Linlithgow school receives milestone 10th Green Flag Award

Last week we visited pupils and educators at Linlithgow Bridge Primary School in Linlithgow to celebrate their 10^th Green Flag Award, the top award in international environmental Eco-Schools programme.

As part of our 30^th anniversary celebrations of the international Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes, we have hosted an online assembly, organised live lessons, and set celebration challenges. Additionally, schools will celebrating a milestone will be visited to mark their success.

Linlithgow Bridge PS was visited by our Education and Learning Officer Nicola Davidson, who presented the school’s Eco-Committee with a certificate to mark their 10^th flag.

Barry Fisher, our Chief Executive, commented: “This year we celebrate 30 years of schools making an environmental difference through Eco-Schools.

“It’s great that we were able to visit Linlithgow Bridge to present a certificate of achievement and to hear from the children, young people and educators about their inspiring action and commitment to improving our environment.

“For the past 30 years we have loved hearing about the remarkable achievements of our young people and the development of learning for sustainability across the world, and we look forward to continuing to provide support through our Climate Action Schools framework.”

Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world operated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful. It was launched in the UK four nations, Denmark and Germany in 1994 with Scotland.

Find out more about our year of celebrations.