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Climate change education is increasingly seen as an essential part of schooling.

Have you noticed a difference to the packaging of your Western Teacher magazine? Introducing biobased, biodegradable and home-compostable bio-film – a greener alternative to petroleum-based mail wrap, supplied by local Perth company, Vanguard Media Group.

Australian unions have had a long history of supporting environmental issues.

There is growing support across our schools and TAFEs to address the climate emergency and embed sustainable practices across all aspects of public education.

Kaya and happy new year. As we enter the Bunuru season here in the southwest, the hottest time of the year, it certainly feels as though the sweltering conditions are getting worse every year, with more extreme weather patterns becoming a regular occurrence.

Last year saw a succession of headline- grabbing climate disasters, from unprecedented heatwaves drying Europe’s rivers to catastrophic floods in Pakistan and Australia and the most powerful storms to hit Cuba and the USA

To the untrained eye, the small community garden on Coast and Straits Salish territory (in Canada) – on what passers-by commonly know as the University of Victoria campus – might look unruly. Bursting with dandelions, lamb’s ear and grasses, it’s difficult to tell where the garden starts and where it ends.

There is a growing community of support across our public schools and TAFEs to address the climate emergency and a need to embed sustainable practices across all aspects of schools and TAFEs.

There is a growing community of support across our public schools and TAFEs to address the climate emergency and a need to embed sustainable practices across all aspects of schools and TAFEs.

Climate change is the biggest environmental challenge of our time, which is why it is also a central theme in education.

At the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow last year, more than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal-fired power.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has called on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to immediately increase Australia’s ambition on climate change

I want educators to get excited about climate change. Not because it is a good thing, but because there is so much that we can do to play a constructive, positive role in the solutions for a better future.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change.

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report.