Eco Schools

With a degree in Geography, as a former head of a Middle School Geography department and spending the last 30 years in the outdoors, both as a hobby and career, I have an in-depth, and realistic, insight as to what can be done to reduce our impact upon the environment and create a more sustainable existence. Some of the projects that I have been involved in whilst working in various schools and establishments include; creating an area for plants to grow so that the kitchen can use them in the school meals, creating a prayer labyrinth from scratch that includes wild edible plants for the children and community to use, raising awareness of Cause and Effect when people carry out activities outside, monitoring the CO2 levels of a school for a national database and teaching how to coppice and how to carry out various old country crafts to children and adults.

A sustainable school extends their commitment for care into new areas - it cares about:

1. The energy and water it consumes;
2. The waste it produces;
3. The food it serves;
4. The traffic it attracts; and
5. The difficulties faced by the people living in its community and in other parts of the world.

A sustainable school explores sustainable development:

1. Through its teaching provision and learning (curriculum);
2. In its values and ways of thinking (campus); and
3. In its engagement of local people and partners (community).

O.W.L. can, and has, helped schools with the above areas which all go towards Green Flag status.