More school visits for Eco-Schools 30th celebrations
30 January 2025
We began 2025 as we ended 2024 with more visits to schools as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the international Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes.
In January we travelled to Strathaven Academy in South Lanarkshire where Catriona Rae, our Senior Education and Learning Officer, and our Communications Officer Ciaran Vance presented pupuls with a commendation for pupil voice.
Catriona and Ciaran then visited Clarkston Primary School and Drumpark Primary School and Nursery School in North Lanarkshire to present both schools with a certificate to celebrate their 10th Green Flags.
We ended the month with a visit to Shawhead Primary School in Dumfries and Galloway where Alasdair Alford, our Senior Local Environmental Quality Officer, and Rachel Cowper, one of our Charity Trustees, presented the pupils with a commendation for Learning for Sustainability.
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 these schools 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.
