On 28^th September from 6.30-8.45pm everyone concerned about climate change and what we can do about it in Surrey is invited to come to Leatherhead Theatre to an event co-hosted by the Surrey Climate Commission and the Institute for Sustainability.

Headlining the event will be Lord Deben formerly chairperson of the UK’s Climate Change Committee, together with past leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, and systems thinking expert and former PWC global board member, Ed Straw.

Surrey County Council has a number of fully-funded places for community groups and charities to join a 1-day fundraising bid-writing course. The course is run by the Directory for Social Change and free places are available to Surrey groups focused on climate and environment. It's an online course on 21 September, 10.30-4. More information below. To reserve a place please email ben.mccallan@surreycc.gov.uk 

It's now easier than ever for Surrey residents to purchase solar panels. The Solar Together scheme allows locals to group-buy panels and battery storage. Over six years, it has helped to install 17,000 solar panels. Households need only to register online, then they will be emailed a personal recommendation for a solar panel supplier. As the suppliers are pre-approved and in competition with one another, it's a safer and cheaper method of reducing households' carbon emissions and cutting down on energy bills.

by Jane Wallace-Jones, Teacher of Geography and Sustainability Lead.

Young people today face huge challenges: a cost-of-living crisis, climate anxiety, pressure to succeed in high-stakes exams and the after-effects of covid. The pupils at George Abbot are facing these challenges head-on through a series of exciting initiatives to improve sustainability in their school and wider community.