Eco-Curriculars at Knox Academy

At Knox Academy, we value the environment in our local community and in the wider world. We feel that it is important for young people to engage with environmental issues, which have an impact on our present and undoubtedly on our future. For this reason, there are two environmental clubs at Knox Academy in which students can get involved: the Eco-Committee and the Green Team.

The Eco-Committee is a student and staff group which works to implement positive environmental changes within Knox Academy and the school community. The committee meets once a week on Tuesdays at lunch time in Miss Laudi's room (T1.2) to organise environmental initiatives like awareness campaigns, donation drives, and our ever popular Eco-Week.

The Green Team is Knox Academy's recycling club and we meet every Wednesday at lunch time in Miss Laudi's room (T1.2). We get together once a week to empty recycling from classrooms around the school and we work on other projects throughout the year too. We have an amazing group of students in S1-S4 who are already involved and we always welcome new members!

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For further information or if you would like to contribute to these groups, please contact Miss Laudi.

Environment News

ECO-TIP 15: BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH
Published: Wed 30 Jan 2019

A great way to cut down on unnecessary packaging is to bring your own lunch to school! It's no secret that our school canteen uses polystyrene take away containers which are terrible for the environment. These can't be recycled and sadly they end up in landfill. BUT if you pack your lunch for school in your own tupperware containers, you can avoid this waste. Alternatively, bring your own tupperware to the canteen for your food to be put in it. We can cut down on the rubbish generated by our school if we just think ahead!

ECO-TIP 14: BUY FEWER CLOTHES
Published: Wed 23 Jan 2019

Every year, thousands of pounds of clothing make their way to landfills? Why? Because we buy more clothes than we actually need and more clothes than we actually wear. Think about your own wardrobe - do you wear most of your clothes regularly? Do you have items of clothing buried in the depths of your closet and drawers that you've completely forgotten about? Statistically, people in Britain wear just 70% of the clothes they have stored away in their wardrobes, which leaves us with a total of 1.7 billion unused items!

So the next time you think you need new clothes, dive into your wardrobe first. If you have extra clothes, donate them to charity shops rather than throwing them into landfill. Ultimately, only buy items you really need and preferably buy them from second-hand! Let's reduce the impact that fashion has on our environment!

 

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