Looking for ways to make your school more eco-friendly? Try these pointers from the WWF’s School’s Sustainability Guide.
- Ask your pupils to design and put up labels for switches around school; one label for switches that should be turned off after use, and another for those that need to stay on permanently.
- Keep temperatures steady and cool – set the ambient temperature at 18-20°C throughout the year.
- Set the same default standby settings for all staff and student computers – instead of using screensavers, have them enter sleep mode after five minutes of inactivity.
- Join UK schools taking on climate change. Let’s Go Zero is the national campaign uniting teachers, pupils, parents and their schools as they all work together to be zero carbon by 2030. The campaign is also working with national government to ensure the right support is in place to help all schools reach this goal. Sign your schools up to the campaign to show your ambition to be climate leaders in your community.
- Create a ‘sharing is caring’ school culture – provide a cupboard with reusable takeaway coffee cups and Tupperware containers for staff, and reusable water bottles for students to borrow if they don’t have their own.
For more top tips from the WWF, see the Schools Sustainability guide.
