Eco Schools
Today is Britain’s first ever ‘Green Day’ which over 30,000 pupils across the country will be taking part in! Green Day gives pupils the chance to discuss environmental issues and put into practice making their school more sustainable.
Pupils are encouraged to wear a green item of clothing to school and to walk or cycle from their houses! Maths lessons will be used to calculate the students’ carbon footprint and in geography they will attempt to design a sustainable city.
‘‘The response from schools to the Green day project has been extraordinary. There is clearly a huge appetite for practical ideas which help young people make the connections between climate change and the buildings and places around us.” (Matt Bell, CABE’s Director of education.)
Schools in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Nottingham are taking part in Green Day in association with CABE and more than thirty schools alone in Birmingham will be taking part.
More news regarding eco-schools is that by 2020 the Government wants every single school in the UK to be a sustainable school. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) launched their Sustainable Schools Framework in 2006, the Secretary of State for Education, MP Alan Johnson set out challenging and long-term aspirations for schools to learn about sustainable development and practices into everyday school life.
Eco-Schools is an international programme that teaches schools how to be eco-friendly by providing a framework to help introduce these principles and ideas into school life. Eco-Schools is one of five environmental education programmes run internationally. It is now really easy for different schools to communicate with each other worldwide or alternatively find instructions on how to register your school. The programme is free and deals with all schools, primary, secondary, nursery orother more specific schools.
Below is a link to a map demonstrating how eco-friendly different primary schools across Birmingham are:
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