Birmingham Sustainable Schools Award

• Jun. 4 by Oliver Appleby (1)

Tomorrow Birmingham’s City Council events team, marks World Environment day by hosting the Sustainable Schools award at Austin Court with Mininster for Sustainability Lord Hunt attending to award 14 schools for their green initiatives undertaken in the last year.

Birmingham has 450 state schools, of which now over 125 are now taking part in the initiative started last year by “burying a time capsule containing things we didn’t want to see in the future to be opened in 2026 – the year that
BCC has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 60%” said Birmingham City Councillor Lorraine Cookson.

Over 100,000 school pupils in the UK are taking part in World environment day.