Scottish school, Lawthorn Primary has reduced its footprint and they are teaching other schools to do the same. Schools across Scotland have access to the school’s global footprint resource. Every aspect of the school’s consumption has been examined from the kitchen to the bathroom. They monitor their activities and set goals.
The school has already managed to reduce energy usage by almost half (43 percent). They are saving water, and reusing plastic bottles, (eg to make a greenhouse), even the number of cars coming to the school has been reduced by sixty percent. The academic curriculums of the students are also benefiting as these projects are being put to use to encourage learning, from social studies to mathematics.
The school has the support of the Scottish government, which is a leader in renewable energy. The government has pledged to create all of Scotland’s electricity from green energy by 2020, to reduce greenhouse gasses by 42 per cent by 2020. Scotland’s government is also serious about sustainability education. In response to the UN Decade of ESD, promised that by 2014 people in Scotland will have developed the knowledge, skills, understanding and values to live sustainable lives.
The net greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland have been reduced by 27.6
percent since 1990. Having access to the material from organizations such as UNESCO, the World Wildlife Fund, and Eco‐Schools Scotland, has provided teachers and pupils with a wealth of information to choose from, and has allowed them to improve their learning.
Form more information click here.
© 2012, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.
Related Posts
The Green Market Oracle Green School Series 2011
The Green Market Oracle Green School Series 2010
The UK’s Sandal Magna Community Primary School
The UK’s University of Bradford Wins Recognition
Renewable Energy Teaching Tools: Sprout and KidWind
Students Tools to Save Their Future
The New Era of Green Schools
The Need for Global Environmental Education
Student Climate & Conservation Corps
The Green Schools Alliance
Scottish Wind Energy Can Power Europe
Transforming the UK’s Electricity Grid
UK Wind Energy
UK Renewable Energy 2011
Mandatory Emissions Reporting on the UK Stock Exchange
UK Government Investments in Efficiency
British Government to Lead the Low Carbon Economy
Cuts to UK Wind Power ROCs & FiTs
Cuts to UK Solar FiTs Could Prove Deadly
Global Green New Deal
Market Forces and the UK’s Green Deal
Video: The UK’s Green Deal
WWF-UK’s Green Game-Changers Initiative for Business
Corporate Sustainability is Driving Green Businesses in the UK
Deal Between Carbon Trust and Siemens Good for the UK
UK Scientists Urge Government Action
Green Building Council’s World Green…
Ecovillages Environmental Study
Clean Tech Job Trends 2010 Report – UK Jobs
