After a long and intensive process of applications and interviews the new Eco-Committee at Penryn College has been appointed.  The Eco-Committee with Eco-Team Leaders are responsible for leading the Eco-School project at Penryn, deciding its direction and actions for the coming year. 

A huge congratulations to the following students:

Andy Gooding – Eco-Committee Chair

Zoe Ashbridge – Eco-Committee Vice Chair

Matt Bassett – Eco-Committee Secretary

Yzobel Wilkinson – Eco-Committee Events Manager

Anna Munden – Eco-Committee Public Relations

Connor Clements – Eco-Committee Student Council Rep

Sean Phillips / Josh Rollason  - Water Team Leader

Ben Crosby – Energy Team Leader

Lauren Terry – Recycling Team Leader

Martha Mitchell-Gillespie – Healthy Living Team Leader

Penryn College started the Eco-Schools project this time last year and we have come along way since then.  The project is now run by an Eco-School Committee of students including Chair, Vice-Chair, Events Manager, PR, and Secretary, with 6 topic teams led by a team leader including Energy, Water, Recycling, Transport, Biodiversity and Healthy living.

Because of the work these students are doing the school has achieved its Bronze Eco-School award and has just applied for its Silver.  However I was concerned that the students were not getting the individual recognition for the work and energy they themselves were putting in to the project.

Penryn College has had a long history with success in the Nationally Accredited Sports Leaders Programme as well as developing …

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It’s coming to an incredibly exciting time for Penryn College as we move closer to the opening of our Living Classroom project and the first of our planting events.

Since moving in to our new school site in September, the Eco-Schools Biodiversity team have been planning the development of the school grounds to reflect their interest in conservation and sustainability with areas identified for a technology garden, Organic Farm, Conservation zone, sustainable design area, sensory garden and mini Eden biome.

Over the last year they have been holding a series of planning meetings with local horticultural students, experts and conservationists to produce a plan for each site.  So far they have a completed the plan for the technology garden encompassing plants for …

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Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

Welcome to Autumn.

What an exciting year this has been
for us!

We now have 79 schools signed up to the Roots & Shoots programme with more schools joining us every day. We have seen some interesting developments.

In July we had an invitation to visit No 10 Downing Street and met with the PM’s advisor on the Environment, Michael Jacobs. The Government have now pledged to support our Roots & Shoots
programme.

For the first time we celebrated International Day of Peace in London on the 21st September. At the same time as parading our Giant Peace Doves, we also managed to raise money for the James Bulger Red Balloon memorial centre in Liverpool that helps bullied children restore …

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At the Jane Goodall Global Youth Summit, in April 2008, I met Manoj Gautam and Raajan Subedi, who are two of the Roots & Shoots members from Nepal. Manoj and I became close friends very quickly and he soon asked me to come and visit them in Nepal to help with their conservation and community work. Two weeks after returning from the US, I had booked my plane tickets.

On Wednesday 23rd July, I will be embarking on a 7 week trip to Nepal and the Himalayas. I will be travelling the country with Manoj …

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In association with UN International Day of Peace.
21st September, 2008

“With the peace doves we remind everyone of the truth that they sometimes forget – that peace is possible. We celebrate everything which is free and noble in the human spirit. And we celebrate all that so many people have done throughout the year and will do next year to create a better world.”
Jane Goodall

On the 21st September, 2008, Jane Goodall PhD, DBE, founder, renowned primatologist and UN messenger for peace, will encourage youth across the globe, to join together to celebrate the universal desire for peace.

This year Roots & Shoots groups from across the UK are congregating in our capital, London, to celebrate Peace. …

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Roots & Shoots have recently formed a partnership with the charity Red Balloon. JGI are encouraging Roots & Shoots groups in Liverpool and across the UK to help raise money for the Red Balloon appeal as part of their human community projects.

The first Red Balloon Learner Centre was set up in a private home in Cambridge in 1996. The vision was to provide an ‘intensive care’ programme of full-time education in a safe learning environment for children unable to go to school because they had been severely bullied. There are now Centres offering a safe learning environment for students of secondary-age in Cambridge, Norwich and Northwest London at Harrow.

In March 2008, Esther Rantzen and Denise Fergus launched the …

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Dear Roots & Shoots members,

Welcome to Summer!

That has a lovely ring to it doesn’t it? June is my favourite month of the year – the herald of Summer, the longer days, the light mornings and most importantly the beautiful cherry blossom.

The last few months have been very rewarding. We enjoyed a visit from Jane in May to both Oxford and Edinburgh. We are also exploring some very exciting projects with both ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) and Eco-Schools.

Both ZSL and the Ecology Centre in Holland Park plan to start their very own Roots & Shoots groups who meet on a regular basis to implement hands on Roots & Shoots projects in their localities.

Moreover, Roots & Shoots are going into …

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Show the animals you care and be part of something special.
Help make World Animal Day 2008 the Biggest and Best Yet

Although it’s only the end of April, now is the time to start thinking about how you’re going to celebrate World Animal Day this year to benefit your organisation.

Even if you don’t have a lot of spare time, there are plenty of fundraising / educational ideas on the website that don’t take much organising and, by starting to think about it now you can spread the workload. Also, if you enlist plenty of help the sky’s the limit! It might be that you already have an event planned that could become a World Animal Day celebration.

If you haven’t yet …

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One hundred youth from six continents and 28 countries were brought together by world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, PhD, DBE, to attend Jane Goodall’s Global Youth Summit. The first annual event, which took place at Walt Disney World Resort® from April 19-25, mobilized the young leaders to address the critical issues facing the planet. At the Summit’s end, the attendees headed home with a commitment to make positive change happen and the hope that – together – they can make the world a better place.

Participants were hand-picked by Dr. Goodall, the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) and partner organizations to take part in the all-expenses-paid, first-of-its-kind event. All attendees were outstanding young people with a strong history of community …

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