Dr. Morgan Phillips MSc, BSc.
Currently:
Global Action Plan
I am Director of Education and Youth Engagement at Global Action Plan, leading our work to mobilise Generation Action.
The Glacier Trust
I volunteer for The Glacier Trust as an adviser on climate change adaptation
Black Mountains College
I volunteer as part of the Black Mountains College education committee.
Ysgol Cei Newydd
I have been a community governor at New Quay Primary School in Ceredigion since November 2023
Dept. for Education
I am a ‘User Group’ member advising on the development and implementation of the DfE’s Sustainability and Climate Change strategy.
UCL
I sit on the advisory board for the UCL’s Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education.
Previously:
The Glacier Trust
UK Co-Director (2016 - 2022)
The Glacier Trust, enables climate change adaptation in the remote mountain villages of Nepal.
Great Adaptations
In 2021, as part of my work at The Glacier Trust, I released my first book, ‘Great Adaptations - In the shadow of a climate crisis’.
Coffee. Climate. Community.
Coffee. Climate. Community. is a 20-minute documentary telling the story of coffee production in rural Nepal.
Keep Britain Tidy
Education Manager (2013 - 2016)
Our Common Place Team Leader (2011 - 2013)
Eco-Schools
I was head of Eco-Schools England from 2013 - 2016. Eco-Schools is the world's largest environmental education programme, now running in over sixty countries. I delivered multiple talks and workshops, worked with local authorities, Government departments, SMEs, large and smalls NGOs, multinational businesses and lots and lots of children! As a senior manager within Keep Britain Tidy I was heavily involved in business planning, budgeting, strategy, reporting and recruitment.
Empty Classroom Day
Keep Britain Tidy teamed up with Project Dirt and Unilever to run Empty Classroom Day, a celebration of outdoor learning and play.
Our Common Place
I led a team of five community engagement officers working across 31 communities in London from 2011 - 2013. Our Common Place was an innovative and award winning community engagement programme. Inspired by the findings and recommendations emerging from the Common Cause report, Our Common Place used a 'working from values' approach to engage communities in sustainability behaviours. Download the summary report and Our Common Place toolbox for more.
Education Outreach
I managed a team of five education officers working on local authority funded environmental education programmes in Southend, London, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Waste Less Live More
Keep Britain Tidy has been running Waste Less Live More week since 2011. The week highlights a key message for the sustainability sector: what's good for us is good for the environment. I was instrumental in developing the conceptual framework for the week and remained involved in design and delivery throughout my time at Keep Britain Tidy.
Green Schools Project
I volunteered as Associate Director for Green Schools Project a London based Environmental Education programme for schools from 2016 - 2024.
National Association for Environmental Education
I was a trustee for NAEE in the UK for six years from 2017 - 2023.
Global Footsteps (2008 - 11)
I spent three years running a small intercultural understanding charity called Global Footsteps. I designed and delivered international conferences and study visits for young people in Bangladesh, Kenya, Jamaica, Slovakia and the UK. From the Global Footsteps HQ in Cheltenham I also ran a programme of sustainability education events and activities for adults of all ages.
ecoACTIVE (2009 - 11)
Working mainly at Primary and Secondary schools in Hackney I delivered hundreds of environmental education workshops and assemblies to thousands of children on behalf of ecoACTIVE. I also supported school eco-committee's on their Eco-Schools journey.
Brunel University (2009 - 10)
I was called in to lead a postgraduate module on the Politics of Climate Change at Brunel University. The module required me to deliver traditional lectures alongside an interactive 'mock' UNFCCC COP meeting.
Handbook of Sustainability Literacy
Building on my PhD thesis I contributed a chapter on emotional wellbeing to the peer reviewed Handbook of Sustainability Literacy.
Books
Transformative Adaptation - another world is still just possible (2024)
I co-edited and co-wrote this ‘first word on Transformative Adaptation’ with Rupert Read and Manda Scott. Published in 2024 by Permanent Publications.
Great Adaptations - in the shadow of a climate crisis (2021)
Published by Arkbound in the UK and by MSZ in Japan, this book - a project of The Glacier Trust - explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of climate change adaptation.
‘Climate Adaptation: Accounts of Resilience, Self-Sufficiency and Systems Change’ (2021)
I contributed a chapter to this Arkbound UK collection of case studies from around the world that look at how communities can respond to climate change at a local and structural level.
Handbook of Sustainability Literacy (2009)
Building on my PhD thesis I contributed a chapter on emotional wellbeing to the peer reviewed Handbook of Sustainability Literacy.
Short biography
Morgan is Director of Education and Youth Engagement at Global Action Plan. He volunteers for The Glacier Trust, Black Mountains College and at New Quay Primary School. Previously Morgan worked as the UK Co-Director for The Glacier Trust, a charity that enables climate change adaptation in Nepal. He worked for three years as Education Manager at Keep Britain Tidy where he led the Eco-Schools programme in England. He has also lectured on the Politics of Climate Change at Brunel University. Morgan holds a PhD in Environmental Education from University of Gloucestershire and studied Environmental Science, Policy and Planning at University of Bath. He is author of ‘Great Adaptations - In the shadow of a climate crisis’, and co-author of ‘Transformative Adaptation - another world is still just possible’.