The National Curriculum acknowledges that education is a route to equality of opportunity for all, to a healthy and just democracy, to a productive economy, and to sustainable development. Sustainable development is also included in the values, aims and purposes of the National Curriculum. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has an important role in the Citizenship curriculum and ideas are prominent within subjects like Geography. 'Geography plays a significant part in promoting education for sustainable development through: developing pupils' knowledge and understanding of key concepts of sustainable development, such as interdependence, quality of life and diversity'.

Eco-Centre Status

For many years we have managed the Environmental Education Centres with environmental concerns in mind and have tried to incorporate some of these issues into our teaching programmes. For example we buy and use recycled products, recycle items from lunch boxes, try to reduce our electricity use and demonstrate the idea of a sustainable resource by producing and using composted meadow cuttings as an alternative to the use of peat based products.

In 2002 (Pelham) and 2004 (Daws Hall) our Centres were awarded Eco-Centre status. The Eco-Centre scheme is designed to encourage and acknowledge whole-centre action for the environment. It is designed to make environmental awareness and action an intrinsic part of the life and ethos of our centres for all of its staff and visitors.

Both Centres have an Eco-Code, have carried audits of current practice and through an Action Plan continue to strive towards targets of improved environmental performance! Click here for our Eco-Code.

As Education Centres we believe that it important to share our ideas with all our visitors. We prominently display information about our environmental policy and performance and provide information on what you can do at home and in school. We are keen to promote the Eco-Schools scheme and may be able to offer help to get started.

Eco-Schools

This scheme was originally a European initiative developed by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe and is managed in the UK by the Tidy Britain Group.

Eco-Schools is an '…Europe-wide project designed to encourage and acknowledge whole-school action for the environment. The scheme offers a well-defined, controllable way for you to take environmental issues from the curriculum and apply them to the day-to-day running of your school. This process will help your pupils recognise the importance of environmental issues and take them more seriously in their personal and home lives.'

Like the Eco-Centre scheme, Eco-Schools is both a programme and an award scheme. For more information contact the Centre or go to

www.eco-schools.org.uk

Eco-Lunch Challenge

If your class is coming to visit the Pelham or Daws Hall Centres then remember that every bit you do to help counts. If you would like to take part in our Eco-Lunch Challenge click here

Aiming High - Click here for further information

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