Barry was pleased to speak in the debate on the vital topic of Sustainability and Climate Change in the National Curriculum. A debate that was introduced by Nadia Whittome MP.
Barry spoke about how young people today should be angry. Angry with the way that successive generations have left them a world that they are going to have to cope with. The problems that we have created are the problems that they will have to deal with.
Barry agrees that there is a strong need for us to teach about climate as an integral part of the curriculum and not just a tick-box exercise within schools. He also spoke about the hope that the Dasgupta review brings- an economic review commissioned by the Treasury to look into the integration of biodiversity and the natural world with economics—something that is long overdue.
You can watch my speech in full below