Bootham’s doing 10:10!
Quaker school takes action on sustainability
Jonathon Taylor has ditched the usual way of attracting new pupils and has begun to play the ‘green’ card. The Bootham headmaster recently took the decision to get the school involved with the 10:10 initiative. This project has been set up to encourage people to cut carbon emissions by ten per cent by the end of 2010. This is a tough but achievable task for one determined school. There is a long list of changes the school is making, beginning with improving the heating and finishing the summer term in Globe Day. The school’s eco-group ‘BEAST’ comprises of a small number of pupils whose ages range from eleven to eighteen. They have organised ‘Globe Day’, which is set to go ahead in the summer term, a day off lessons on Maths, English, and Science and instead focus on climate change. The pupils will have a packed day of ‘new’ lessons on sustainability, climate change and carbon footprints. The group are working towards not only making changes within the school but to encourage a change in attitude to filter through to homes, and beyond to the wider community.
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