Lessons in Energy Saving Are a Success ; Educating People About the Environment Is Essential If We Are to Reduce Our Carbon Footprints. And If We Can Encourage Schools to Go Green, Future Generations Will Be Encouraged to Take On Board These Positive Steps

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › November 23, 2010

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AT PRESENT 86 per cent of Stoke-on-Trent's 112 educational settings have signed up to the Eco-Schools environmental education programme, and the city is in the top five authorities in England with registered Eco-Schools.

Children are the driving force behind this initiative. They lead the eco-committees and help carry out an audit to assess the environmental performance of their school.

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Lessons in Energy Saving Are a Success ; Educating People About the Environment Is Essential If We Are to Reduce Our Carbon Footprints. And If We Can Encourage Schools to Go Green, Future Generations Will Be Encouraged to Take On Board These Positive Steps

Through consultation with the rest of the school and the wider community, it is the pupils who decide which environmental themes they want to address and how they are going ...

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