Trust for Sustainable Living
Education Management
Hampstead Norreys, Thatcham, Berkshire 526 followers
Global education for a sustainable future
About us
The Trust for Sustainable Living is a global education charity working for a sustainable future. In addition to welcoming schools and the general public to its Living Rainforest visitor centre in Berkshire, England, the Trust runs the annual TSL International Schools Essay Competition & Debate focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals, attracting the participation of schools in over 80 countries.
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External link for Trust for Sustainable Living
- Industry
- Education Management
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Hampstead Norreys, Thatcham, Berkshire
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
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Trust for Sustainable Living
The Living Rainforest
Hampstead Norreys, Thatcham, Berkshire rg18 0tn, GB
Employees at Trust for Sustainable Living
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Richard Bampfylde
Fundraising Lead | Sustainable Prosperity | Partnerships for Youth
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Eion Scott
Senior Manager Residential at New Zealand Green Building Council
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Reuben Mai
Living The Dream
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Kirsty Shakespeare
Sustainability Education Manager at Trust for Sustainable Living, studying for PhD in Sustainability Education
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This year, in celebration of our 15th year of International Student Competitions, we are excited to launch our next competition inviting students aged 7-18 to share their original, creative and expressive responses to the theme, From Eco-Anxiety to Eco Action & Empowerment. This is a great opportunity to engage your students in an important issue affecting young people globally and support them to take action! We are open to accepting any form of student response, you can choose to create a piece of artwork, music, video, poem, essay, letter, story, etc. There are no restrictions on the type of work submitted, we want students to be as open and creative as possible in interpreting the theme. For more information including the full brief, learning resources you might find useful to help you reduce eco-anxiety in your classroom and of course to submit your entries, visit our website https://lnkd.in/gbC7Jbv All entries must be received by 23.59 GMT on the 3rd March 2025.
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Rise, Rhodes Trust and Trust for Sustainable Living announce the 2024 cohort of Rise Global Winners: 100 Promising Young People Dedicated to Serving Others 2024 Rise Global Winners represent 49 nationalities, expanding the Rise Global Community to 13 new countries Yesterday, Rise, in partnership with Rhodes Trust and Trust for Sustainable Living announced the 2024 cohort of Rise Global Winners. One of Eric and Wendy Schmidt’s philanthropic initiatives to foster global talent, Rise supports promising young people, aged 15-17 and provides them with opportunities that allow them to work together to serve others over their lifetimes. TSL are delighted to congratulate our Rise Global Winner Ved Solanke! Ved is an Indian environmental enthusiast and Mercedes-Benz fellow pursuing an education in humanities studies. His Rise project aims to tackle farmers' suicide crisis in Vidarbha by optimizing village crop production and implementing mental health screenings. A Youth Ambassador for the Gates Foundation and HundrED, Ved's initiatives have been recognized at global forums. He aims to become a sustainability leader, applying humanities insights and Buddha's teachings to establish self-sustaining, peaceful societies.
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In the spirit of the #UNSDGs, #partnership is the cornerstone of our work at TSL and it was wonderful to have the opportunity this week to finally meet face to face with CEO Omondi Peter and Chair Gareth Davies of our partner Global Youth Forum, who we have known only through Zoom since our partnership began in 2021. During that time we have supported each other, working on TSL and GYF projects and programmes to amplify #youthvoices and #empower youth #action for #sustainability. It was great to be able to meet in person to discuss future plans and opportunities to engage, educate and empower more young people to create a sustainable future as our partnership continues.
Every Cloud has a Silver Lining! And for us it was #Covid19 (don't get us wrong here we know others did not find it easy and still not finding it easy) The pandemic transformed a number of things including the way people work especially in the field of education. It is during this time that as an Organisation we deeply dived into what people and organisations were doing online to keep up with the pase and deliver Educational programmes to the world's population. One of those events attended by our CEO was Trust for Sustainable Living (Climate Justice Summit Seriesl) conducted in July 2022 (Links on the comment) and hosted by Kirsty Shakespeare (International ESD Manager at TSL). After the Summit, we connected with Kirsty to engaged on the work we were doing to get Young people into work and to eradicate poverty in Africa. In 2023 we officially launched a Virtual Pilot of #Moulding4Work programme where 272 candidates expressed interest, 15 were selected for scholarship and 4 are set to graduate from the programme this year (Loads of learning to be use going into the next phase) Kirsty accepted to become a programme trainer delivering two major units. ● 21st Century CV & Cover Letter Writing techniques. ● Job Search, Application and Interview Techniques. Through her support, 3 candidates (SSEMWOGERERE FRANK, Charity Kerubo MERCY N MUINDI & Cheboi Millicent ) secured a 3 months Virtual internship opportunity with the TSL where she acted as their line supervisor guiding them on how to apply the skills gained during the programme into real work environment. On 14th August, The chair of the Board Gareth Davies together with the CEO Omondi Peter paid a visit to TSL (Tour around the The living rain Forest) and met Kirsty who was later joined by the Executive Director of TSL ( Karl Hansen ) to engage on the work we have been doing together and to further enhance future collaboration towards ERADICATING poverty in Africa. It's amazing how one can build meaningful relationships online and turn those relationships into working relationships to transform the world. At GYF we are so proud to be working with TSL to create a better world for our Young People. Thank you Kirsty Shakespeare for all the work you have done to get us to where we are to day. Karl Hansen we say thank you for creating time to meet with our team and for providing a platform for our students to learn and gain skills. We are grateful and looking forward to what we can build next. #Togetherwearestrong #Moulding4Work #OrdinaryVoices #Sports4SDGs #Football4Peace #Archery4TheGoals #GlobalGoals
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Please support our first Giving Day to help care for animals at The Living Rainforest visitor centre in Hampstead Norreys, Berkshire, UK!
We are live for TSL’s first Giving Day and thank you for the great support! Raising funds for specific enrichment projects for the #animals in our care, and at the same time further enhancing our award-winning #educationforsustainabledevelopment programmes. Enclosures for blue poison dart frogs, Goeldi’s monkeys, stick and leaf insects as well as Asian mudskippers all to be revamped. 25,000 school children visit each year as well as thousands more right around the world benefitting from TSL's #ESD! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/d63CxRj2 Donate now: https://lnkd.in/ebxp6z5v #fundraising #givingday #rainforests #amazon #fauna #flora
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Check out the second in our 2 part mini podcast series on Pollinators, available now! In this episode, we speak to Richard Duncan, CEO of Niue Honey Company based in New Zealand and on the Pacific Island of Niue. We explore the importance of bee #conservation and its #socio #economics benefits, the impact of colony collapse disorder, the company’s link to the #UnitedNations #SustainableDevelopmentGoals, and how we can all help with the declining bee population epidemic. Our latest episode and previous seasons are currently available on Podbean: https://lnkd.in/dG2VW3V Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eVgFxt4B Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g4w83AG Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eFXqVjMj
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Join us in celebrating World Bee Day by checking out the first in our 2 part mini podcast series on Pollinators! In this episode we are joined by Vikki Rose and George A., PhD students from the University of Reading. Their expertise in Apoidea Taxonomy (#Bees) and Lepidoptera (#Butterflies and #Moths) provides an insightful discussion into the important and varied role of #pollinators in our #ecosystems, to highlighting the challenges affecting pollinator populations and the resulting consequences. We explore the complex relationship between the (often) small but mighty creatures, humans, and the environment. Our latest episode and previous seasons are currently available on Podbean: https://lnkd.in/dG2VW3V Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eVgFxt4B Google Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g4w83AG Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eFXqVjMj
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Youth voices are often missing from important dialogues and decision making which heavily impact their lives and futures. TSL are excited to be part of the discussion on how we can improve 'Intergenerational Collaboration for our Common Future' taking place tomorrow live on Facebook at 11am BST with Global Youth Forum #TSL #youthvoices #collaboration #sustainability
2024 United Nations Civil Society Conference, 9 - 10 May. There seems to be a huge gap between the Intergenerational groups. How can this gap be filled to ensure Sustainable collaboration between the various groups? Join us live on Facebook on 3rd as from 1 pm to 2 pm EAT as we engage Gareth Davies Kirsty Shakespeare Hamdi Mohamed Justine Mokua On their thoughts on this topic. The world has also changed and we do not have to be in Nairobi to be part of the #2023UNCSC Plenty of on-line sessions for you, link on the comment for you to register. And you can also take the #WeCommit challenge and stand a chance to join the various online communities for the conference & engagement beyond the conference. Join in and let's inspire Hope and Drive Actions for Our Common Future where no one is left behind. #Togetherwearestrong #OrdinaryVoices #Sports4SDGs
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Trust for Sustainable Living reposted this
As our exciting design and fundraising journey begins, we're seeking a few special partners to join us on the journey to 2030 in support of the UN SDGs. Prospective partners and project sponsors are invited to contact us at future@livingrainforest.org #closingthesustainabilitygap #SDGs #livingrainforest #ESD #educationforsustainability #2030 #sustainabilitylearninggap #TSL #TSLstudentcompetitions #thefuturewewant #youthempowerment #netzero #netzerorainforest #berkshire #rainforest
Park hopes to have UK's first net zero rainforest - BBC News
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A theme at today’s Economist sustainability conference in London is the massive skills gap, which is a major obstacle to progress at a time that biodiversity is declining and climate is changing faster than ever before. Panelists today are saying the solution to the education gap will not just come from subject experts and universities, but also smaller organisations and employees who are finding solutions and reinventing systems on the job. #closingtheeducationgap #sustainabilityweek #econsustainability Kirsten Dueck Emily Evans IÉSEG School of Management @Maria Castillo Mark Gough Viviana Alvarez Sanchez Keya Lamba Tom Randell Richard Bampfylde Penny Tomlinson Karl Hansen
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