How does Go Green fit with other environmental schemes?
You may find that your school or college is already taking action to improve its impact on the environment and cut emissions. For example, many schools are part of the Eco-schools programme. Go Green is different because it focuses on climate change and carbon emissions, rather than wider environmental issues. At People & Planet we believe that climate change is currently the biggest environmental issue, and that there is an urgent need to cut carbon emissions. However, Go Green can fit with existing environmental schemes. If your college or school has an environmental committee, or if there’s a member of staff working on sustainability in the curriculum, or if it’s part of Eco-schools, you should try to link your Go Green campaign with whatever is already going on. For example, if your school or college has an environment committee you could try to get them to adopt carbon reduction as an aim, and play the role of a climate action group. Alternatively, the climate action group might b
