The competition is organised and promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. There are three stages to the competition, each designed to support and encourage the development of environmental skills. Nellie and Daleen were district winners (pictured below being presented with their award by The Rotary Club) and then were thrilled to discover that they had also won the national stage of the competition.

Nellie and Daleen’s project was an ‘Almost Zero Waste’ Christmas fair event, where nothing was purchased new, no plastic waste was generated, and only one small wastepaper basket of waste was produced at the end of the event. Games were made from scrap materials, and prizes were made from donated materials that would have gone to landfill (e.g. end of roll upholstery fabric made into cuddly toys nicknamed ‘scrapmallows’!). The Greenshaw High school Eco council supported the event by making items and running stalls. Nellie and Daleen wrote a report on the project to submit to the competition. The fair raised just over £220 for charity.

Congratulations to both students on their amazing achievement.

Mrs S Carran, Eco Co-ordinator