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Bronze Award Criteria
(taken from
http://www.ecoschoolsscotland.org/index.asp?pg=740)
If you feel your school has met the
Bronze level criteria for each of the
seven elements of the Eco Schools process, you can apply for a
Bronze Award.
- The Eco-Committee:
- A mixed group of pupils and
adults meets to discuss environmental action for the school
- The group meets a minimum of
once a term.
- Notes are kept of the meetings.
- The results of group discussions
and the actions to be taken are communicated to the rest of the
school.
- The Environmental Review
- An informal environmental review
of the school is carried out.
- Results of the review are
discussed by the environmental group.
- Following the review, some
activities are planned that will change and improve the
environmental performance of the school.
- The Action Plan
- The environmental group decides
on some action for the school based on the informal review.
- Responsibility for taking
forward action is agreed.
- Monitoring Action and
Evaluating Progress
- The environmental group makes a
note of progress towards targets.
- The group discusses the success
or otherwise of the action being undertaken.
- Linking to the Curriculum
- Environmental issues are covered
as part of curriculum work in most year groups across a range of
subjects.
- Involving the Whole School and
Wider Community
- The environmental group has a
school notice board that gives details of the environmental
activities being carried out.
- The school lets parents know
about the action being undertaken.
- The wider school community
learns of the environmental activity going on in the school.
- The Eco-Code
- There is an agreement on some
environmental statements for the school drawn up by the
environmental group.
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