Young people play a vital role in finding innovative solutions to help tackle climate change.
The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is open to pre-university students aged between 15-20 years old. Entrants compete with projects aimed at improving livelihoods and ecosystem health in the water environment. Projects can look at any aspect of the water sector, focusing on important local, national or global topics.
Keep Britain Tidy was put under the spotlight recently as our eco credentials were put to the test.
To promote Green Britain Day on the 17th June 2010 Woodfield Primary School turned the tables on Keep Britain Tidy's Eco-Schools programme to find out just how eco-friendly we are!
In the UK around 36,000 tonnes - 620 million batteries - were sold for use in homes last year. That’s 24 batteries for each person in the country.
In 2009, only 2% of these batteries were recycled, the rest ended up in landfill. But this is changing fast. On 1 January 2010 a new law gave the UK a target of recycling 25% of its batteries by 2012 and 45% by 2016.
Water Saving Week 2011 - It's time to Act
Water Saving Week is a national awareness campaign which highlights awareness of water waste. Now in its second year, Water Savings Week is proud to announce a poster competition for its 2011 campaign.
Kew’s Great Plant Hunt project needs your help! Join thousands of primary school children across the UK taking part in a free phenology activity between 17-22 May.
Fancy entering an international competition with the possibility of winning $1000 for your school? Eco-Schools in England is part of a larger project on Climate Change with twelve other International Eco-Schools countries and HSBC.
Cross-Curricular Global Citizenship Project
Meat-Free Monday, launched by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Foundation in 2009, encourages school communities to reduce their meat intake in order to do the following:
• Protect the environment
• Improve pupils' health
• Help animals
• Fight against world hunger
| Green Flag: | 1,179 |
| Silver: | 3,924 |
| Bronze: | 4,646 |
