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Jonathon Porritt
 

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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.

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New Free 'Peace One Day' Pack

Jeremy Gilley met with over 30,000 young people in every continent, whilst filming for his award winning BBC documentary "Peace One Day". A new resources pack has been developed from this, for KS3 and KS4 Citizenship work, with cross-curricular links. It is not only about peace between nations but also non-violence in our homes, communities and schools. Resources explore non-violence related to Environment, Sport, Music, the UN, Bullying, Intercultural Cooperation and Conflict Resolution. Peace Day is 21st September. Click here for more information: http://www.peaceoneday.org/resources.aspx

To pre-order your FREE copy (UK secondary schools only), please email education@peaceoneday.org or call 020 7456 9180

World Youth Symposium on Biodiversity

Students from around the world will be welcomed to the City of Ottawa in Canada for this 2009 Symposium.  It will celebrate the work they are doing in their communities to help wildlife. Participants will be involved in a "Bio-Blitz" (a biological survey) with local naturalists and scientists and also develop methods to implement the Global Youth Accord for Biodiversity. If your school is involved in valuable work to support biodiversity and you want to share it, apply by 5th January 2009 via the website : www.biodiversitymatters.org  or email Michael Leveille on lmleveille@rogers.com

Energy-making see-saw !

Daniel Sheridan has designed a see-saw for African children to produce energy for their school while they play ! Daniel is 23 and was inspired by his voluntary work in a Kenyan school. He devised the see saw in his final year on a Masters Consumer Product Design degree. He won 3 prizes at Coventry University's Enterprize Festival. He will use the prize money to develop the prototype. Click here: www.coventry.ac.uk

        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

“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

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