Eco Update

Year 8 has been engaging with environmental issues in SPACE this year.

After learning about what net zero means and why many countries are targeting net zero by 2050, pupils designed a solution either for the school community or for their own communities which could contribute to reaching this target. There were some fantastic ideas ranging from alternative methods of energy generation to transport and using green spaces more efficiently.

Some shocking facts about plastic such as ‘by 2050 there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the oceans’ really engaged students in thinking about their own plastic usage. Inspired by a series of books, we considered rethinking about our use of items such as yoghurt pots, vegetable packaging and coffee cups. Four of the groups then went out litter picking on the school site, collecting 10 full bags of waste. The need for positive action and agency was discussed with some examples from activists who had grown ideas such as the two minute beach clean.