Eco Group
The World Land Trust(WLT) is an international conservation charity concerned with preserving the world’s most biologically important and threatened lands.
It has been adopted as one of Michael Hall’s designated charities and the Eco Group are fund-raising for it at Midsummer, 25th June. You will be able to buy an acre of threatened tropical rainforest for £50. This enables the WLT to donate the purchased land with the funds raised give to local conservation organisations in Asia, Central and South America, and to develop partnerships with local individuals, communities and organisations to sustainably manage, use and protect the land from development corporations and habitat destruction.
Sir David Attenborough is its Patron.
Thank you, Suzanne Phillips (ECO GROUP)
Mission Statement
“The Eco Group stands by key principles of reducing waste and energy, designing sustainably and creatively, encouraging ecological growth, becoming more sufficient, supporting our natural surroundings, rethinking how our school runs, bringing innovative ideas together.”
Format of the Group
The Eco Group is a student led initiative. Students, teachers and parents members meet on a weekly basis to discuss and work on projects. The group is open to anyone, so feel free to come to our weekly meeting and share our green ideas.
Any queries please email ecogroup@michaelhall.co.uk
- Meeting locations and timings
The Group meets every Thursday during term time from 12:30 – 13:00 in the Biology Lab.
Current Projects - Drafting an Environmental Policy for the school.
- Measuring the school’s carbon footprint
- Practical Based Afternoon Club (see below)
The Eco Group are starting a practical based afternoon club on Mondays after school from 15:15 to 16:15 based in the Environmental Hut. We will be focusing on ‘active nature conservation’ and looking at the benefit insects bring to the environment and building insect boxes for them. These boxes will be sited in the school garden and
various places around the campus providing habitat for lacewing, solitary bees, butterflies, hoverflies, parasitic wasps, moths and beatles.
It is expected that this club will be of interest to Class 6 - 8 pupils, although younger pupils may be considered with the optimum group size being no more than 10 pupils.
Please make contact with the Eco group or your Eco Class Rep for more information. For more information please see the wildlife trust web site below - http://www.cheshirewildlifetrust.co.uk/documents/advice_invertebrate_habitat2.pdf
Achievements
· Creation and implementation of a new whole school ‘Recycling Procedure’
· Installation of motion light sensors in toilets in the Lower and Middle/Upper School buildings
Past Events
Summer Term 2010
· Eco Group display at Midsummer 2010
· Presentations to the Middle and Upper School from the; World Land Trust – on Biodiversity and deforestation
· Wealden District Council – on Recycling and Waste Reduction
Autumn Term 2010
· Film show to Middle and Upper School from Transition Forest Row – on growing and sourcing organically grown food locally
