Architectural sketch of Black Mountains College in the Brecon Beacons national park, south Wales. Image by Sarah Featherstone Featherstone Young architects. Even before the United States entered the Second World War, American schools were preparing students for conflict. In the build up to 1941 and beyond, curriculums were overhauled to meet wartime needs: pupils were taught to raise funds, plane-spot, “dig for victory” and extol democracy’s virtues within the classroom and beyond. Now, argues Ben Rawlence, co-founder of Britain’s newest university, the global climate emergency requires a similar response. The new Black Mountains College, nestled in its namesake hills in...