We support students and wider society to learn, act and lead for environmental justice.

Take action for sustainability

Here’s how students can get involved in our work to deliver a more environmentally just world.
Not a student? Check out our work.‍

Smart meter action week

Get smart with smart meters!

Make more sustainable food choices

Use our 15 step checklist to help you work towards eating more sustainably

Look up your institution's carbon target

Find out if your institution is ambitious enough in its climate commitments

Write to your elected reps about climate education

Ask your elected representatives if they support climate education.

Email your University Finance Director

What is your university's money funding? Ask them

Start an Invest for Change campaign

Make sure your university money is invested in the interest of students

Take sustainable actions in your student accommodation

Volunteer, take part in competitions and view tips on sustainable living

Book an Invest for Change workshop

Find out more about Invest for Change and get started campaigning!

Listen to the Liberating Sustainability podcast

Our podcast series with an intersectional take on the climate emergency

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More actions

Change is urgently needed to tackle the injustices and unsustainability in our world

We believe education can bring about that change. SOS-UK is a student-led education charity focusing on sustainability - we know environmental sustainability cannot be achieved in isolation, so our work spans across issues of justice and wellbeing as well.

What we've been up to

The BIG Climate and Nature Education Survey is coming!

October 22, 2024

The Big Climate and Nature Education Survey is an online survey that gives students across whole schools and colleges a chance to have their say on climate change, nature and education

The Sustainability Skills Survey is celebrating its 15th year!

September 20, 2024

2024-25 marks the 15th year we’ve asked students in HE and FE across the UK about learning for sustainability. To bring the questions up to date, we’ve made some changes to the survey.

GCSE Geography students let down by outdated textbooks teaching inaccurate climate science

August 22, 2024

New findings demonstrate the current curriculum contains severely out-of-date science and therefore risks misleading young people about the climate emergency.

Divestment, Reinvestment and Ethical Finance – Join our free training!

July 30, 2024

Passionate about making a positive impact through your university’s finances? Sign-ups are now open for our ethical finance training!

The time for climate education in the national curriculum is now – a united call from the sector to the new UK government

July 25, 2024

SOS-UK and partners from across the sector are calling on the new UK government to fully embed climate education in the English national curriculum.

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We partner with students, universities, organisations and funders to drive change

This is what some of them say about us

Student Fairtrade University Auditor

I found the process, after training, to be straightforward and informative, educating myself on the social inequalities presented by non-Fairtrade products.

Isra, Student Home Energy Auditor (Homes Fit For Study)

Student at Imperial College London

I found the training extremely helpful (I would say close to life changing)!

Student participant, Learning Academy training

I felt the training was comprehensive and gave all the information required in such a short time frame. [The most valuable part was] building on my knowledge of sustainable food and creating a product for sale.

Student project leader

SHAPE Sustainability Impact project

I have understood more about the need for an interdisciplinary approach to tackling sustainability issues, and how there needs to be more action from everyone at all levels.