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SUSTAINABILITY +
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CHANGE

Human habits and actions are having a negative impact on our environment. But it’s not too late to reverse the damage, and young people are leading the way to raise awareness about changes we need to make. We only get one green Earth, so let’s commit to keeping it that way!

Launch a ???? Go Green campaign in your school or community and make pledges to live more sustainably. Encourage your family members, friends and community to get involved and create an even bigger impact. Then, watch how everyday actions can turn into extraordinary impacts!

FACT: Global sea levels
rose by approximately 8
inches in the last century.*

Ways to Take Action

Make a sustainability pledge or
start a school or community garden.

At School

  • Challenge your peers to commit to a personal sustainability pledge, like packing five no-waste lunches or reducing showers from ten to five minutes.
  • Become a sustainable school! Replace plastic water bottles with reusable bottles, recycle paper and turn off the lights when they’re not needed.

At School

  • Walk, cycle or scoot your way to school! Commit to a car-free school run to reduce carbon emissions in the environment.
  • Cook vegetarian meals with your family two or three times a week to reduce your meat consumption.

As a Community

  • Time for a community cleanup! Organise a communitywide litter pick around your local area.
  • Write to local retailers to encourage them to use recyclable packaging for their products.

Campaign in Action

At The Michael Tippett School in the London Borough of Lambeth, students have been using the WE Go Green campaign to learn about recycling and how to create a greener environment for their school.

To raise awareness of this issue and support other students in their recycling challenge, they created a display board to demonstrate what can and cannot be recycled. Now, the group are holding audits for each class to see who is recycling the most!

Connect With Other Campaigns

*Check out your Global Social Action Guide for fundraising tips, inspiration and action planning tools.
**Country Living. 6 flowers that can improve your mental health. www.countryliving.com/uk/wellbeing/g24775482/flowers-mental-health-benefits

World Environment Day

The Go Green campaign supports you to improve the environment on a local level, however, environmental problems are also a global issue. Unless countries act together to build a more sustainable world, our planet will remain in danger. Organise a WE Go Green event on 5 June 2020, to mark World Environment Day and stand in solidarity with countries around the world for a greener future!

Challenge Your Peers

Do you know what your environmental footprint is? Challenge your class to find out theirs using this Footprint Calculator and see who has the biggest and smallest impacts. Then, take steps to reduce your environmental damage!