Octopus Live Lessons are back!

A high-energy, story-driven session through the world of renewable energy.

What We’ll Explore:

• What is Electricity, anyway? A magical look at invisible power and the everyday things in our homes and classrooms that run on it.

  
  

• Nature’s Superheroes: Meet the Sun, the Gusty Wind, and Splashing Water—nature's team working together to make power without creating dirty smoke or pollution.

  
  

• Old Energy vs. New Energy: A simple, friendly story about moving away from grumpy old fossil fuels toward happy, endless green energy.

This workshop is designed to channel upper-primary curiosity. Pupils look behind the scenes of the UK’s energy grid to see how green tech actually powers their daily lives, from game consoles to electric cars and buses.

What We’ll Explore:

• How Does Energy Travel? Tracing a gust of wind off the coast of Britain all the way through the grid, transformers, and cables straight into a school toaster.

  
  

• Renewables Deep Dive: How solar panels, wind farms, and hydro plants capture natural energy and store it in giant batteries for days when the sun isn't shining.

  
  

• The Carbon Mystery: What greenhouse gases are, why the planet is heating up, and how clean energy acts as the planet's ultimate coolant.

A highly interactive, tech-focused session geared toward early secondary schoolers. Phil will show students how the future of green energy isn’t just about building more wind turbines, it’s about using technology, coding, and smart gadgets to "hack" how and when we use power.

What We’ll Explore:

• The "Brain" of the Grid: How the energy grid is transforming from a one-way street into a massive, talking network using live data.

  
  

• Automating the Future: How platforms can be used to automatically turn on washing machines or charge electric vehicles only when the wind is blowing hardest and energy is cheapest.

  
  

• Batteries on Wheels: The mind-blowing concept of electric vehicles not just taking energy, but actually acting as mobile batteries that can balance the grid.

  
  

• Electrifying Heat: A look at the brilliant science behind heat pumps and why flexible, data-led systems are the key to warming our homes without burning fossil fuels.

A candid, strategic session focused on the clean energy revolution as the defining economic shift of the next generation. Greg strips away the corporate jargon to discuss entrepreneurship, real-world technology, and the explosion of high-growth career pathways across the green economy.

What We’ll Explore:

• The New Industrial Revolution: Why the shift to renewables is the biggest capital reallocation and technological rebuild in human history, and why agility beats legacy every time.

  
  

• The Myth of the "Green Job": Unpacking why green careers aren't just for environmental scientists or wind turbine technicians. From software engineers building smart grid algorithms to digital marketers, clean-energy traders, heat-pump engineers, and policy specialists.

  
  

• Non-Linear Paths to Success: Greg’s personal journey from a 16-year-old school leaver to running a multi-billion-pound tech company, highlighting why curiosity, resilience, and problem-solving outweigh a rigid, linear career plan.