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ENVIRONMENTALISM
Environmentalism
THE COMMITMENT OF THE COLLEGE COMMUNITY TO CHAMPION SUSTAINABLE
PRACTICES AND ENHANCE THE SCHOOL’S ENVIRONMENTAL CREDENTIALS
CONTINUED IN EARNEST THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
Pupils from across both the Prep and
to action, the College got behind
Senior School worked hard to shine a
the Woodland Trust’s Big Climate
spotlight on key environmental challenges
Fightback, an initiative which encourages
and educate the whole of the College on
communities across the country to
the many essential actions required to
contribute to planting 50 million trees in
support the planet.
the UK by the end of 2025.
The passion and dedication of our pupils
In November, four hundred trees from the
in driving environmental sustainability was
Woodland Trust, all native British species
illustrated in one of the College’s early
(including silver birch, rowan, hawthorn,
podcast episodes, where members of our
wild cherry, dogwood and hazel), were
Responsible Schools Project (RSP) talked
received by the Senior School, part of
about their e昀昀orts, innovative projects,
the charity’s ‘free trees for schools and
and unshakable determination to foster a
communities’ initiative providing a tree
greener, more sustainable world.
for every Framlingham College pupil and
sta昀昀 member to plant, either in their own
One area of focus for the school this year
garden or to add to new woodland areas
has been to support UK wide tree planting
across the school.
e昀昀orts, acknowledging the crucial role this
simple action can have in mitigating the
During an Autumn Term exeat weekend,
environmental challenges we face today.
the winter weather enabled our Senior
Woodland cover in the UK is low
School boarders to get their hands dirty,
compared with the rest of Europe, with the
planting around 200 trees in a newly
Woodland Trust estimating UK woodland
created copse. The new woodland,
cover at just 13% compared with the EU
named King’s Wood in honour of King
average of 37%. With a need for the UK’s
Charles III’s unwavering commitment to
woodland cover to reach 19% if the UK
environmental issues, aims to increase
is to meet its carbon net zero target by
biodiversity, absorb carbon dioxide
2050, several in昀氀uential campaigns have
and be a living, growing reminder of
been launched to highlight the need for
our pupils’ commitment to the UK’s
mass reforestation and a昀昀orestation in an
sustainability agenda.
e昀昀ort to combat climate change.
Sustainability Prefect, Maja T was one
In response to this widespread call
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