Something closer to home and my heart is my kids school. It’s an amazingly diverse community where over 60 languages are spoken. Recently the school won a Greenest School Award within our London borough. We went to a special ceremony to receive the award.
The important thing here is that no one person drives the energy, ideas, focus and commitment that has produced so many environment projects within the school. Many people are involved and once one person starts up an idea another joins in and so on. The commitment to the school and it’s environment is almost a natural and spontaneous thing.
What makes this easier is the staff and parent’s commitment to the children. If people could only focus on the importance of our ‘future generations’ in other areas of our communities then I think more and more environment related projects, especially at community level, would roll off the production line.
So, what has the school achieved? Well now, hold onto your seats!;
* Solar panels installation
* Roof garden
* Recycling paper & cardboard
* Recycling shoes & clothes
* Recycling printer & photocopier cartridges
* Walk to School Week
* New cycle shelter parking
* Early Years fruit garden
* Composting
* Small wind turbine
* Energy saving fluorescents
Let us know if we have missed anything! You can understand we are very proud of our achievements but, the greatest thing of all is it comes naturally and we enjoy doing it. π
Matt, this is just so wonderful and inspiring.
Well done to all concerned and a big thanks for doing this for the Earth because after all, we will all benefit in the long run.
The picture is great. Is is part of the school and grounds? It’s lovely.
Thanks earthpal. Yes the school is certainly doing its bit.
Both pictures are a part of the school, with the first photo of the roof garden and the other of our photovoltaic installation.
This is fantastic! What a wonderful way to connect children to an awareness of their survival and necessities. I wish there was a will to engage children here in the creation of the holistic space and means for their education. The school as factory for learning is such a limited concept. There is much more to learning than the three Rs! Bravo!!!
Yes and very important that all this environment stuff is presented in a way that is fun, not stuffy and simply as a part of their everyday world.
The great thing about all these environment projects is that they are school lead. Sure, we have accessed government funding initiatives but the inspiration has come from the ground up. An excellent combination of funding and implementation me thinks!
Wonderful! This is so inspiring I am bursting with ideas for my own children’s school β¦ I think I shall have to calm down first, and then consider emailing other parents during the summer holidays to find out how we can start something similar.
(And now back to my own bit of recycling β¦ byeee!)
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