Book your places on our new training course! FREE place for CDEC member schools! Critical Thinking in an Age of Disinformation 📆 Monday 18th May 🕑️ 1pm - 4pm 📍 CDEC offices, Ambleside Info about course content and book your places here - buff.ly/kDo4Tnq

Don't miss out on this year's Youth Climate Summit! Sign up here - buff.ly/3hN7h2i This summit is just for Primary Schools and more than half of the slots are already booked, so sign up today to reserve places for a group from your school.

🚨🚨LAST CHANCE🚨🚨 there are still spaces on our Teaching a Climate Curriculum course next week. Information about course content and how to book your places here - www.cdec.org.uk/what-we-offe...

Happy New Year! Our friend Joe Human has published two more articles in his ongoing series 'Notes from a Warming World' including a look at some highlights and good news from the last 12 months. Find them here - www.cdec.org.uk/news/178/13/...

The latest articles in Joe Human's series 'Notes From a Warming World' are now available to read on the CDEC website and the most recent one is about COP30 - take a look here: buff.ly/dDLC9Eq

Vepaiamele Grace Trief is a 16-year-old Ni-Vanuatu student, avid writer, and passionate advocate for women’s rights, gender equality, and climate justice. Her poem 'My Testimony' was shared as part of the @commonwealthorg's recent Critical Conversations event - read here -

The film from this year's Youth Climate Summit is now live - watch it now - buff.ly/EfQbmyg Follow this link for more information and a link to the report - buff.ly/U9MTjrO

Notes from a Warming World is back - read the latest article from Joe Human on this page of our website: www.cdec.org.uk/news/178/13/...

Learning for a Sustainable Future - have you seen this FREE online course from the British Council? More information and enrolment here - buff.ly/4KYHm3x

🌍 🌍 CDEC training course 🌍 🌍 Embedding Global Learning and the Sustainable Development Goals Tuesday 11th November // 1pm - 4pm // Ambleside Book your places now - forms.office.com/e/R041rUSjy6

SPARK is back!! Come along to Kingmoor Infants on Sunday 5th October from 2-4pm for loads of art and nature based activities - FREE for all! @followers

Has your school signed up for CDEC membership for this new academic year? Whether you're renewing or signing up for the first time, the process is the same and it all starts here - buff.ly/mN2V2Ld If you're not sure whether or not you need to renew, send us an email and we'll let you know.

Fairtrade Fortnight is 22nd September to 5th October. Details of local campaigning activities in Cumbria here - buff.ly/ipWpvZa National campaign details here - buff.ly/BA79nCK CDEC Fairtrade resource boxes are available for member schools to borrow - find out more here - buff.ly/NygLWOZ

Jam for Climate - Green Screen Youth project The Alhambra Cinema, Penrith // Wednesday 10th September // 7.30pm More info and booking here - penrithcinema.co.uk/LonsdalePenr...

Zero Carbon Schools from @greenschools.bsky.social: Empowering young climate leaders through engaging education & action. Resources, support & training for teachers. Join us for 2025-26! ➡️ www.greenschoolsproject.org.uk/zero-carbon-... #ClimateEd #Sustainability #EduSky

Using Singing to Support Global Links and Climate Education in Your School Quaker Tapestry Hall, Kendal // Thursday 22nd May // lunch included - 12pm-5.15pm Info & booking - buff.ly/3QAm5VK

Using Singing to Support Global Links and Climate Education in Your School Quaker Tapestry Hall, Kendal // Thursday 22nd May // lunch included - 12pm-5.15pm Info & booking - buff.ly/3QAm5VK

Spark! at Tullie have a Rag Rug Competition for young people - all the info you need on how to get involved is at this link: buff.ly/lqo2XCt

This Green Careers Open Day in Manchester looks great! Saturday 10th May - all the details at the link below

Our Connected Cumbria exhibition opens tonight- celebrating Cumbrian organisations who are building a fair and more sustainable world. More dates and venues to be announced

Global Teachers Award training day - Monday 19th May // 9am - 4.30pm // Ambleside This is an in-person training day for GTA Level 1 - information about course content and how to book your places here - buff.ly/Z0joBKy

🚨 🚨 This Saturday 🚨 🚨 Connected Cumbria - photography exhibition and awards event Saturday 29th March // 4pm - 6pm // The Wildman Gallery, Kendal LA9 6EN Book now - buff.ly/OkwGh1J

Using Singing to Support Global Links and Climate Education in Your School Quaker Tapestry Hall, Kendal // Thursday 22nd May // lunch included - 12pm-5.15pm Info & booking - buff.ly/3QAm5VK

Connected Cumbria - photography exhibition and awards event Saturday 29th March // 4pm - 6pm // The Wildman Gallery, Kendal LA9 6EN Book now - buff.ly/OkwGh1J

World Book Day was last week and we've been thinking about the books that have meant something important to us recently - they're collected together here - buff.ly/QwSBWPs Get in touch to share your favourites and we'll add them to the page.

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience! 5 years ago I wrote an article for @cdec.bsky.social. It's even more relevant today. www.cdec.org.uk/2020/02/stea...

Using Singing to Support Global Links and Climate Education in Your School Quaker Tapestry Hall, Kendal // Thursday 22nd May // lunch included - 12pm-5.15pm Info & booking - https://buff.ly/3QAm5VK

When We Sing, It Brings us Closer Sing Up for Climate Justice! - Kendal Parish Church // Wednesday 21st May // 2pm-3.30pm Bring your choir, class or small group (yrs 3-6) to join us for this amazing celebration of our wonderful world through art & music. Info & booking - https://buff.ly/3QAm5VK

CDEC Training 2024-25 // Global Teachers Award Tue 11th March // 9am - 4.30pm // in-person training event // Low Nook, Ambleside More info about course content here - https://buff.ly/2KxkC3p Book your places at the Westmorland and Furness Council SLA portal here - https://buff.ly/3E9dO89

Take a look at this! Support climate & sustainability action and pupil voice with this classroom activity from Clive Lewis MP and our friends at Reboot Education https://buff.ly/3WUfIju Find out how to send your message in a bottle here - https://buff.ly/4jEYAYO

Youth Climate Summit 2025 is at Furness Academy on Friday 27th June - have you booked your places yet? Information and booking here - https://buff.ly/4hRtwn4

We've created free Global Goals Packs for primary and secondary level! Inspire pupils to take action around the SDGs - fight inequality and injustice, end extreme poverty and tackle climate change. 17 colourful postcards and accompanying booklet ✅ https://buff.ly/3u1dKQ5

CDEC Training 2024-25 // Global Teachers Award Tue 11th March // 9am - 4.30pm // in-person training event // Low Nook, Ambleside More info about course content here - https://buff.ly/2KxkC3p Book your places at the Westmorland and Furness Council SLA portal here - https://buff.ly/3E9dO89

CDEC Training 2024-25 // Teaching a Climate Curriculum Wed 26th February // 9am - 4.30pm // in-person training event // Edenhall, Penrith More info about course content here - https://buff.ly/3VhMtX2 Book your places at the Westmorland and Furness Council SLA portal here - https://buff.ly/3E9dO89

We have launched the Digital Discourse Initiative, a collaborative project with @isdglobal.bsky.social A free online professional learning course is now available to equip teachers with the knowledge and tools to address issues like online disinformation and hate. 📰 More: tie.scot/news/digital...

Zero Carbon Cumbria are running a Citizens' Assembly in March and April and we'd like to run a parallel process to capture the perspectives of young people called Youth Voice Forum. For more information, click here - https://buff.ly/3CoWXOd

CDEC Training 2024-25 // Teaching a Climate Curriculum Wed 26th February // 9am - 4.30pm // in-person training event // Edenhall, Penrith More info about course content here - https://buff.ly/3VhMtX2 Book your places at the Westmorland and Furness Council SLA portal here - https://buff.ly/3E9dO89

February is LGBT+ History Month - a time to celebrate the contributions and accomplishments of the LGBT+ community throughout history and raise awareness about the ongoing struggles for equality and acceptance that the LGBT+ community continues to face.

CDEC Training 2024-25 // Embedding Global Learning and the Sustainable Development Goals Tuesday 4th February // 3.30pm - 5pm // zoom More information about course content here - https://buff.ly/2LJrLfW Book your places at the Cumberland Council portal here - https://buff.ly/42tkqIu

Leading for the Future - Pupil Voice in the Classroom Tuesday 28th January // 3.30pm - 5pm // zoom Book your places here - https://buff.ly/3BAme7f

Happy New Year! All four episodes of the CDEC podcast 'Stepping Out - Global Learning in Cumbria' are now available - have you listened to them all yet?

We have a date and a venue for next year's Youth Climate Summit - Furness Academy // Friday 27th June 2025 - and we'd love to see you there! Fill in this expression of interest form to let us know you’d like to be involved - https://buff.ly/4i1KZtM

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Have you been listening to our new podcast? There are now three episodes available with the fourth scheduled for this coming Friday 20th. Search for ‘Stepping Out - Global Learning in Cumbria’ on Spotify or click here -

The third episode of our podcast will be available from this coming Friday 13th - in the meantime, you can listen to the second episode here - https://buff.ly/3ZLbzA9 or search on Spotify for 'Stepping Out - Global Learning in Cumbria'

We're live! The first episode of our podcast has landed! Search for 'Stepping Out - Global Learning in Cumbria' on Spotify or follow this link - buff.ly/4gclJPB #GlobalLearningFortnight

The Case for Global Learning calls for a national strategy on Global Learning and we'll be launching our campaign in Parliament in the spring. Read more about the campaign and download your copy of the report here - buff.ly/3LiTBgu @tglnonline.bsky.social #GlobalLearningFortnight