DfE Strategy
Education is vital in helping tackle climate change and creating a better, greener world for future generations. Our Classroom Climate will educate and inspire pupils & schools on the importance of sustainability in their local communities and on the international stage.
OCC helps schools meet the requirements of the DfE sustainability & climate change strategy:
1. Excellence in education and skills for a changing world: preparing all young people for a world impacted by climate change through learning and practical experience.
2. Net zero: reducing direct and indirect emissions from education and care buildings, driving innovation to meet legislative targets, and providing opportunities for children and young people to engage practically in the transition to net zero.
3. Resilient to climate change: adapting our education and care buildings and system to prepare for the effects of climate change
4. A better environment for future generations: enhancing biodiversity, improving air quality and increasing access to, and connection with, nature in and around education and care settings.
OCC helps schools meet the requirements of the DfE sustainability & climate change strategy:
1. Excellence in education and skills for a changing world: preparing all young people for a world impacted by climate change through learning and practical experience.
2. Net zero: reducing direct and indirect emissions from education and care buildings, driving innovation to meet legislative targets, and providing opportunities for children and young people to engage practically in the transition to net zero.
3. Resilient to climate change: adapting our education and care buildings and system to prepare for the effects of climate change
4. A better environment for future generations: enhancing biodiversity, improving air quality and increasing access to, and connection with, nature in and around education and care settings.
Clean Air Action
Space station science in every classroom! Algae are the true lungs of the planet and photosynthesise CO2 to O2 by as much as 400 times the rate of trees.
Every single one of OCC’s algal bioreactors gives the same benefit of having a 10 Year Old Oak Tree in the classroom (without having to pick up any leaves!). If looked after correctly each classroom’s natural algal bioreactor will clean the air around pupils:
Every single one of OCC’s algal bioreactors gives the same benefit of having a 10 Year Old Oak Tree in the classroom (without having to pick up any leaves!). If looked after correctly each classroom’s natural algal bioreactor will clean the air around pupils:
Capture Carbon
Follow OCC’s algae bio-reactor farming guidelines and you will capture carbon direct from the air you breathe. You will also be able to run experiments, harvest, measure, utilise, transform, and sequester the carbon too.
Harvested algae has lots of uses:
Harvested algae has lots of uses:
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Superfood! Dried out, algae are one of the most nutrient rich foods on the planet*
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Fish Food! Fish love Spirulina.
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Plant Food. It makes and amazing fertiliser. Sprinkle it on your school’s plants.
Why not use some shop bought spirulina and cook with the earth’s most nutrient rich food. We’ve even got a cook book to get you started.
*While commercially grown algae are amazing to eat, we wouldn’t recommend eating the harvest from the classroom as little fingers can introduce all sorts into the bioreactor. The algae will probably eat it all and make it safe but better to be on the safe side.
Partners
Our Classroom Climate has brought together the absolute best in the sector to deliver the UKs’ first climate change movement for Primary schools. We were painfully exacting in our expectations and we’d like to thank everyone involved (especially for their patience!):