Welcome to the Sustianable school website

The Sustainable schools website Helping schools to become more sustainable.
Information, inspiration, resources and workshops for Education For Sustainable development

"The SUSchool website is an ideal tool for Education for Sustainable Development."   
Jonathon Porritt
 


Suschool poster
71 steps towards becoming a sustainable
school. 
Click to access.

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WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?

 

"Starters" on:-

dot Climate change dot Renewable energy
dot Transport dot Water
dot Food dot Energy efficiency
dot Sustainable playgrounds dot Consumer
and lifestyle
dot Recycling and waste dot Home and building
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Healthy eating and Growing

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Natural World and Biodiversity

SUSchool is a project of the Alternative Technology Centre (ATC), a not-for-profit information and education centre on Sustainable Development.

We are proud of our dynamic collaborative approach to developing education resources. Contact us to learn more about commissioning education materials.

Click here for information on our Workshops and outreach.

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MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES

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Full access to this website
dot Free SUSchool poster
dot Free Basics information
dot Free Energy poster
dot Free access to our dynamic learning tools
dot Discounted workshops and tours
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WHAT'S NEW

Want to simultaneously save your school budgets, reduce carbon emissions and educate your students ? The new "SUSSED" Energy and Water reduction Programme includes a professional energy and water audit, with follow-up support, together with educational activities to involve everyone in your school. The programme is self-funding. It is initially available to Primary schools in the West Yorkshire area.

Want to know more about SUSSED ? Click here. [OR click on the button on the TOP RIGHTHAND side of this Homepage].

To email us, to express your interest in joining the programme, or to send us queries - Click here

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        Solar panels for your school ? NO PROBLEM !

From 1st April there is now NO need to get planning permission to install devices like solar panels, ground and water source heat pumps and biomass systems. Relaxation of the planning rules for micro wind and air source heat pumps is expected to follow shortly. Also from April 1st there will be an increase in 'Phase 2' grants to 50% across all technologies for the schools, charities and public sector phase of Low Carbon Buildings Programme. Grants of up to £1m are available per eligible site.  Click here for details : www.lowcarbonbuildingsphase2.org.uk or contact the helpline on 08704 23 23 13

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Planning a sustainable school

Hot off the press document from DfCSF! This document contains thirteen participatory activities to link the recommendations of the National Framework for Sustainable Schools to school improvement planning .

Download from Teachernet publications : http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk

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The BSI Sustainable Events Competition 2008

Green up a school event and help save the planet by reducing your school's environmental impact

Take action and win £1,500 for your school! Here's your challenge: pick a school event, find some ways to make it sustainable and tell us how you did it. It's that simple. The closing date is 20th June. Click here to find out more: www.bsieducation.org/Education/GetGreenGo/

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“We are building a solar house”

New book for KS2 children, explaining passive solar design (in English !) from Austrian architect Martina Feirer. It explains in an easy way how a passive house works and why green and energy-aware building makes sense. Ideal for the use in schools, kindergardens and for kids projects and projects of environmental protection. 20 pages / some pages with flip images and moving parts: email Martine Feirer for more informatiuon and to order copy/ies : m.feirer@aap.or.at

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Carbon Detectives kit for students ! 

The new DCSF carbon footprint calculator works by measuring components of the five DCSF Sustainable School Doorways in your school, responsible for CO2 emissions. Data about these Doorways is collected and entered onto the website and a school carbon footprint is calculated. On the website the Doorways are referred to as Assignments. Here is the Teacher's link for the website:

: http://www.carbondetectives.org.uk/content/home/toolkit/backgroundinfo

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e-mail: info@suschool.org.uk - Tel: 0845 330 4930 - Fax: 01422 843141
SUSchool, The Alternative Technology Centre, Hebble End Mill, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 6HJ