Eco Club

Welcome to the Discovery School Eco-Club. We work collaboratively with our School Council and together we learn how to help the environment and make it a better place. Our new name is School-Eco Council.

The School-Eco Council is linked to the nationwide scheme Eco-Schools and with support from the school and local communities, worked hard over the past few years to fulfil the criteria required for the prestigious Green Flag. Not only have they improved their local environment focusing on the Eco-School topics; Waste, Transport and School Grounds, but they have also developed invaluable life skills. These life skills were; teamwork, planning, confidence, leadership, critical thinking, increased environmental awareness, improved environmental behaviours and improved health and wellbeing.

Part of the Eco-School’s criteria for the Green Flag is to decide which of the 10 different topics we need to focus on this year. These topics are;

Litter

Waste

Transport

School Grounds

Biodiversity

Healthy Living

Marine

Global Citizenship

Water and

Energy

The School-Eco Council are continuing their journey to helping The Discovery School become a more sustainable school and are inviting pupils, staff, and their families to partake in the Cut Your Carbon campaign. The Cut Your Carbon campaign from Eco-School, challenges you to complete six different activities that will reduce your carbon footprint during November. These challenges link to the Eco-School topics energy, transport, global citizenship, water, healthy living, and waste.

See this video for more information Cut Your Carbon video

The six challenges are:

Can you have veggie vibes?

Eat plant-based meals for at least one day.

Can you ditch the drive?

Travel for at least 5 miles in a more sustainable way e.g. walk, scoot, cycle.

Can you buy nothing new?

Resist buying new clothes, toys, games or books for a month.

Can you drop it like it's hot?

Turn down your heating by 1 degree for a week. Wear a jumper instead.

Can you do no power hour?

Switch off non-essential electronic devices for 1 hour. Read a book, or play outside instead.

Do you have shower power?

Swap 4 baths for 4 showers, for 4 minutes or less each.

Together we can make a difference, so can you Cut Your Carbon?

In addition, we are creating an action plan for other activities through the year as well as updating our Eco-Code to link with our new school prayer...