Green Day and the Zero Carbon Task Force

Taking part in Green Day 2010 is a great way to engage governors, staff, parents and students with issues of carbon reduction, a key recommendation of the recent Zero Carbon Task Force report.

Schools in England are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions as Manchester and Birmingham combined - 15% of our public sector emissions.

The chair of the Zero Carbon Task Force, Robin Nicholson, stressed the importance of schools in helping to meet wider carbon reduction targets:

‘Schools are crucial in achieving lower energy ambitions, not least because of so many students’ enthusiasm for helping to protect the future of the planet. And it is not just the students; it is their families, their homes and their communities that surround the schools’.

Take part in Green Day 2010

CABE’s climate change project for schools, Green Day, is a great way to get teachers and pupils thinking about carbon reduction while taking part in exciting activities.

Register your school to hold a Green Day and you will get free support from CABE to take the strain out of planning your Green Day event:

• a teacher’s activity kit with over 100 curriculum linked lesson ideas
• 17 half day training workshops at different venues across the country
• comprehensive online training information.

Your school can hold a Green Day any time between 4 June and 2 July 2010.