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ENVIRONMENTALISM
to identify them, what can and can’t be
starting block for other businesses, and
recycled, the recycling processes, and the
for us in our personal lives, to be inspired
importance of recycling.
to make one small change towards
supporting sustainability for our planet.”
On 18 April, Senior School pupils
welcomed Claudia Roberts, former CEO
In a bid to further raise pupils’ awareness
of the Zoological Society of East Anglia
of the importance of recycling and
(ZSEA), for a special introductory talk
upcycling, we have added a plethora of
on the society, their current and future
environmentally conscious focused trips to
sustainable development goals, and
the school calendar, beyond the College
how pupils can get involved, along with
grounds.
advice on further education and careers
in zoology. Addressing our geography
Our Year 9 pupils visited Sizewell B
and biology students, and those looking
Power Station for an exclusive look into
at studying zoology at university,
the workings of one of the UK’s leading
Claudia said: “We are all contributing
energy suppliers, helping them to better
to environmental impact on the world
understand the future of energy in the UK.
and sustainability touches many areas of
what we do. There are lots of di昀昀erent
Our Year 8 geography pupils discovered
words for sustainability, from 昀椀nancial
how the Su昀昀olk energy-from-waste
sustainability to energy and wastage, to
(SUEZ) facility near Great Blakenham
being eco and environmental.
uses the left-over materials from recycling
as fuel to generate electricity. The
“There has been a huge increase in
facility exports around 20 megawatts of
demand for Environmental, Social &
electricity to the National Grid – enough
Governance (ESG) careers, from small
to power 40,000 homes. During the trip,
independent businesses to large scale
the pupils had the chance to get hands-on
corporations, demonstrating how
experience on the factory 昀氀oor, helping
important sustainability is and how much
sort materials and understanding how
it matters.
energy is created, before hopping on
electric bikes to create their own electricity
with the SUEZ Energy Bike Challenge.
“Within a zoo environment, sustainability
and conservation isn’t just about breeding,
it’s about managing and maintaining
Pupils also spent time volunteering in
habitats, supporting our customers, and
the Framlingham Community Garden,
being the driving force of education and
planting vegetables to help reduce the
research too.
school’s food miles.
“At the ZSEA, we have taken the 17 UN
Finishing the week with a ‘Wear something
sustainable goals and implemented these
green day’ to highlight green issues, the
in our zoos. These 17 goals are a great
Prep and Senior School came together in
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