Resources
24 March 2026
Earth Day 2026
Earth Day 2026 is your opportunity to turn reflection into action. At Jigsaw, we've created a free resource pack that helps you integrate sustainability meaningfully into your teaching—without adding to your workload.
This comprehensive pack includes interactive activities, lesson plans, and thought-provoking resources exploring how different worldviews approach planetary care. From examining ethical perspectives across faiths to taking learning outdoors, these resources align with Jigsaw RE’s focus on understanding, empathy, and responsibility—while meeting curriculum requirements.
By integrating Earth Day activities into your RE lessons, you’ll inspire students to think critically about their role in caring for the Earth, while promoting a deeper connection between spiritual teachings and sustainability.
What’s Inside the Pack?
- Article: Sustainability in Religious Education, Where Faith Meets Environmental Stewardship – Exploring how various worldviews approach sustainability and environmental care, blending spiritual teachings with modern environmental challenges. The perfect starting point for teachers looking to bring sustainability discussions into their RE curriculum.
- Activity Ideas Poster and Digital Slide: Hands-on activities that bring sustainability to life—from creating reflection gardens to renewable energy experiments.
- Teacher Resource: Activity Ideas: Practical classroom ideas and projects that minimise worksheet waste and maximise student engagement.
- FREE Training Videos for Teachers: Discover how PSHE and RE are ideal places to teach about sustainability because they position it not just as an environmental issue, but as one deeply connected to personal well-being, social justice, personal and ethical choices, and economic systems.
- Animation Video: Explore how different worldviews—whether from religious or ethical perspectives—teach us to care for and respect our planet.
- Interactive Matching Game :Understand how different cultures and belief systems view our responsibility to care for the Earth. Includes extension ideas for older students, such as discussing the deeper meanings of the quotes, while offering simpler prompts for younger learners.
- Lesson Plans about Stories from Worldviews: Ready-to-use outdoor learning ideas that blend outdoor learning with exploring different worldviews, helping students reflect on how diverse beliefs inspire actions that benefit the planet.
Perfect for Busy Teachers.
All resources are curriculum-aligned, require minimal preparation, and come with clear learning outcomes. Whether you have 20 minutes or a full lesson, there’s something here that works for your timetable. These resources also support your school’s carbon literacy goals while connecting naturally to Science, Geography, and PSHE outcomes.
