Richard Hurst

Richard is an Education Development Advisor for Education Durham within Durham County Council with responsibility for global sustainability education. Through this role he manages an Interreg Europe funded energy project called REBUS and also leads on school and young people engagement on energy and the climate emergency plan for DCC. In addition he provides a link to OASES (Outdoor and Sustainability Education Specialists) a sustainability and outdoor learning charity in the north east region, developing opportunities to provide high quality learning projects and activities. Through OASES Rich began working initially with Engynious and more recently Solar for Schools to enable schools to benefit from cost and carbon effective renewable energy. In addition he is the North East Advisor for the British Council Connecting Classrooms Through Global Learning Programme, and is also working with the RWE Sofia Offshore Wind Farm enabling opportunities for schools in Tees Valley to learn about the career opportunities of the offshore wind sector. Rich has worked in County Durham for 25 years and in that time has been involved in many local, regional, national and international sustainability initiatives. He is passionate about helping young people understand their power as active citizens to make a difference to their world.