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ENVIRONMENTALISM
of the RSP members driving the planting
also receiving 400 trees to enhance the
project. She said: “We all know we need
College’s overall tree planting e昀昀orts.
to do more to reduce the impact of the
The Eco Committee, which includes over
climate crisis. Our aim is to draw attention
20 pupil representatives from Reception
and focus to the importance and impact
up to Year 8, made a concerted e昀昀ort to
of planting trees and for pupils to see how
ensure every member of the Prep School
easy it is to do – and perhaps encourage
community understood the signi昀椀cance of
them to plant more.”
the planting progress and could relay the
important messages to their wider friends
and family.
Ed Newman, Head of Geography said:
“We have made huge progress over the
last twelve months to embrace a more
Our young eco ambassadors meet every
pro-active approach to environmental
Tuesday evening during the Eco Warrior
responsibility, through both reducing the
activity session when they discuss and
College’s carbon footprint and developing
decide on which sustainability challenges
pupils’ awareness of the environmental
they will tackle across the year.
threats to their world.
In December, the eco drive saw pupils
“During October, the 27th Conference
come together with the FOF (the Friends
of the Parties to the United Nations’
of Framlingham College Prep School
Framework Convention on Climate
Parent Group) to host a second-hand
Change, COP27, took place in Egypt.
uniform sale which raised £200, which
The aim of COP27 was to deliver action
was added to further FOF fundraising
on an array of issues critical to tackling
e昀昀orts to purchase a school composter.
the climate emergency. This included the
launch of the Forests and Climate Leaders’
In a bid to further raise pupils’ awareness
Partnership. This partnership will help to
of the importance of recycling and
deliver the commitment made at COP26
upcycling, committee members also
by over 140 world leaders, to halt and
launched a competition for pupils to
reverse forest loss.
decorate their form rooms with recycled
Christmas decorations. Colourful but
“We launched this tree planting project
eco-friendly classrooms resulted across
because we want to enable members of
the school which added a bit of extra
our community to play a part in replacing
goodwill and Christmas cheer to the
forests that have been lost. It is these
festive period.
types of initiatives which demonstrate how
collectively, through small actions, we can
Finding new ways to reduce the College’s
all make a di昀昀erence to the future of the
energy consumption continues to be at
planet.”
the forefront of our e昀昀orts to support
achieving our sustainability vision.
This year the traditional lights in the
In May, the Prep School followed suit,
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