Dr Morgan Phillips

Education Associate

Morgan holds a PhD in sustainability education, volunteers at The Glacier Trust, sits on the education committee for Black Mountains College, and is a governor at New Quay Primary School in west Wales.

Morgan has held trustee and adviser roles for various organisations including the National Association of Environmental Education, Green Schools Project, Solutions for the Planet, and WWF-UK.

Previously, Morgan ran the Eco-Schools programme in England, led an intercultural understanding charity, Global Footsteps, lectured on the politics of climate change at Brunel University, volunteered with the Common Cause Foundation, and most recently, was co-director of climate change adaptation charity, The Glacier Trust.

Morgan is the author of 'Great Adaptations – In the shadow of a climate crisis', co-editor and author of 'Transformative Adaptation - Another world is still just possible', and has contributed chapters to several books including the ‘Handbook of Sustainability Literacy’. He is also lead author of Global Action Plan's 2024 essay collection 'Environmentalism in a time between education worlds'.

Outside of work, Morgan loves to travel, play guitar, read, cycle, and spend time with his family.

Headshot of Morgan. Morgan is a bearded middle aged man, smiling into camera wearing a black jumper with a spotted shirt underneath.

Not all education for sustainability needs to be about sustainability. Sometimes, in fact, it's better to start somewhere completely different. My Global Action Plan colleagues get that, that's why I love working here.

Morgan Phillips

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