There are lots of things you can do to make your work or school a greener place.
Switch off and Keep Cool!
Brancaster Millennium Activity Centre in Norfolk is helping National Trust properties in the region to use less energy.
Supported by Small Steps Big Change the outreach officer has worked with staff at 5 properties in 2006-7, and 2 more in 2007-8. The aim has been to reduce energy consumption by 10 per cent.
- Staff and volunteers audited their property to identify energy saving / wasting features.
- No cost actions were prioritised for a week of energy saving actions called Switch Off Keep Cool week.
- Normal energy consumption was compared with that of Switch Off Keep Cool week.
- The average energy reduction achieved at properties in 2006-7 was 26 per cent.
Could your workplace do the same?
Reduce your school’s environmental footprint
Pupils from four schools in the Lake District have been working with the National Trust and a local artist to explore the concept of ecological footprints.
The first phase of the project worked alongside the construction of an environmentally friendly classroom at St Catherine’s near Windermere. Pupils researched the materials used in the strawbale 'Footprint Building’, their life cycle and their environmental benefits, and from this created art forms using those materials.
In the second phase, the National Trust worked in partnership with the Lake District National Park Authority Education Service. They helped the children audit water use, energy use and waste at their schools, and calculate their own environmental footprints. The information gathered will allow the children to identify and creatively reduce the schools environmental impact. Using art to create installations will be a joyful and inspiring process that will have a greater and longer lasting impact on all the participants.
Find more information on how to create a Footprints building
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