Sustainable Schools

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A carbon management strategy for the school sector

A carbon management strategy for the school sector has been issued by DCSF. It is the first document of its kind, and seeks to provide a roadmap by which those working and studying within the school sector can begin to radically reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from schools and school-related activity. It builds on the 2009 carbon reduction options consultation and DCSF is grateful to all those who responded.

The strategy is not just about what the Government will do: it sets out proposals for what local authorities, schools and others can do to reduce emissions, reflecting the fact that action is required by all those working in the sector.

• Climate change and schools: A carbon management strategy for the school sector

A global learning strategy for schools

DFID and DCSF's new shared vision for schools is open for consultation until 31 May 2010.

• DCSF e-consultations: Global learning strategy
  

Active England

Access to cycle training for every child, creating a generation of new, safe cyclists, is one of the aims of the Government's Active Travel strategy, published on 22 February 2010.

The Government has outlined plans to put walking and cycling at the heart of local transport and public health strategies over the next decade. Read the Department for Transport press release for further details.

• Government outlines vision for an active England
• Sustainable Schools: Travel and traffic