North Lanarkshire schools receive eco awards from Keep Scotland Beautiful
Pupils at schools in North Lanarkshire were recently visited by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful to celebrate their achievements in the international environmental Eco-Schools programme.
As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the international Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes, Keep Scotland Beautiful has hosted an online assembly, organised live lessons, and set celebration challenges. Additionally, schools celebrating a milestone will be visited to mark their success.
St Aidan's Primary School in Wishaw was visited by Keep Scotland Beautiful's Senior Education and Learning Officer Josh Cannell who presented the school with a certificate to celebrate their 10th Green Flag.
Greengairs Primary School in Airdrie was also presented with a certificate to celebrate their 10th Green Flag.
Barry Fisher, CEO of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: 'This year we celebrate 30 years of schools making an environmental difference through Eco-Schools.
'It's great that we were able to visit St Aidan's and Greengairs Primary 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 awarding its first flag in 1995.
The Climate Action Schools programme, funded by the Scottish Government, provides a positive driver and demonstrator for schools towards achieving Target 2030.
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