Go Green Day

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#0099FF" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="040006e0egcecm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Go Green Day</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>    |    </B></FONT><B> </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sage Oxfords Christian Environmental Gr"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Go Green Day at Bishop Perowne CE High School, Worcester</B></I></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFF80" TEXT="#080000" background="041bec00eoydwl.png"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="34d9dd10.jpg" border=0 width="157" height="209" ALT="Pupils Going Green" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Back to the main page for </B><A HREF="climatechange.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Climate Change: How Christians Respond"><U><B>Climate Change: How Christians Respond</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Go Green Day at Bishop Perowne CE High School, Worcester</B></I></div> <div> Teacher, Richard Wood, from Worcester, attended the conference "Climate Change: How Christians Respond", and soon after had his whole school engaged in a "Go Green Day". Richard sent us the material below.</div> <bR> <div> <B>18</B><B>th</B><B> March 2005</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="34f2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALT="Signing up to the Go Green initiatives" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="10" VSPACE="10">Pupils at Bishop Perowne have been “Going Green”, as they participated in “Go Green” Day, on Thursday March 18th. Pupils wore green accessories to show their support for the day. This day was planned by the Bishop Perowne Ecoschools committee (The “Green Gang”) to raise awareness of some of the burning issues of today - global warming and where personal and global responsibilities meet.</div> <div> Global warming is often perceived wholly as an environmental issue, and of course the environment is where the direct effects of the problem are felt. Bishop Perowne pupils were however viewing the issue from the point of the enormous secondary human effects, and personal responsibility for a global problem. For instance, sea level rise alone will account for a further 150 million refugees per year in the next decade, according to some estimates. This is not to mention the billions of dollars needed worldwide to counter the effects of this and intensified weather patterns.</div> <div> Assemblies and promotions including free organic chocolate encouraged pupils to sign up for at least one of the “Greening Up” tips for the day. 716 pupils and staff signed up support for one of the following (see <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="gogreendaylt.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Go Green Day Leaflet"><U>Go Green Day Leaflet</U></A></FONT> for more details):</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="361" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 ><NOBR><div> <B>Wear something green</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Ditch the Car</B> </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="206"><div> <B>Switch Off</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Save Energy</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="206"><div> <B>Save Water</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Save Paper</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="206"><div> <B>Go Organic</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Reduce Waste</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 26 WIDTH="206"><div> <B>Reuse</B> <B>Waste</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Recycle Waste</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> Just one of the measurable impacts of the day came as pupils signed up to “Ditch the Car”, with some startling results:</div> <div> 96 pupils ditched the car and walked to school. This saved parents an estimated £50 over the day*, and the planet's resources around 60 litres of fuel. If this same group continued to ditch the car for the whole school year, this would amount to £10,000 or 12,000 litres of fuel, the average parent saving over £100 per year - and that's just the journey to and from school. This of course is only 10% of one school - if all pupils from the five Worcester state schools ditched the car it could potentially save parents half a million pounds in a year! </div> <div> <I>*(Based on 2 x 1.5 mile return journeys = 6 miles per day; @10 miles/litre; @80p/litre)</I></div> <bR> <div> It doesn't take a genius to see that small people, doing small things together make a very big impact!</div> <div> <I>Richard Wood/Fiona Fogg</I></div> <div> <I>Bishop Perowne CE High School - Ecoschools Committee</I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>