Barbara Ward Award Recipients for caring for the environment

St Gregory’s Eco Committee has worked extremely hard to secure the Eco Schools’ Green Flag for the second time. Eleven Year 10 pupils volunteered for the Eco Committee in the autumn term of Year 9 as a one-year assignment. They willingly stayed on for another year to support the new Year 9 Committee through the Green Flag renewal application. These pupils have raised awareness of environmental issues throughout the school and they have made a real impact on environmental outcomes by initiating a number of campaigns across the school, involving pupils from all years. Their achievements include having reduced energy consumption in the school, achieving a 9% reduction in general waste by increasing recycling and introducing plastic bottle recycling bins in the playground and canteen. They have also worked with the Student Parliament to introduce a system whereby each year group is responsible for keeping an area of the school litter-free. St Gregory's Eco Committee are from St Gregory's Catholic Science College, Harrow