An exciting international education project, ‘One World, One Environment.’ Is being launched to get young people thinking about sustainability both on a local and global scale, via the medium of the internet. The project will be run by iEARN U (International Education and Research Network), a not-for-profit network made up of over 20,000 schools in more than 109 countries.

As well as writing key resource materials for the project, CAT held a trainig session at the centre in January. Over 20 teachers from Wales learnt about the concept of ecological footprinting and then calculated their own footprint. They were astonished to find out that if every person in the world lived like them, ten we would need 1 to 5 planets to sustain us!

Armed with this knowledge, the teachers are now better able to help young people find out their own footprint. CAT is welcoming others to be involved, with training materials available. This exciting project’s first phase is due to be completed by July, when there will be an online conference to celebrate its success. It is hoped young people can then communicate this with students around the world via the iEARN website about what they can do both locally and globally to make their footprint more sustainable.