My first wake up moment to the reality of climate change came in 2007 when watching Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’. I don’t remember being particularly aware of the issue before, but after watching it I realised that I wanted
Green Schools Project on Radio 5 Live
Before Christmas we were contacted by Hannah Bewley, a journalist on the BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast show. She was looking for teenagers who are passionate about protecting the environment to feature on the New Year’s Day show which had
NUS and Green Schools Project Pupil Environmental Attitude Survey
For the past eight years the NUS has surveyed university students on their attitudes towards sustainability which has shown a consistent desire from students to learn more about it and to have more opportunities to get involved with this issue. One of
Student Volunteering Opportunity
We are looking for enthusiastic university student volunteers to help deliver our programme and support school Eco-Teams in their mission to help their schools to go green. Organisation Information Green Schools Project supports young people to lead environmental projects such as
Green Kids and Communities Launch
This month has seen the launch of our Green Kids and Communities initiative. Aimed at empowering young people in Waltham Forest to become advocates for sustainability, the initiative is working with five schools to increase environmental awareness and action. Students
Social Business Challenge Launch
On 24th September Green Schools Project launched the Social Business Challenge to inspire young people to look at business in a new way. Green Schools Project is the brainchild of former secondary school Maths teacher Henry Greenwood and enables students
Green Schools Project is 3!
Forget January 1st, the beginning of September always marks the start of the year for me. As the second week of term gets underway and I’m getting used to the alarm clock going off again, there’s a sense of sadness
Change Is Happening… Time For Schools To Join In
The importance of protecting the environment has been getting a lot of headlines lately. Blue Planet 2 did an amazing job of highlighting the issue of plastic being discarded into our Oceans and the problem of warming seas harming coral
Duke’s Aldridge Academy Go Green!
Duke’s Aldridge Academy (formerly Northumberland Park Community School) joined Green Schools Project in 2016 to support the introduction a recycling programme that would raise awareness of and improve the school’s sustainability. This is a video that they made at the
Green Schools Project is 2!
Two years have passed since Green Schools Project went from an idea to an organisation with the aim of helping schools to set up and run a student-led environmental programme. The first year was about getting the foundations in place