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Clean Air Living Matters - Exploring Reading with Schools

Reading Borough Council, in collaboration with Design Nature, Stantec and the University of Reading, are excited to offer schools across Reading the opportunity to participate for free in the CALM – Exploring Reading Air Quality programme, made possible by DEFRA funding.

If you are interested to find out more then visit the council website and get in touch!

Design Nature CIC is a Reading based Social Enterprise, empowering young people, educators and organisations to imagine and create for each other and a sustainable planet. Through cultivating:

LEARNING WITH DESIGN

PROGRAMMES & WORKSHOPS

CULTIVATE

MAPPING & WAYFINDING

Helping organisations understand their needs and sustainable ambitions, co-designing an action plan and guiding pathways that deliver on their strategy

COLLABORATE

JOURNEYING

Collaborating with you to develop creative and design led learning journeys, programmes, activities and resources with sustainability at their heart

INNOVATE

NAVIGATING

Working with you to embed new skills as part of the curriculum or through a series of experiential sessions. Helping students discover opportunities within their chosen subject and /or career path

OUR IMPACT

Young People
Worked With
2550
Places of Learning
60
Ideas and Actions Generated for Sustainability
410
The Climate Stripes created by Professor Ed Hawkins at the University of Reading in 2018. They creatively show the global average temperature rise over nearly 200 years

WHY?

A growing Climate and Biodiversity crisis, alongside rising inequality and systems that benefit the few

Young people’s health and wellbeing is increasingly impacted by climate change and work culture, alongside nature disconnection

A need to increase opportunities within mainstream education for creativity and values-based learning for future careers and everyday life

New 21st Century skills and thinking are required to address global issues and meet the demands for sustainable business practice

“The thing about climate is that you can either be overwhelmed by the complexity of the problem or fall in love with the creativity of the solutions.”

Mary Annaise Heglar
Climate Justice Writer and podcast "Hot Take"

INSPIRATION

A green thread runs through all that we do,  exploring cross-curriculum engagement and opportunities to embed sustainability, climate change, and regenerative action-based learning

COLLABORATING AND SUPPORTING

Get in touch to find out more about upcoming activities and collaboration opportunities

We love connecting and exploring how we can cultivate creativity and innovation for growing good! 

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