7-step path to top prizes; ECO SCHOOL FACTS.JOINING the Eco Schools programme is free and open to all children including those at children's centres, nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools and schools with special status. Once registered, schools follow a sevenstep process which helps them address environmental themes, ranging from litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher. lit·ter n. 1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a and waste to healthy living and biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed . Children are the driving force behind Eco Schools as they lead an ecocommittee and help carry out an audit to assess the environmental performance of their school. 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 to do it. Measuring and monitoring is an integral part of the Eco Schools programme, providing schools with all the evidence they need to really shout about their environmental success. Schools work towards gaining Bronze bronze, in metallurgy bronze, in metallurgy, alloy of copper, tin, zinc, phosphorus, and sometimes small amounts of other elements. Bronzes are harder than brasses. , Silver and the Green Flag Awards for excellence in the field of environmental activity. Bronze and Silver are self-accredited and Green Flag is externally assessed. See www.eco-schools Eco-Schools is an international program of environmental and sustainable developmental education for schools. Beginnings The program was developed in 1994 in response to the need to involve young people in environmental projects at the local level as identified at the .org See .org. (networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations. RFC 1591. .uk or call 01942 612621 for further details. |
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