Learning Through Landscapes: TEP’s Educational Outreach

Learning Through Landscapes: TEP’s Educational Outreach

Learning Through Landscapes: TEP’s Educational Outreach
6 February 2026

TEP has a proud history of providing educational outreach activities for schools, charities, and local groups. Our Ecohydrology team are enthusiastic advocates of outreach activities which teach children and adults the benefits of landscape restoration and water systems thinking.



Recent highlights include:


Mourne Mountains National Trust Outreach – Engineers Week


We designed and led an innovative activity at Silent Valley Reservoir during Engineers Week. Over 200 primary school pupils took part in a series of activities that explored the connection between engineering, landscape, and water, including:


🌿 Measuring peat depth using a real slice from the Mournes: Pupils learned how peat forms (approximately 1mm per year) and its vital role in filtering water in the catchment area before it becomes drinking water for Northern Ireland.


🌿 Creating mini peat restoration dams using natural materials: Hands-on activity to see how small interventions can contribute to large-scale landscape restoration.


🌿 Building water filters using natural materials: Pupils saw how peat helps cleanse water, reinforcing the idea that a healthy landscape directly benefits people.

Design Your Own Green Roof – London Academy Event


At a large London-based academy, children aged 11–13 received a short lesson on green roofs, their types, and the benefits they offer to cities. They then designed their own green roofs, impressing with forward-thinking ideas such as climbing plants for green walls, flowers for pollinators, and even a fully functional football pitch on the roof!

Water Reuse Game


TEP has designed and built a bespoke interactive game focused on water reuse. Participants share limited water resources among different land uses, learning the importance of responsible landscape planning. Points are awarded for supplying water to as many land uses as possible, with bonuses for water reuse and nutrient removal.

Verda Valley Board Game


We have developed a full board game called Verda Valley, designed to teach children and adults about integrated land management. Players buy and build different land use industries to gain ecology, people, food, and water points. Players must balance the needs of people, nature, and business to create a sustainable future. TEP staff have helped to demo the game and have provided valuable feedback for version 2, which will be trialled this year!

14 April 2026
TEP is proud to be partnered with the award-winning initiative Time for Geograph y, whic h showcases the importance of geography and the diverse careers it can lead to. Time for Geography is a free, online education platform reaching schools and universities across the UK. Through a series of engaging video resources, it brings geography to life in the classroom, connecting academic learning with real-world challenges such as sustainability, climate change, urban planning and environmental management. Our contribution to the initiative forms part of the platform’s Careers Collection, where our team shares insight into the varied and rewarding pathways geography can open up. These resources are designed to help students understand how their studies translate into professional roles, offering a clearer view of the opportunities available within the environmental sector. We’re delighted that this collaboration has been recognised with a Highly Commended Geographical Association Publishers Award , which celebrates the careers-focused videos and resources developed to guide students towards further education and careers in our industry. With an audience of over 2.5 million this year, Time for Geography is a powerful example of how education and industry can come together to inspire future talent, showing how a subject studied in the classroom can lead to meaningful, real-world careers. For many of our colleagues at TEP, that journey began with a simple interest in geography at school. Today, that interest has grown into careers spanning ecology, arboriculture, heritage, planning, landscape design and environmental management. By sharing these experiences, we hope to encourage the next generation to see geography not only as a fascinating subject, but as a pathway into work that makes a tangible difference. We’re proud to support an initiative that is helping shape the future talent pipeline for our sector, and to inspire the environmental specialists of tomorrow. Learn more and watch our video: 
1 April 2026
Changes to the Planning Inspectorate’s Procedural Guide will update how planning appeals are handled in England for applications submitted after 1st April 2026.
30 March 2026
TEP was commissioned by Natural England to carry out a detailed chalk scrub study across the Seven Sisters National Nature Reserve.
14 April 2026
TEP is proud to be partnered with the award-winning initiative Time for Geograph y, whic h showcases the importance of geography and the diverse careers it can lead to. Time for Geography is a free, online education platform reaching schools and universities across the UK. Through a series of engaging video resources, it brings geography to life in the classroom, connecting academic learning with real-world challenges such as sustainability, climate change, urban planning and environmental management. Our contribution to the initiative forms part of the platform’s Careers Collection, where our team shares insight into the varied and rewarding pathways geography can open up. These resources are designed to help students understand how their studies translate into professional roles, offering a clearer view of the opportunities available within the environmental sector. We’re delighted that this collaboration has been recognised with a Highly Commended Geographical Association Publishers Award , which celebrates the careers-focused videos and resources developed to guide students towards further education and careers in our industry. With an audience of over 2.5 million this year, Time for Geography is a powerful example of how education and industry can come together to inspire future talent, showing how a subject studied in the classroom can lead to meaningful, real-world careers. For many of our colleagues at TEP, that journey began with a simple interest in geography at school. Today, that interest has grown into careers spanning ecology, arboriculture, heritage, planning, landscape design and environmental management. By sharing these experiences, we hope to encourage the next generation to see geography not only as a fascinating subject, but as a pathway into work that makes a tangible difference. We’re proud to support an initiative that is helping shape the future talent pipeline for our sector, and to inspire the environmental specialists of tomorrow. Learn more and watch our video: 
1 April 2026
Changes to the Planning Inspectorate’s Procedural Guide will update how planning appeals are handled in England for applications submitted after 1st April 2026.
14 April 2026
TEP is proud to be partnered with the award-winning initiative Time for Geograph y, whic h showcases the importance of geography and the diverse careers it can lead to. Time for Geography is a free, online education platform reaching schools and universities across the UK. Through a series of engaging video resources, it brings geography to life in the classroom, connecting academic learning with real-world challenges such as sustainability, climate change, urban planning and environmental management. Our contribution to the initiative forms part of the platform’s Careers Collection, where our team shares insight into the varied and rewarding pathways geography can open up. These resources are designed to help students understand how their studies translate into professional roles, offering a clearer view of the opportunities available within the environmental sector. We’re delighted that this collaboration has been recognised with a Highly Commended Geographical Association Publishers Award , which celebrates the careers-focused videos and resources developed to guide students towards further education and careers in our industry. With an audience of over 2.5 million this year, Time for Geography is a powerful example of how education and industry can come together to inspire future talent, showing how a subject studied in the classroom can lead to meaningful, real-world careers. For many of our colleagues at TEP, that journey began with a simple interest in geography at school. Today, that interest has grown into careers spanning ecology, arboriculture, heritage, planning, landscape design and environmental management. By sharing these experiences, we hope to encourage the next generation to see geography not only as a fascinating subject, but as a pathway into work that makes a tangible difference. We’re proud to support an initiative that is helping shape the future talent pipeline for our sector, and to inspire the environmental specialists of tomorrow. Learn more and watch our video: 
1 April 2026
Changes to the Planning Inspectorate’s Procedural Guide will update how planning appeals are handled in England for applications submitted after 1st April 2026.
30 March 2026
TEP was commissioned by Natural England to carry out a detailed chalk scrub study across the Seven Sisters National Nature Reserve.