Students urged to keep on flying green flag
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By Chief Editor
Published on 17 Apr 2008
Students from schools across Herefordshire have been urged to keep on flying the green flag and spread the word about the need to reduce the amount of household waste produced in the county.
Brigit Strawbridge of BBC2’s “It’s not easy being green” fame, told an inter-schools event hosted by Whitecross High School and Specialist Sports College: “We are in a dire situation here and we need to think of creative solutions.
“My main message to you would be reduce, reduce, reduce and reuse and use your voice to influence parents, teachers and politicians,” she added.
Brigit spoke at the start of the event and told pupils she believed the most important thing was to reduce the amount of waste produced, reuse things and also recycle.
She also showed the students, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years, how to use rags to make colourful rugs and how telephone wires can be turned into funky jewellery.
The event saw students from seven of the county’s Eco-Schools – Whitecross High School and Specialist Sports College, Wyebridge Sports College, Weobley High School, Lady Hawkins at Kington, John Kyrle High School in Ross-on-Wye, Fairfield High School and Wigmore High School – take part in the Democs discussion game.
Sixth formers from John Kyrle High School, Ross-on-Wye, acted as facilitators for the Democs game which looks at the impact household waste has on the environment, how best to reduce the amount produced and how to deal with the problem of sending rubbish to landfill sites.
In their feedback, students said they felt the public needed to be more aware of the issues regarding the waste, recycling needed to be made easier and it was important to consider the cost of collecting waste not only in terms of finances but also in the impact it has on the environment.
Councillor John Jarvis, Herefordshire Council’s cabinet member for the environment and strategic housing, thanked the pupils for attending and taking part in the debate.
He said: “Herefordshire is now second in the national league table for successful authorities supporting the environmental award scheme and a staggering 86 per cent of schools in the county are registered for the Eco-School scheme.
“It is wonderful students at our schools really understand the importance of reducing waste and recycling and the ball is now in their court to help influence their parents and other adults throughout the county into thinking the same,” he added.
Brigit Strawbridge of BBC2’s “It’s not easy being green” fame, told an inter-schools event hosted by Whitecross High School and Specialist Sports College: “We are in a dire situation here and we need to think of creative solutions.
“My main message to you would be reduce, reduce, reduce and reuse and use your voice to influence parents, teachers and politicians,” she added.
Brigit spoke at the start of the event and told pupils she believed the most important thing was to reduce the amount of waste produced, reuse things and also recycle.
She also showed the students, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years, how to use rags to make colourful rugs and how telephone wires can be turned into funky jewellery.
The event saw students from seven of the county’s Eco-Schools – Whitecross High School and Specialist Sports College, Wyebridge Sports College, Weobley High School, Lady Hawkins at Kington, John Kyrle High School in Ross-on-Wye, Fairfield High School and Wigmore High School – take part in the Democs discussion game.
Sixth formers from John Kyrle High School, Ross-on-Wye, acted as facilitators for the Democs game which looks at the impact household waste has on the environment, how best to reduce the amount produced and how to deal with the problem of sending rubbish to landfill sites.
In their feedback, students said they felt the public needed to be more aware of the issues regarding the waste, recycling needed to be made easier and it was important to consider the cost of collecting waste not only in terms of finances but also in the impact it has on the environment.
Councillor John Jarvis, Herefordshire Council’s cabinet member for the environment and strategic housing, thanked the pupils for attending and taking part in the debate.
He said: “Herefordshire is now second in the national league table for successful authorities supporting the environmental award scheme and a staggering 86 per cent of schools in the county are registered for the Eco-School scheme.
“It is wonderful students at our schools really understand the importance of reducing waste and recycling and the ball is now in their court to help influence their parents and other adults throughout the county into thinking the same,” he added.