This week's featured activity looks at the amount of waste we generate and where we can decrease this to save energy.

This week's featured activity is all about making a garden that's friendly to bees. Can you build a home for some solitary bees, and a garden that is attractive to bees to provide them with much needed food?

Have a look into the forests in Tanzania. How do they compare to our forests? What people live and work there? How is deforestation affecting then? Have a go at this activity and find out.

Get your students to investigate deforestation and reforestation, and encourage your class to think about the impacts of both on the environment locally and across the wider world

This week's featured activity is all about the plants and animals that inhabit European forests. Its a great opportunity to get outside with your class into local woodland, or even a local stand of trees!

The deadline for nominations for the Observer Ethical Awards 2015 has been extended! This means that you now have up until midnight on 26 March 2015 to enter.

Nominations need to be in by midnight on 26 March 2015. Entering is easy and you could win a generous £6,000 bursary from Ecover to further your school's green schemes.

Why not enter the Young Green Champion award (part of the Observer Ethical Awards)? This award recognises the work of schools and youth groups in the UK that come up with innovative ways to benefit the environment, so it's a great fit for all our member schools.

Following on from our energy saving series from our iceworld mission activities, why not look into the people who live in the coldest parts of our world.

It's time to act and commit to saving energy and this planet! Use this activity to make a pledge to how you are going to save energy at home!

This week we are featuring the second of our “bite-sized” activities taken from the Iceworld Mission Energy Series. Carry out a questionnaire to find out where energy is used in your home. How can you save energy and help the planet?