Crowdfunder Campaign to Rewild Britain’s Schools.
Exciting news!
OUR CROWDFUNDER CAMPAING TO REWILD BRITAIN’S SCHOOLS IS NOW LIVE!
PLEASE DONATE AND JOIN WITH US TO HELP INSPIRE AND EQUIP YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE NATION TO BECOME GUARDIANS OF THE NATURAL WORLD.
Since 2018 Operation Future Hope has been educating young people in schools about ecological and environmental challenges, enabling students to recognise that urgent action is needed, and inspiring the next generation to get involved with the restoration, regeneration, and rewilding of the natural world.
Now, in our fifth year, we are ready to take our education programme nationwide. We want to rewild Britain's schools and inspire, equip and support more young people to care for the natural world.
Our crowdfunding campaign will enable us to expand what we're doing, and further develop our education programme so we can reach out to schools across the country.
What have we achieved so far?
Over the past four years we have successfully worked with a diverse mix of nineteen independent and state schools, and built up a vast body of knowledge and experience of teaching about nature, ecology and rewilding in schools.
We know what works, we also understand the challenges that schools, teachers and students face and how to overcome them.
This knowledge is now deliverable to schools and students through the following pathways:
Why is our education programme important?
The current school curriculum does not equip young people for the future environment they're going to live in - its focus is on a world that's disappearing fast.
Furthermore, the majority of school grounds are managed in a way that creates monoculture landscapes - ecological deserts with little to inspire young people to connect with and care for the natural world.
And, how can we expect young people to care about biodiversity without up-to-date, relevant ecological education and a nature rich school environment that enables them to learn how to restore nature and become protectors of the Earth?
Operation Future Hope's groundbreaking education programme is changing this
We are teaching children about how our living world actually works, explaining natural laws and alerting them to the threat of breaking planetary boundaries.
Our education program empowers students to be the force for change in their schools and the wider community. Rewilding is student led, and roots the education and skills they have received into practical land based action in their schools.
With the publication of The Rewilding Manual for Schools, and the pilot of our Rewilding Apprenticeship Course, any school can now rewild their grounds and receive up-to-date, relevant ecological and environmental education that will help them play a part in tackling the catastrophic decline of nature today.
Why we are crowdfunding
For us to roll out our education programme to schools across the country, help equip young people for their future, and make a real impact nationally we have to grow our team and further develop our education platform.
