SHOWCASE
OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS IN LONDON BOROUGH SCHOOLS FOR
2002
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Brent
- Schools
Ethnic Drama project.
A GOL funded project to encourage ethnic minority pupils
to write and perform a play about Local Agenda 21 on
their own style and language.
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Camden
- The
Children and Neighbourhoods project.
In partnership with the Children's Society.
Focuses on young people taking part in environmental
projects as well as the consultation and involvement
of young people in service delivery issues related to
the Environment Department services.
- Camden
Environmental Education Network
A group of providers of EE in the borough. CEEN is a
forum for co-ordinating projects with young people and
sharing information and resources. It is proposed that
this network will disseminate information about the
event.
- Summer/Autumn
environmental projects
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Croydon
- Eco-School
initiative
A drive to encourage schools to address environmental
issues and attain eco-status.
- Teacher
Training
Training for teachers involved in Sustainable Development
education. Focusing on Geography, Science and Citizenship.
- "Energy
Matters in London"
A project in partnership with Sutton Ecology centre
that helps and encourages children to do hope and school
energy audits.
- Green
Travel Plans
Promoting "Walking Buses" and cycling.
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Ealing
- Green
Travel Plans with an international perspective
Working with their Green Travel Plan Co- ordinator to
look at how people get to school here and in other countries.
- Developing
Citizenship projects
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Hammersmith
& Fulham
- School
Parliaments
An initiative where individual schools present their
proposed environmental projects in the Council Chamber.
- Schools
Parliament International project
Comparing a local environmental problem here a similar
problem for a school in a 3rd world town e.g. water
supply.
- Green
Travel Plans
Promoting cycling and walking.
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Harrow
- Sustainable
Youth Award
A programme of visits to schools (including weekend
schools), and youth groups and encouragement of sustainability
project development through the SEO (School Environmental
Officer) Network.
- The
programme is seeking to develop international links.
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Hounslow
- Schools
Environmental Audit
Setting up an Environmental Audit to find out information
on environmental projects that are currently being carried
out in schools. Issues such as school grounds, waste
management, energy efficiency, transport and healthy
living will be addressed.
- LA21
Education Conference
Education Conference was held in February with the aim
of helping teachers address environmental issues in
the curriculum.
- Issues
addressed included
Encouraging schools to use local allotments plots.
The Eco-Schools scheme.
Safe Routes to school.
Environmental walks.
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Lambeth
- Children's
Environmental Fund
For students to get involved in projects that can then
be disseminated as best practice to other schools across
London.
- Youth
Council
To shadow the existing Council and in so doing address
some of the environmental issues associated with cultural
diversity.
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Lewisham
- "Thinking
Globally" Event - November 2002
Learning from Lewisham communities with recent experience
of living in other societies and environments. Youth
will relate local environmental issues (graffiti, abandoned
cars) with those in their families' countries of origin
and give presentations at the Horniman Museum's Centre
for the Understanding of the Environment.
- Young
Streetleaders
Engaging young street leaders in local Quality of Life
issues.
- Clean
and Green Schools
Council Waste Awareness projects with awards for various
achievements. Also encourages clean schools and playgrounds
through waste audits.
- Groundwork
Thames Gateway London South projects
Involving in a range of environmental improvements such
as adopting nature reserves and rivers & developing
school ecology gardens.
- Groundwork
Thames Gateway London South "Safe Routes to School"
Promoting "walking buses" and traffic reduction.
- Creekside
Education Trust Schools Programme
Environmental education charity's programme of schools
visits to Deptford Creek combined with project work
on the tidal creek environment - flooding, fish migration,
tidal ecology and sustainable livelihoods based on the
creek environment. To be housed in a unique "floating
classroom" (launch in autumn)
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Merton
- Eco-School
initiative
Merton currently has three full eco-schools and one
on silver status.
- Environmental
Education Project
A borough wide project run in partnership with EnCams
& Groundwork. The partners go into schools with
curriculum based teaching modules on: Waste & Recycling,
Energy & Water, Consumption, Transport, Biodiversity
& Planning.
- Green
Travel Plans
There is a dedicated green travel plans officer who
is rapidly expanding the "Walking Buses" network
and promoting cycling. This initiative is interlinked
with the "Healthy Schools" programme.
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Waltham Forest
- Young
people & the Environment group
A core group of youth workers, teachers have been running
projects, conferences, workshops to help young people
understand environmental issues.
in a practical way. The group also runs a youth forum
and has representative to the UK Youth Parliament.
- Young
tree warden scheme
The Local Agenda 21 officer runs this scheme with Arboricultural
Services to encourage children to adopt local trees.
The scheme has won national acclaim with a golden acorn
award from Trees in Time & Place and initiative
has been incorporated into curriculum based school lesson
plans.
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