and secondary schools Teachers have the freedom to expand in these areas if you wish.

"This government is a world leader in the fight against Climate Change , and we are The First major economy to legislate for net-zero emissions by 2050. The Department for education provides funding to support schools to more sustainable institutions. "

A spokesman said issues around Climate Change and sustainability were part of The National curriculum for science and geography, a new environmental-science-level was introduced in the year 2017 and the sustainability is included in some of the new T-level technical skills, for example, construction the students will learn about Renewable Energy and energy efficiency technologies.

The Department for education added, also supports energy efficiency through the capital grant programs, including interest-free loans, the spokeswoman.

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Source of news: bbc.com