Sarah began working with the Carbon Literacy Project in August 2022. She has worked with Local Authorities to help them roll out Carbon Literacy Training before joining the Education team.
With a background in teaching, training and course design, and experience gained from living in various Asian Countries (Vietnam, Myanmar, Borneo and the UAE), whilst working for the British Council for almost ten years, she is passionate about the role education can play in empowering people to understand and interact with our world in a more compassionate way. During the pandemic, lockdown provided some time to question her values, and having come face to face with some of the biggest environmental threats our planet faces during her travels, she was inspired to study an MSc in Education for Sustainability with London South Bank University, where she gained a Distinction. Her thesis focussed on the opportunities of bringing sustainability into private language institutes and thus not only focussed on education, but also organisational change. This research made her realise the importance of subject matter knowledge for everyone within an institution to begin to work on change towards sustainability. She began to follow the work of The Carbon Literacy Project, inspired by how accessible it made climate change education and provided not only subject matter knowledge but also focused on action to empower learners. Now working with the Education Team, she is passionate about engaging and helping educational institutions to cascade Carbon Literacy and work towards a whole systems approach of engaging staff and students in a cultural shift that embeds greener and more sustainable practices.
Throughout her adult life, Sarah has volunteered with Environmental groups such as Friends of the Earth, Action for Sustainable Living, Extinction Rebellion, ENV (Vietnam) and has played key roles in coordinating activities and events. She often does charity fundraising events with a local choir and volunteers with refugees and asylum seekers, helping to connect them to place and establish new friendships through language and cultural city tours.