Schools
How Red House Farm is giving children the opportunity to learn about sustainable farming and food production.
Red House Farm School Pilot Scheme
Red House Farm is a 57ha, Soil Association certified organic farm on the edge of Greater Manchester. As part of their Countryside Stewardship Scheme, a pilot project has been setup to assess the impact of bringing the same group of children to the farm, with visits taking place each half term.
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How we are helping schools across Greater Manchester embrace solar energy
Hear how our Powering Our Schools campaign is helping schools add solar PV to their buildings.
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North Cestrian School – Environmental Champions
The pupil-led Eco Club at North Cestrian School in Trafford has helped to instil and develop a whole-school approach to environmental awareness. Showing a passion for the environment and a real can-do attitude, pupils have created a lush school garden, organise regular litter-picks in the local community and have introduced measures within school to reduce single-use plastic and increase recycling.
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Greater Manchester School Eco Refill Shops – Opening time, the launches begin!
In the second blog in our series covering the progress of the ten School Eco Refill Shops, we can happily report that the schools have undergone their enterprise training and are now beginning to launch and open for their school communities…
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Calling all schools and education establishments: Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Countdown
Let’s Go Zero, a national campaign helping schools get to net zero, is launching an exciting climate action event from 7th June to 5th July called the Climate Action Countdown. The campaign includes free webinars and a calendar of 29 daily challenges linked to sustainability helping to focus and kick-start action.
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Solar array at Wellington School completed!
Following a community share offer in summer 2023, local social enterprise Greater Manchester Community Renewables (GMCR) has installed the largest community-owned solar array in Greater Manchester at Wellington School in Timperley.
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Greater Manchester Schools to launch pupil-led Eco Refill Shops
Ten Greater Manchester schools will soon launch their pioneering, pupil-led, fully-stocked, Eco Refill Shops. Our series of articles will put the spotlight on the schools and report back on their progress as they undertake their Enterprise Training, launch their shops and measure their success.
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An English Springtime – Climate Conversations with our children
Lydia Meryll from Manchester Environmental Education network together with Qaisra Shahraz, MACFEST organiser, shares with readers a poem co-created with 60 young people from South Manchester…
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Eco-Friendly Period Products for Stockport Schools
Two students from Reddish Vale High School have been championing a council grant scheme for eco-friendly period products for educational establishments in Stockport.
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Trafford school children present a ‘Green Summit’ in their own words
Trafford school children present their understanding of climate change using creative literacy skills.
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Learn Live: Improving our rivers, estuaries and coasts
The Environment Agency are hosting a ‘Learn Live’ session aimed at schools about improving our rivers, estuaries and coasts.
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Schools Climate Action Planner
NEW Schools Climate Action Planner, providing a free, online and easy-to-use action planning tool for teachers and students to help schools reduce their climate impact through practical steps.
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