Green savings

Description

This film tells the story of how going green has helped a Cheshire school to save money as well as inspire a whole new way of thinking.Head teacher Laura Daniels and Sustainability officer Freda Eyden describe how the green initiative at Woodheys Primary School in Sale started small over a decade ago.Within a few years the school had gained Green Flag status and the momentum began to build.Woodheys now has twelve solar panels, pupil energy monitors, a wild garden area and saves thousands of pounds on its energy bills.Every member of the school?s community is now involved in the environmental ethos, which has also won the school awards and brought international acclaim.

Runtime

6 min

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Subjects

Geography

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Date of Publication

2010

Database

Alexander Street

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