Eco-Schools National Exhibition & Conference ExhibitorsConference sponsored by The Pod, a programme developed by EDF Energy and the Eden Project to make real and practical change in our schools. List of Confirmed Exhibitors • EDF Energy • The Helping Hand Company • Wastebuster • Sustrans • Resike Ltd • Marmax Products Ltd • United Utilities plc • Asdan • ActionAid • EvoEnergy • Woosh Energy • Segen • Groundwork • National College for School Leadership • Low Carbon Partnership • Fones4schools • British Council • Liverpool City Council • Educational Displays • Dart Valley Systems • Early Vision Ltd • JGI UK • Eco Environments Ltd • Urban Space Street Furniture • Friends of the Earth • Eco Warrior M&T • The Handbook of Sustainable Procurement • Cyclepods Limited • Northwest Sustainable Schools • UK Schools Council • Rebecca Morch Publishing • Redwood • Jutebag • Eco Eco'le |
EDF Energy The project developed by EDF Energy is part of the overall educational programme being delivered by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).
The Pod aims to be the first port of call for any teacher, pupil, parent or governor who wishes to make their school greener and more sustainable.
It will contain a range of practical activities, specially designed to help schools lower their carbon footprint and cut down on energy and water usage. The activities will range from small-scale projects such as switching off unnecessary lights to large initiatives such as installing solar panels.
Sharing ideas is at the heart of The Pod. Whenever a school starts an activity on the site, we will ask them to blog about what they are doing, sharing images, movies, podcasts and written work. These will then be accessible to other registered schools who wish to start a similar activity.
The Pod will also aim to benefit the wider community by encouraging pupils and their parents to make similar changes in their own homes.
The intended audience for the site will initially be 7 to 14-year-olds but, as the site develops, the scope will expand to include both older and younger pupils.
Medals Successful schools will be celebrated. When you finish an activity, you will be awarded a gold, silver or bronze medal depending on how much energy or water you have saved and how much work you have put into your blog. Activities The Pod registration site will be launched on June 16 th. So register your school with the programme and try out the sample activity ‘Goodbye Standby’. This activity encourages schools to switch off electronic devices when they are no longer in use. We also have an example of an activity blog provided by an ambassador school. The full programme will formally launch on September 18th, and we will have nine more activities on the site that you can immediately start running in your school. Marmax Products Ltd  Marmax Products Ltd manufacture high quality outdoor furniture and boardwalk made from 100% UK waste plastic. The recycled plastic does not naturally biodegrade, a fact that makes it very bad for landfill disposal, and very good for outdoor furniture. Because the recycled plastic does not rot, it requires no painting or staining, reducing maintenance costs and eliminating the need for chemical preservatives. An adult picnic bench contains the equivalent of 2000 milk bottles, saving them from landfill and creating a useful product from the waste plastic that everyone is encouraged to save. Marmax Products Ltd can furnish the outdoor classroom with sustainable products. Picnic benches can be fitted with gameboard tops, adventure cabins and sandpits create play areas. Raised beds provide growing areas wherever needed. Choose from a wide range of colours and designs, in Adult and Junior sizes, including wheelchair-friendly picnic benches. CONTACT: Marmax Products Ltd Units 9 – 16, Tanfield Lea South Industrial Estate, Stanley, Co Durham, DH9 9QX Tel 01207 283442 Fax 01207 235164 www.marmaxproducts.co.uk email sales@marmaxproducts.co.uk The British Council The British Council connects people worldwide with learning opportunities and creative ideas, and builds lasting relationships between the UK and other countries. We offer a wide variety of international opportunities for schools and colleges, supporting international linking, funded curriculum projects and professional development for teachers and headteachers. You can access a range of funding and programmes, including exciting new initiatives with China, India and the Middle-East. We manage the DCSF Global Gateway website, a one stop shop for international education that can help you add the international dimension to your school’s curriculum. Its free to access and helps with school linking and provides materials to put lessons into a modern, topical and global context. We offer an exciting variety of ICT based initiatives, such as our eTwinning scheme which enables you to work with other schools across Europe on projects using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) not just to communicate and collaborate with partners but as a means of delivering the curriculum in a relevant and exciting way. Another of our online programmes, eLanguages, operates globally in eighteen languages, enabling you to work in partnership with counterparts around the world, share authentic multilingual resources and build reusable curriculum-relevant projects which you can present to the world. We manage the DCSF International School Award, which accredits good practice in curriculum-based international work and offers a framework to develop international partnerships and achieve curriculum goals throughout the whole school. To find out more about these programmes and other international opportunities for your school, visit us at stand 7 The Jane Goodall Institute Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, began her landmark study of chimpanzees in Tanzania in June 1960 under Dr Louis Leakey. In 1977, Dr. Goodall established the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI). Today JGI is a global organization supporting the research at Gombe in addition to many other programs for research, community development, conservation programs and the Roots & Shoots education programme. Roots & Shoots The Roots & Shoots program is about making positive change happen through empowering young people with the inspiration and tools to make a difference - for our communities, for animals and for the environment. It is a unique programme that channels the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of young people to an extremely positive cause – making the quality of life better for people and animals and ensuring a better future for our planet. Our key aims that we strive for are as follows: Action – practical for all living things Educational and fun Compassionate – values based Inspirational – Every Individual Can Make a Difference The possibilities are endless with Roots & Shoots. There are no rigid requirements and no limit to the imagination. The projects are fun for all involved, and the tools and resources that Roots & Shoots provides are easily applicable. With thousands of young volunteers, the Roots & Shoots network branches out across the globe, connecting youth of all ages who share a common desire to help make our world a better place. The programme began in 1991 when 16 local teenagers met with Dr. Jane Goodall on her back porch in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Dr. Jane was impressed by their compassion, their energy and their desire to develop a grassroots style solution to problems. Dr Jane’s faith and hope in the determination of young people is, when informed and empowered, that they can indeed change the world. Our program not only motivates young people to learn about pertinent issues facing our local and global communities, but helps them implement their own projects as a means of solving them. For more information please visit www.rootsnshoots.org.uk. Dart Valley Systems Dart Valley Systems are pioneers in designing water conservation products and were awarded the “Enterprise 2000 Innovation and Technology Award”. The Flushmatic urinal controller was awarded “Best Environmental Product” in Australia. A wide selection of products are designed and produced specifically to save water. A range of hygiene products to enhance the washroom compliments these. It is estimated that the products designed and manufactured by DVS, which include WC Flushvalves No Touch Toilet Flush, Flushmatic PIR Urinal Controls, Push & Lever Operated Taps, Automatic Taps and Showers have produced water savings during the last 20 years amounting to hundreds of millions of pounds. Where appropriate, products are WRAS approved tested by WRC and the company’s Quality System includes ISO 9001 quality accreditation. The company also maintains all necessary H&S and environmental standards, including 14001. DVS are approved suppliers for Government establishments, including County Councils, Universities, Hospitals, Schools and H M Prisons. OGC Buying Solutions contract number A517617C. Regionally based installation and Service Engineers ensure that all customers are provided with an efficient after sales service. Resike Ltd  Resike Ltd specialises in the supply of recycled products as teaching aids for Key Stages one to four.
Resike core pack products are environmental teaching aids and demonstrate uses for recyclate and provide an example of methods to reduce the need for unwanted packaging. The packs can be used to help achieve some of the Eco Schools award criteria by providing both practical aids and a source of relevant information.
Easy To Teach Designed with ease of use in mind, core packs contain a collection of materials which have a recycled content, all linked to ready prepared and curriculum linked teaching notes. All products are supplied with complementary access for teachers to TeachShare which is an online resource containing a wide range of environmental information, a forum and detailed information about the Resike product range. Linked Products Many items within the core packs are linked to each other. For example, compost generated within the wormeries can be used in the planters. The compost mixed with ordinary soil can then be used to grow vegetables. Waste produced from theses vegetables can be put into the wormeries and the circle is complete. Resike Ltd. Units 8-12, Oakfield Road, Davenport, Stockport, Cheshire, SK3 8SG Phone: 0161-483-6776 Web: www.resike.co.uk email: sales@resike.co.uk Eco Environments Ltd  Eco Environments Ltd specialise in providing energy efficient products and services that help you reduce your energy costs, reduce the carbon footprint of your school, and create a brighter future for our planet and our children.
We provide a menu based service, allowing you to choose the improvements you require, and in which order. From a site visit we will make recommendations as to which of the following products will best suit your needs and your budget.
• Solar Power & Solar Thermal • Wind Power • Heating controls and boilers • Insulation • Energy Efficient Lighting • Targeted metering and monitoring We are able to install solar and wind power, and enable you to access up to 50% grant funding through the Low Carbon Buildings Programme-Phase 2. We also have a very cost effective energy metering and monitoring system. Our experience has found that up to 54% of energy used in schools happens when the school is closed. Overnight, at weekends and during holidays your school could be running up substantial unnecessary costs. Our tool will help identify the wastage; we can then help you eliminate it, for good. Contact: David Hunt Tel: 0151 922 5936 e-mail: david.hunt@eco-environments.co.uk Web: www.eco-environments.co.uk Urban Space Street Furniture Urban Space Street Furniture are a weatherproof shelter manufacturer, specialising in Cycle Shelters, Covered Walkways, Shaded Play and Parent Waiting Shelters. We supply on a nationwide basis and work particularly closely with schools looking to access travel plan grants. Other environmental products include aluminium can crusher bins, colour coded recycling bins as well as poster display cases for schools (indoor & outdoor) Contact: Paul Garratt Tel: 0151 922 5936 e-mail: paul@ussf.co.uk Web: www.ussf.co.uk Fones4Schools can help you raise cash for your school at the same time as improving your eco status We are aware that schools are becoming more eco friendly. Our aim is to support schools in their eco work. Fones4Schools fits very nicely alongside any other eco work that schools are doing. Our campaign allows you to work towards your eco status as well as getting prizes for the children and cash for your school. Fones4Schools creates no extra work and fulfils many of the criteria involved in becoming more eco friendly. All necessary posters and promotional materials are provided completely free of charge. Fones4Schools guarantee that every phone collected will be diverted from landfill where they can cause serious environmental damage. Eco-Vision  ICT Interactive Software Titles:SAVING ENERGY RECYCLING SAVING WATER AND GOING GREEN Designed to support Eco-Schools and the Government’s new Sustainable Learning Initiative, these FANTASTIC Interactive Whiteboard resources are the FIRST ones to be created especially for PRIMARY and FOUNDATION STAGE PUPILS. With the philosophy that children need to ‘start on the right foot’, these fun and engaging interactive CD Roms provide Teachers with a readymade exciting way of ensuring ALL their children understand not only what they can be doing to ‘save the planet’ but also WHY it is so IMPORTANT. These excellently researched highly visible resources will enable every Teacher to feel confident to introduce eco-issues to their children for each title contains all the information and answers they will need in a wonderfully clear, simple and inviting format. Each of the four Titles is carefully designed to build on children’s everyday experiences, from brushing their teeth to turning off lights. Each ‘bite sized’ section provides non-fiction film clips and imaginative interactive activities to help children become aware of the simple ways they can make a difference and entices them to encourage others around them to play their part. The Resources are highly valuable either as an introduction to Eco Schools or for Teachers and Practitioners to weave eco-awareness throughout their settings. Teachers can be sure that these resources will provide a wealth of classroom discussion with identified tasks to cover all the KS1 Units in the new Literacy Framework. Comprehensive Teacher Notes for both EYFS and KS1 are supported by an Infant Assembly and comprehensive photo bank for IWB flip chart files to extend learning through to KS2 classes. Eco Warrior 
ECO Warrior is an Energy Monitoring & Targeting package from State Of The Art, a Merseyside based company providing real energy savings for schools, councils, commerce and industry. State Of The Arts Mission is To provide our customers with affordable Energy Monitoring & Targeting software. No school should be able to say they cannot afford to save energy. We aim to help each school to have the ability to cut waste. They can then put the money saved back into further energy saving projects or simply reduce their costs. Often 54% of energy / resources is used in schools when they are closed providing excellent potential for improved management savings on electric, gas, water, oil, etc. ! Our Eco Warrior product is successfully used in many schools across the country to reduce energy costs, save energy and educate staff and pupils alike about energy use. It will highlight to all via graphical displays equipment that is left on overnight, gas boiler mismanagement, water leaks and show all of this as energy, kgco2 and costs incurred. It can allocate costs for any resource to individual buildings or any special school events and also provide data for energy certificates. Eco Warrior has appeared in a number of Carbon Trust Best practice guides unfortunately often only referred to as “The Energy M&T system”. It has won numerous prestigious awards for its users for excellence in the energy environment and even appeared on BBC2 Newsnight when the headmaster of Brill School also extolled its virtues to the British public. www.sotaew.co.uk The Helping Hand Company  Are you involved in achieving the next Eco Schools award for your school? Do you encourage practical outdoor education for the pupils, and an improved relationship with the wider community? Would you like to enhance your cross-curricula integration of environmental issues within the classroom?
The Helping Hand Company is a UK based manufacturer of litter clearance tools and environmental education resources. We have worked in partnership with schools and local authorities for decades, and through this experience we are able to offer solutions within environmental awareness, not only in the classroom and outdoors, but also in the local neighbourhood. We look forward to seeing you at the conference; come and visit us on Stand 3! Contact Details:
Eco Eco'le
United Utilities
Cyclepods Ltd The Minipod is our latest product which has been designed to get children cycling! The fun and innovative design is available in a range of different colours and secures 8 bikes AND 8 scooters. Suiting12”-24” wheels the product is specifically aimed at children up to 11 years of age and therefore ideal for primary schools. An environmentally sustainable product, the Minipod is manufactured in the UK and available in 100% recyclable and recycled materials. The Minipod was only launched at the start of 2008 however, is already being successfully used at over 30 different primary schools! We have had some fantastic feedback with one school commenting “Since the Minipods arrived the volume of 'Green' traffic has most definitely increased” Due to the overwhelming Success of the product we are offering a “Special schools price” in a bid to get more children out of cars and onto their bikes! If you would like to join other schools and receive the Minipod at the special schools price of £899 (plus VAT and delivery/install) then please visit our stand at Eco-Schools 2008 where you can also receive an additional 5% discount. Cyclepods Ltd Units 3&5 Hortons Way Westerham Kent TN16 1BT Tel: 0845 094 0490 D/L: 01959 562 633 Fax: 05601 130 219 Email: natalie@cyclepods.co.uk Web: www.cyclepods.co.uk EvoEnergy Ltd  EvoEnergy Ltd are Solar PV specialists. We offer a comprehensive range of professional services to a wide UK client base from Individuals to Schools, Communities and Commercial businesses.
We offer turnkey packages and solutions for all our customers regardless of size or project spend. Our dedicated grant support team helps secure those important grants. Our friendly, professional and cost effective services offer a high level of added value in offering… • Tailor made solutions specific to each customer’s needs. • High quality Solar to maximise both client cost effectiveness and practical benefit. • Advice regarding increasing energy efficiency (and reducing energy losses) • Supporting all of our customers through the various grant systems and associated application processes. EvoEnergy are with you all the way from initial project discussion and conceptualisation through to installation and commissioning. We are always on hand to offer advice, reassurance and post installation service and back-up. We pride ourselves on our knowledge of the industry, our ethical beliefs and policies as well as our high level of customer support. We share our client’s enthusiasm and help them to make their beliefs and ethical commitments a reality. Tel: 08448 150 200 email: info@evoenergy.co.uk Rebecca Morch Publishing Limited  As a husband and wife team, we have set up Rebecca Morch Publishing Limited, in order to bring Rebecca’s book, ‘Who Will Save Us?’ to the public. Our aim is to create awareness, understanding and positive action with regard to climate change, so we have also set up ‘The Who Will Save Us? Children’s and Young People’s Project.’
‘Who Will Save Us?’ is an inspirational book for children and their adults, which is being successfully used by both primary and secondary schools. It takes a positive and empowering approach to the issues of climate change and helping to resolve it. The book contains a heartfelt and engaging story about the penguins of Antarctica, which is followed by a concise and comprehensive section on what we can all do to help, from energy saving to fair trade, and a listing of useful organisations. Supporting statements from WWF-UK, Oxfam, Sustrans, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, The Wildlife Trusts and I Count are presented on the cover. The foreword has been written by Pen Hadow, the polar explorer. “A beautifully composed and illustrated book that will inspire children and adults alike. A real example of how to explore what it means to be an active global citizen.” Oxfam. The project offers children and young people an educational and empowering opportunity to help resolve climate change and to help with other related issues. The process involves children’s and young people’s schools and groups being able to buy in the books at a reduced rate, and sell them at the retail price, thereby making £2.50 per book. This profit becomes the children’s/young people’s budget. They then ‘work together’ (following the message of the book) to research climate change, question, discuss and decide how to spend their budget to help. This project encourages good citizenship and many other skills. It is already succeeding in helping to develop sustainability in schools and the community. Nationally, primary and secondary schools are taking part in this project with inspirational ideas and actions. Book details: Published by Rebecca Morch Publishing Limited - 48 full colour illustrated pages - paperback - UK production - Forest Stewardship Council 50% recycled paper - Vegetable based inks - Biodegradable laminate on the cover. Retail price: £5.99 For further information - please come and see us on stand 29 Web: www.rebeccamorch.co.uk email: info@rebeccamorch.co.uk Tel: 01626 369514 Redwood  Heard the one about the ethical printer?? Redwood can offer an environmentally friendly solution on every product, and have adopted a stringent environmental policy which underpins our operation. In order to enable schools to further their eco status, Redwood produce environmentally friendly products for the same price as their standard non-eco print. This offer extends to all school planners, prospectuses, promotional materials and stationery.
With a specialist schools division who have worked with school’s print requirements for over 15 years and also boasts personnel who have worked extensively within the education sector, Redwood are committed to providing schools and education providers with products and service that offer best value.
Redwood provides printing services at the highest quality at competitive prices. We offer a full service printing solution with expertise in both lithographic and digital technology – this means we can offer the most effective solution to your print requirements, by utilising the best technology to do this.
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Cyclepods Ltd are an innovative company who specialise in cycle storage with a difference! We do not sell the “usual” bike sheds but instead we offer innovative, sustainable, space saving, secure and good looking products!