24/05/2005 - The Environment
Agency has invited all primary schools across
East and West Sussex to take part in a competition
to promote World Environment Day (Sunday 5
June). Children will be designing board games
and writing poems to drive home the message
that if everyone changed one or two of their
environmental behaviours, we would collectively
make a big difference to the health of the
planet.
The winners of each competition will each
receive a £150 voucher to put towards
a new mountain bike from Wheelies Direct.
Runners-up prizes include writing and artists
gift boxes and RSPB Wildlife Explorer’s Membership.
The World Environment Day campaign is based
on a pledge system. People can join the campaign
by pledging to do simple things like turning
off the tap while brushing their teeth, turning
off the TV rather than leaving it on standby,
switching to a renewable energy provider,
replacing standard lightbulbs with energy
saving ones or volunteering for a green community
project. Poetry competition entries must pick
one of these themes and board game entries
must focus on four.
Schools taking part in the competition have
until 22 July to get their entries in. Youth
groups such as Brownies and Cubs can also
enter.
Rupert Clubb, Sussex Area Manager for the
Environment Agency said:
"It’s a well coined phrase, but children
really are our future. By asking children
to take part in a campaign like this we hope
to encourage good environmental behaviour
that will carry on throughout their lives
and that they will transfer to their families
and friends."
Any school or youth group who has not received
details of the competition and who would like
to take part can contact Rachel McCartney
on 01903 832032 for an entry pack.
