Efforts are being made to address global warming and enrich school curriculums through an Outdoor Learning Conference held by Sheffield City Council.
The annual conference took place on Wednesday at the Woodland Discovery Centre in Ecclesall Woods as part of the Festival of the Outdoors.
Woodland project officer in Sheffield City Council, Jon Dallow, said: “The outdoors is a natural health service that we are given.
“If we can engage people positively in the outdoors then it can lead to them saving it.”
There were numerous organisations at the event who look after Sheffield’s great outdoors, lending their hand to nature and the climate emergency which Mr Dallow believes is ‘interlinked’ in the city.
Education officer for young people at Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Corrie Porter-Young, said: “It’s a chance to reach teachers and educators and develop their skills.”
Activities included workshops from making the most of school grounds to sustainability inside and outside the classroom.
Primary school teacher, Toni Howell, attended the event and said: “We’re hoping to develop a forest school area, get more children outdoors and today has taught me how to get support with it all.”