On Monday our Energy and Climate Change Action group will be meeting at 7.30pm and one of the things they'll be talking about is what we should do on 10:10:10.
Birmingham FoE has been very supportive of the 10:10 campaign and was delighted when Birmingham City Council signed up to it. We put together lists of things people could do to achieve the 10% reduction in their carbon emissions over the year and contacted lots of organisations to encourage them to join, too.
10th October is when 10:10 are hoping to do their biggest day of action ever. The website lists things that people could do here. What do you think we should do in Birmingham?
Please send us any ideas you have or come along to our meeting on Monday to discuss it.
Showing posts with label carbon footprint. Show all posts
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Friday, 6 August 2010
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Hamstead Hall CLC goes Green!!
My school in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, which has 1100 pupils, has made considerable effort in trying to save energy and stop climate change.
Teachers encourage students to switch off lights when they are not needed, in particular during day light. Small things like this save an enormous amount of energy and help cut Hamstead Hall Community Learning Centre’s carbon footprint.
Hamstead Hall provides the local Handsworth Wood community with fantastic facilities, such as weekend sport clubs. These extra clubs allow community members to use the sports hall and astroturf out of school hours. Therefore, keeping up a good image is vital for such a neighbourhood-based school.
Recycling is also considered to be something important within the school. In every classroom there are large paper bags where students are required to recycle paper and plastic bottles.
As part of Personal, Social Health Education days students participate in workshops within the geography department where they learn about the environment and their carbon emissions by calculating their carbon footprint. The head of geography says “the pupils were amazed to see how much energy they use, by going on the internet and playing on their X-box’s!”.
The ICT department of the school ensures that all computers are switched off after use, in fact there are posters on the walls of the classroom that directly inform students to save energy and stop climate change.
How does our school compare to others in Birmingham? I'd be interested to hear.
Rupi Chandla (Hamstead Hall sixth-form student).
Teachers encourage students to switch off lights when they are not needed, in particular during day light. Small things like this save an enormous amount of energy and help cut Hamstead Hall Community Learning Centre’s carbon footprint.
Hamstead Hall provides the local Handsworth Wood community with fantastic facilities, such as weekend sport clubs. These extra clubs allow community members to use the sports hall and astroturf out of school hours. Therefore, keeping up a good image is vital for such a neighbourhood-based school.
Recycling is also considered to be something important within the school. In every classroom there are large paper bags where students are required to recycle paper and plastic bottles.
As part of Personal, Social Health Education days students participate in workshops within the geography department where they learn about the environment and their carbon emissions by calculating their carbon footprint. The head of geography says “the pupils were amazed to see how much energy they use, by going on the internet and playing on their X-box’s!”.
The ICT department of the school ensures that all computers are switched off after use, in fact there are posters on the walls of the classroom that directly inform students to save energy and stop climate change.
How does our school compare to others in Birmingham? I'd be interested to hear.
Rupi Chandla (Hamstead Hall sixth-form student).
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