How to Combat Climate Change doing your DofE

by | Nov 30, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, News, Skills Development, Special Days, The Starfish Way

combat Climate Change doing your DofE

Day 1

COP28 is taking place from Thursday 30thย November to Tuesday 12th December this year and the location that has been chosen to host this important occasion is Dubai.

Many government representatives, world leaders, climate activists and public figures will be discussing with each other how we can at this current moment continue to combat the ever-changing issue that is Climate Change through the acts of debate.ย 
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We thought that it would be inspiring to create a guide for our followers to use in how best to combat Climate Change whilst you complete each of your Duke Of Edinburgh Award level sections.ย 

Use the image slider below to find out some easy tips about what you can do to combat climate change when out on expeditions.

How to move forward after COP28

by | December 12, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

What to do nextDay 12 ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ #COP28. Over the past two weeks, we have shared with you information, ideas and ways to navigate through the climate crisis. If you are keen to learn more, you can sign up for our free, online module 'Helping...
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Precious Peatlands #COP28

by | December 10, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

Precious peatland as a solution to climate changeDay 10 ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐จ๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž? "Peatlands are very important because they provide a habitat for many different plants, insects and birds. They...
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Why are Wild Places so important? #COP28

by | December 8, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

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Community & Climate Change #COP28

by | December 7, 2023 | Duke of Edinburgh's Award, How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

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Healthy Diet – Healthy Planet #COP28

by | December 4, 2023 | How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ž๐ญ? Day 3 Our second saver in the 'Helping Save our world' module gives you practical ideas and tips on a diet for the planet. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐š๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ญ. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ....
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A New DLH Module on Climate Change

by | December 2, 2023 | How to combat Climate Change, News, Special Days | 0 Comments

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