{"id":27545,"date":"2024-10-22T07:40:04","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T06:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings-new\/?page_id=27545"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:52:43","slug":"sustainable-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image has_mobile_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69e2493958be8\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"parent-banner clearfix no-padding has-images\" id=\"block_acf-block-69e24939595d3\"><div class=\"banner-outer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"banner-show parent-banner-outer parent-banner-1\" data-aos=\"fade\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x banner-top\"><div class=\"medium-6 large-7 cell medium-order-1 content-1\"><div class=\"banner-content\"><header><h1>Sustainable schools<\/h1><\/header><p>Teaching children about climate change and the biodiversity crisis is an opportunity to inspire positive action; not just in the children but throughout the whole school community. With a rapidly growing range of support available both locally and nationally, you and your school can confidently embed sustainable practices; from everyday activities like recycling to helping children connect with nature and creating your school climate action plan.<\/p>\n<p>These pages are updated every few months so please visit again! <\/p>\n<ul class=\"banner-content-buttons\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/zone.recycledevon.org\/sustainability-bulletin\/\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"dataLayer.push({ &#039;buttonEvent&#039;: &#039;Information page&#039; });\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up to the Devon Sustainability Bulletin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div class=\"show-for-medium medium-6 large-5 cell medium-order-2 image-2 banner-image\"><div class=\"parent-banner-images parent-banner-image-1\"><div class=\"banner-imagebg\"><div class=\"banner-image-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1-440x440.jpg\" class=\"attachment-banner-block size-banner-block\" alt=\"education children in a classroom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1-440x440.jpg 440w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/166\/2024\/12\/Waste-Education-470x470-1.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"section-bottom-arrow section-arrow\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"page-section clearfix has_background_image text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-69e2493959601\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-69e2493959650\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">In this section<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards custom_cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/climate-action-plans\/\">Climate action plans<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/reduce-reuse-recycle-and-compost\/\">Reduce, reuse, recycle and compost!<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/outdoor-education\/\">Outdoor education<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/farm-wise\/\">Food and farming<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/school-grounds-biodiversity\/\">School Grounds &amp; Biodiversity <\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/energy\/\">Energy<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-7\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/roads-and-transport\/safe-travel\/road-safety\/schools\/\">Travel to school<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-8\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/school-effectiveness\/teaching-and-learning\/sustainable-schools\/devon-climate-emergency\/\">Devon Climate Emergency<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-9\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/historicenvironment\/schools-resources\/\">Devon\u2019s historic environment<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-10\"><div 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