Best Environmental Web site 2006
Encouraging Children to protect their global and local environment |
Based at Ryton Pools Country Park, Sustainability Day 4 Schools (SD4S) doubled in size in 2006, spanning two days, and involving almost 600 school children in what was one of the biggest events of its kind in Warwickshire.
It took place on Wednesday 17th May and Thursday 18th May involving Year 5 and 6 pupils from 21 schools from the Warwick, Rugby and Stratford areas. |  | |
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The range of activities for children included comedy theatre; examining water and pollution issues; the health and environmental benefits of walking, cycling and car sharing, recycling activities, plus some noisy musical fun with `junk percussion’, and there were ranger-led activities such as kite-making and pond dipping. Each day saw the judging of the `Junk Monster Challenge’. This was organised prior to SD4S, allowing the school children to discover that reusing waste materials can be great fun. Joining the children’s junk monsters was Biffa’s `daddy’ junk monster standing almost 6ft tall.
The Junk Monster Challenge was organised in conjunction with PSA Peugeot Citroen, the main event sponsor. Youngsters were presented with a `junk box’ of clean industrial packaging and components, and it was down to the children’s vivid imaginations to come up with the most unusual, scary, or friendly Junk Monsters.
One of the children attending the event was ten-year-old David Hall who attends Kingsway Community Primary School, and his family has taken up the Sustainability Challenge. With the assistance of Warwickshire County Council they are living a totally sustainable lifestyle at their home in Lillington.
A huge thank you goes to the event sponsors Tesco, Ecover, Plantasia, Severn Trent Water, Biffa and Peugeot for all their support in making this event happen. |
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Details on all the activities can be found here
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