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Litter Less Campaign Newsletter
February 2020
Welcome to the newsletter for the Litter Less Campaign (LLC), run by the Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes of the Foundation for Environmental Education, and supported by the Mars Wrigley Foundation.
As we are now entering 2020, it is time to do a retrospective of the final year of Phase III implemented in 2018/2019. The impact assessment highlights the positive impact the campaign had on students’ knowledge, attitude and opinion leadership. The students in the campaign are able to influence families and friends with respect to litter and waste management. These results are encouraging as we develop our actions to extend community impact and achieve our 2020 goals. For more details, scroll down!
Even though the LLC has global ambition, this project could not exist without individual stories from every school, student and teacher. In this newsletter you will get a glimpse of these LLC experiences. The last months of 2019 were punctuated with different festivities around the world, and the occasion was an opportunity for the schools to reflect on how they could reduce their waste consumption during those events. Eco-Schools students have been very creative with recycled Christmas trees and other holiday decorations. YRE students have also been really active investigating a global environmental strategy and providing us with great stories.
Enjoy reading and feel free to share the success stories within your networks!
The Litter Less Campaign International team
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Photo: Litter Less Campaign IV launch in Ireland
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Stories from countries participating in the Campaign
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”The students learn that every action counts and that everyone can contribute to save our planet”
Coordinator of Eco-School en Casvi Boadilla, Spain
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Using art to make bins more attractive - Spain
We wanted the kids to use the bins we have in the school playground, so we thought.....Let’s make them look funny! Inside the school, we have some yellow and green big rubbish bins that we wanted the children to be interested in. During the classes of art, we gave the kids a pattern of a big rubbish bin that they decorated as they wished, always bearing in mind the color that the bin should be. The Class would decide the four-best designs. Then they would be drawn on large paper as to reproduce the size of the containers. Read more...
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A youth strategy for the environment - Northern Ireland
Forty young activists, including some Young Reporters for the Environment from St Dominic’s Grammar School for Girls and Ulidia Integrated College, met with policy makers at Stormont on 17th January to set out their demands for safeguarding the environment, as they play their part in shaping Northern Ireland’s first ever environment strategy, which is currently out for public consultation. Students gave suggestions about what they think should be included in the strategy by working in groups to answer questions on this topic. Read more...
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Green decorations for green Christmas trees - Russia
The Festival "New Year's Transformation - 2019" is held for Russian schools and kindergartens participating in Eco-Schools International Programme. The goal of the Festival is to develop environmental consciousness and particularly for the children and adults to promote the respect of nature, drawing attention to the problems of cutting down spruce trees and the efforts that have to be made concerning waste materials recycling. Read more...
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How old is this can? - Wales
Lewis School Pengam took part in a YRE introduction session for teachers and students and then a community litter pick along a local river walkway. The students were very enthusiastic and the highlight was finding a Pepsi Cola can from the 1980's. Much fun was had guessing how old it could be and it was a fantastic demonstration of how long it takes for drink cans to biodegrade in the environment. The story of the ancient can was picked up by the local press 'The Caerphilly Observer'.
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Read more stories about the Litter Less Campaign from other schools:
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Join the International YRE Competition 2020
Litter Less Campaign Category
YRE students participating in the Litter Less Campaign have the chance to submit entries to a special category dedicated to the topic of litter and waste. Below you can see one of the winning videos from last year. As always, the YRE entries first have to win 1st place nationally before entering the International Competition. Read more about the International YRE Competition here.
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Bring your own!
1st Place - Litter Less Campaign I Age group: 15-18 I Country: Malta
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