New programme strives to engage young people in environmental science
The Natural Environment Research Council is funding the project.
The ‘C3ITEES Passport: a unified model for opening up the environment’, will support young people in exploring their local surroundings, understanding environmental challenges and seeing themselves as active contributors to an increasingly ecologically aware future.
It aims to strengthen pathways into environmental science by connecting schools, communities, researchers, practitioners and sector organisations through a shared model of progression and participation.
Together, the team will create a ‘passport’ model of environmental engagement designed to build confidence, knowledge, skills and opportunity over time.
The project is led by Loughborough University and brings together expertise from BGS, Environment Agency (East Midlands), University of Leicester and University of Nottingham, to name a few.
Dr Keely Mills, BGS project development scientist, ‘Young people have a vital role to play in understanding and responding to environmental change, but too often the opportunities to engage with environmental science are fragmented or unevenly distributed.’
