Queen Elizabeth II High School

Summary:
We were concerned about the increasing carbon emissions from our school transport. We conducted a survey on vehicle use, model, emissions and journey length for the entire school for a year. We calculated, we needed to plant 4490 trees to offset annual transport emissions. To date we have planted 2800 trees, organised a cycle to school day to encourage less vehicle use, built a bike shed from recycled materials, organised cycle buses, influenced government to action cycle lanes and setup a tree nursery for all new students to grow trees. Our vision is to become carbon neutral with our school transport.
We called our project tREe’CYCLE’ because we are recycling Carbon Dioxide emissions by planting trees, and …

Read all of tREe’Cycle’ at Queen Elizabeth II High School - Mission Report!

A group of yr 10 students conducted a Fairtrade survey around the local area for the One World Centre. If a shop sold 2 or more Fairtrade products they could be included in the Island Fairtrade directory. The students enjoyed planning and conducting their survey. Most shops made them welcome and welcomed the opportunity to be included in the directory.

The students were surprised that the larger local supermarkets did not sell as many Fairtrade products as the smaller Co-Op store. Only Co-Op wanted to develop their Fairtrade products, Shoprite did not. There were many little shops who tended to sell one product …

Read all of Queen Elizabeth II High School’s Fairtrade Survey - Mission Update!

Queen Elizabeth II High School in Peel, Isle of Man joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Queen Elizabeth II High School is on a map and read about their local environment here.