Let’s Leave Smaller Footprints to save Planet

Earth

Pentland Primary Progress Update

Mobilities

Where?• Austria• France• Germany• Scotland• Scotland• France• Portugal• Spain

When?• 7TH – 11TH October 2009• 15th – 19th March 2010• 23rd – 29th May2010• 10th – 15th October 2010• 26th January 2011• 24th March 2011• 6th May 2011• 12th June 2011

Let’s Leave Smaller Footprints to save Planet

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Year 1 – Actions so far… Our Eco-committee

has taken the lead role in the first year on the project.

We have focussed on: • reducing the waste in

school• Improving energy

effeciency• Lowering our carbon

footprint.

Eco – bag design 2009

The PPC fundraising committee have promoted this project through the sale

of reusable bags.

Take One Action Film Festival – September 2009

Zero Waste Hero Training 3.12.09

Changeworks trained the eco -committee to become waste heroes and to work towards

the school having zero waste at school

dinners.

Pupils undertook a

waste audit on the 2.12.09 and a follow up on the 17.12.09

Zero Waste Hero Training

We held a whole school assembly led by Silly Mr Sausage. Following this assembly pupils made eco-pledges.

We have aimed to reduce food miles… and use local produce

• Local, seasonal produce • Grow our own

vegetables – linked to gardening club

• We have signed up to a project in which every class in the school will grow potatoes.

www.potatoesforschools.org.uk 

Plant for the Planet

http://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/

• The school has signed up – 2.3.10• The eco – committee has looked at

purchasing trees from a company in East Lothian at a cost of less that 50p per tree

• Ian Woolard (allotments officer) will visit the school to advise on best planting site

Whole School Sunflower Project – May 2010

Smoothie Sale – 10.2.10

The eco – committee raised £215.45 through the sale of healthy fruit

smoothies.

Sustainable Energy

•Visit to Midmar allotments to look at use of solar panelling

•Fundraising to purchase solar panels for outdoor classroom

Websites

• http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/• www.scotlandglobalfootprint.org• www.NatureNutzGreenfootprints.org• http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/eng/

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• good resources