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Organise a Foot painting session at your school - a teachers review

Are you a teacher looking thinking about organising a Foot painting Session to engage your pupils in climate change debate? The following is a write up by a member of staff at the Portsmouth Girls School... Footprint Friends at City of Portsmouth Girls’...

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by richard
on 11-25-2009

Filed under: foot painting, teacher, school

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Outward Bound... Cumbria!

This week the npower Climate Cops are on their outward bound course and I am off to see them Tomorrow we will be painting our feet and writing eco poetry with 100 young people from schools all over the country! The best poem and best foot art will win...

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by richard
on 11-24-2009

Filed under: Climate change, foot art, outward bound, climate cops, npower, eco poetry, cumbria

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its WOW day!

So all the preparation has taken place, many of the WOW finalists are already in London and are rehearsing their pitch for our green dragons... People have been setting up since the early hours (5pm) and everything is in place. There is a REAL BUZZ in...

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by richard
on 11-03-2009

Filed under: wow

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mobile phones - the environmental impact...

I Hope www.sayiamgreen.com dont mind but I just had to copy their blog because it is just unbelievable and I wanted our VIPs to see it... below is taken from this blog on www.sayiamgreen.com What does this make you think about your NEXT mobile phone?...

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by richard
on 10-30-2009

Filed under: renewable energy, electric, electricity, mobile phones, phone, environment [Edit Tags]

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KidEarth - can music unite kids around the world?

A Californian 6th grader called Aitan Grossmanwrote who loves music has decided to take a stand against climate change. Aitan writes... "I am a 12 year old boy who likes music and doesn’t like global warming. I am not old enough to solve the...

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by richard
on 10-16-2009

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Electric Cars in the North East!

I have been in communication with Future Transport Systems who are bringing electric vehicles to the North East! Future Transport Systems has teamed up with The Technology Strategy Board, One North East and several other major partners to create a project...

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by richard
on 10-09-2009

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10:10 at the tate modern in London

Have you heard about 10:10? Basically we have some pretty tough targets to meet if we are going to slow the rate of climate change. 10:10 stands for a 10% reduction in emissions by the year 2010 - Thats NEXT year! We went to the 10:10 launch event at...

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by richard
on 09-02-2009

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is your school powerPerfected?

Footprint Friends is delighted to have power Perfector as the sponsor of the Wipe Out Waste ( WOW) Awards . It is quite difficult for any organisation to live up to the high expectation of our members and having the backing of a business that delivers...

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by richard
on 07-08-2009

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Esther Rantzen has foot painted!

Yesterday Footprint Friends went to an event in London at the Climate Change Fair hosted by Plan International. We were blessed with good weather , great company and a BBQ - what can be better than that? The famous Esther Rantzen was there and she came...

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by richard
on 06-28-2009

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Smart car - Smart choice

We wanted to make a change in our daily life by trading in our big family five seater for something more economical. We have 5 in our family and a dog but it is very rare that we all go in the car together . I did a lot of research before we traded in...

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by richard
on 06-14-2009

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We're on the road again... Linconshire!

We are at the "Sustainable Schools Showcase" in Linconshire today! View PDF We are now set up and looking forward to school staff, governors, parents and anyone else involved in supporting schools to become sustainable. We are co-exhibiting...

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by richard
on 03-04-2009

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Who do you love?

It is a beautiful valentines day - well at least where I am right now it is sunny outside and the morning frost has now melted... You may have noticed our little valentines badge that we have given all our members If not have a look for it. Valentines...

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by richard
on 02-14-2009

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Eco fun and games

You may have played some of our eco games in the run up to Christmas as they were in our advent calendar. ( I hope you enjoyed the calendar ) We have taken all the best games and recycled them by adding them to our games page . We will be adding to the...

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by richard
on 12-30-2008

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Is walking an extreme sport?

You may think that I am over dramatising... (and I probably am) but is walking an extreme sport? Ok I have windsurfed, surfed, skateboarded, white water raffted, traveled around the world looking after young people, worked as a life guard for 6 years...

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by richard
on 12-14-2008

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Have you seen the fun games Advent Canendar?

As a result of your request for more games on the site the team at head office have created a fun advent calendar for you all. Every day in the count up to Christmas you will get a new thing behind each door. We have set it so you can not open tomorrows...

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by richard
on 12-03-2008