A group or Portuguese children are taking action on CLimate Change after the destructive forest fires that happened earlier this summer. They claim that governments are not acting quickly enough to combat the lethal effects of climate change, and are putting together a case to sue 47 European governments. Right now they are crowdfunding to raise the money to make the case happen!
Read more here
And some sad news for people who care about plastic... Donald Trump has reversed a ban on plastic bottles in a National Park in the USA. The ban had stopped 2 million bottles from being used!
Read more here
Reducing plastic is one of the aims of the Environmental Committee this year at Oak House!
Thursday, 28 September 2017
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Dia mundial sin coches - Este viernes 22 de Septiembre!
Can we get through Friday without using a car to join in with a world-wide initiative to have "No Car Day"?
Maybe we can do our bit by at least using the car less that day.. or thinking about how we might design our lives better to use less petrol...
Read more about what's happening in Barcelona here, and share your ideas in the comment section!
Maybe we can do our bit by at least using the car less that day.. or thinking about how we might design our lives better to use less petrol...
Read more about what's happening in Barcelona here, and share your ideas in the comment section!
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
What will we achieve this year?
Welcome back for 2017 - 18!
Just last week we heard the sad news that by 2050 it is predicted there will be more plastic in the Oceans than fish. This shocking news, plus the environmental disasters we have seen recently such as hurricanes in Africa and USA and flooding in India and USA, makes us think that here at Oak House we should be doing all we can to be a part of the solution to create a better environment here, to think about the effects of our actions on the wider environment, create a stronger community and continue to take part in campaigns at an international level.
Last year we saw that with a bit of effort we can reduce our energy use, our paper use... can we reduce our use of plastic? We also started the gardening project on the roof and we have the chance to to create more gardens there, and around the school. The school community was encouraged to think about their meat consumption (an industry which causes a lot of pollution... and we all know that eating less meat is healthier!) and there are many potential projects.. we just need you to get involved!!
Please get in touch with Miss Gurney a.gurney@oakhouseschool.com if you would like to take on or suggest a project for this year!
Just last week we heard the sad news that by 2050 it is predicted there will be more plastic in the Oceans than fish. This shocking news, plus the environmental disasters we have seen recently such as hurricanes in Africa and USA and flooding in India and USA, makes us think that here at Oak House we should be doing all we can to be a part of the solution to create a better environment here, to think about the effects of our actions on the wider environment, create a stronger community and continue to take part in campaigns at an international level.
Last year we saw that with a bit of effort we can reduce our energy use, our paper use... can we reduce our use of plastic? We also started the gardening project on the roof and we have the chance to to create more gardens there, and around the school. The school community was encouraged to think about their meat consumption (an industry which causes a lot of pollution... and we all know that eating less meat is healthier!) and there are many potential projects.. we just need you to get involved!!
Please get in touch with Miss Gurney a.gurney@oakhouseschool.com if you would like to take on or suggest a project for this year!
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