Let’s Leave Smaller Footprints to save Planet Earth Pentland Primary Progress Update
Let’s Leave Smaller Footprints to save Planet
Earth
Pentland Primary Progress Update
Mobilities
Where?• Austria• France• Germany• Scotland• Scotland• France• Portugal• Spain
When?• 7TH – 11TH October 2009• 15th – 19th March 2010• 23rd – 29th May2010• 10th – 15th October 2010• 26th January 2011• 24th March 2011• 6th May 2011• 12th June 2011
Let’s Leave Smaller Footprints to save Planet
Earth
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buildings
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transport
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Year 1 – Actions so far… Our Eco-committee
has taken the lead role in the first year on the project.
We have focussed on: • reducing the waste in
school• Improving energy
effeciency• Lowering our carbon
footprint.
Eco – bag design 2009
The PPC fundraising committee have promoted this project through the sale
of reusable bags.
Take One Action Film Festival – September 2009
Zero Waste Hero Training 3.12.09
Changeworks trained the eco -committee to become waste heroes and to work towards
the school having zero waste at school
dinners.
Pupils undertook a
waste audit on the 2.12.09 and a follow up on the 17.12.09
Zero Waste Hero Training
We held a whole school assembly led by Silly Mr Sausage. Following this assembly pupils made eco-pledges.
We have aimed to reduce food miles… and use local produce
• Local, seasonal produce • Grow our own
vegetables – linked to gardening club
• We have signed up to a project in which every class in the school will grow potatoes.
www.potatoesforschools.org.uk
Plant for the Planet
http://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/
• The school has signed up – 2.3.10• The eco – committee has looked at
purchasing trees from a company in East Lothian at a cost of less that 50p per tree
• Ian Woolard (allotments officer) will visit the school to advise on best planting site
Whole School Sunflower Project – May 2010
Smoothie Sale – 10.2.10
The eco – committee raised £215.45 through the sale of healthy fruit
smoothies.
Sustainable Energy
•Visit to Midmar allotments to look at use of solar panelling
•Fundraising to purchase solar panels for outdoor classroom
Websites
• http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/• www.scotlandglobalfootprint.org• www.NatureNutzGreenfootprints.org• http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/
operation_sustainable_future_-_global_citizenship_ks1
• good resources