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Daily Record
2 days ago
- General
- Daily Record
Keep Scotland Beautiful celebrates eco achievements of two Hamilton schools
Chatelherault Primary School and Hamilton Grammar School were visited. Pupils and educators at two Hamilton were visited by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful to celebrate their achievements in the international environmental Eco-Schools programme. As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the international Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes, Keep Scotland Beautiful hosted an online assembly, organised live lessons and set celebration challenges. Additionally, schools celebrating a milestone are being visited to mark their success. Chatelherault Primary School and Hamilton Grammar School were visited by Keep Scotland Beautiful's Gaelic education and learning officer Jonathan Angell, who presented them with certificates to celebrate their 10th Green Flags. Barry Fisher, CEO of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: 'This year we celebrate 30 years of schools making an environmental difference through Eco-Schools. 'It's great that we were able to visit Chatelherault and Hamilton Grammar School to present a certificate of achievement and to hear from the children, young people and educators about their inspiring action and commitment to improving our environment. 'For the past 30 years we have loved hearing about the remarkable achievements of our young people and the development of learning for sustainability across the world, and we look forward to continuing to provide support through our Climate Action Schools framework.' Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world, operated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful. It was launched in the UK four nations, Denmark and Germany in 1994, with Scotland awarding its first flag in 1995.
Scotsman
2 days ago
- General
- Scotsman
Edinburgh council targets litter, dog fouling, fly-tipping and graffiti in ward-by-ward 'Pride in our City' campaign
More than 60 tonnes of waste have already been collected in a new blitz on litter, fly-tipping, dog fouling, graffiti and chewing gum in Edinburgh. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The "Pride in our City" campaign involves dedicated council teams working to clean up the city, ward by ward. And 15 extra staff have been taken on to give more power to the project. Transport and environment convener Stephen Jenkinson said the new drive had got under way in April in Leith Walk ward, where they collected 39 tonnes of litter and dumped items, as well as dealing with graffiti, weeds and chewing gum. Graffiti removal is being stepped up | supplied Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad And after that they moved on to Leith ward and collected another 23 tonnes of waste. Cllr Jenkinson said: 'The idea is that we will be having a real focus on individual council wards and the project will roll out over a period of time from council ward to council ward. 'Teams, who will be focused in on a ward, will be looking to tackle issues like dog fouling, fly tipping, focusing on weeds, graffiti and general littering. 'The project and the way it's being rolled out has been well received by residents. And there is a little bit of competition between councillors about which ward is next.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad It comes as the latest figures for street cleanliness - assessed by Keep Scotland Beautiful - gave Edinburgh a score of 89.2 per cent for 2024/25, a slight dip from the previous year's 90.6 per cent, but an improvement on the 2022/23 score of 86.3 per cent and 82.2 per cent in 2021/22. Cllr Jenkinson said that Edinburgh ranked third out of eight comparable local authorities in Scotland for street cleansing. The Capital's 89.2 per cent score was below the national average of 91.7 per cent, but above the 87.5 per cent average for the benchmarking group of similar local authorities. 'There has been quite a significant improvement since 2021 ,when we were just over 82 per cent and our scores are almost back to where we were before Covid. 'There is still quite a lot of work to do - it's not a problem that's going to be solved overnight, but we will continue to invest in this area.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The council has doubled the number of specially-equipped graffiti vehicles from two to four. And bringing that work back in house has reduced the tie between graffiti being reported and it being removed. And it has bought a specialist machine which can remove graffiti from sensitive stone as well as removing chewing gum from pavements thanks to a Chewing Gum Task Force grant. Cllr Jenkinson said: 'We're doing our part to try and keep our capital city looking at its best for both residents and visitors. "And we're trying to encourage people not only to put their litter in the bin responsibly but if necessary take it away with them rather than throwing it in the street. "We're also working with residents to encourage them to recycle them more, but we're highlighting the benefits of the special uplift programme for bulkier items.'
Daily Record
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Record
North Lanarkshire schools receive eco awards from Keep Scotland Beautiful
St Aidan's Primary in Wishaw and Greengairs Primary in Airdrie were honoured by the environmental charity. Pupils at schools in North Lanarkshire were recently visited by environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful to celebrate their achievements in the international environmental Eco-Schools programme. As part of the 30th anniversary celebrations of the international Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment programmes, Keep Scotland Beautiful has hosted an online assembly, organised live lessons, and set celebration challenges. Additionally, schools celebrating a milestone will be visited to mark their success. St Aidan's Primary School in Wishaw was visited by Keep Scotland Beautiful's Senior Education and Learning Officer Josh Cannell who presented the school with a certificate to celebrate their 10th Green Flag. Greengairs Primary School in Airdrie was also presented with a certificate to celebrate their 10th Green Flag. Barry Fisher, CEO of Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: 'This year we celebrate 30 years of schools making an environmental difference through Eco-Schools. 'It's great that we were able to visit St Aidan's and Greengairs Primary Schools to present a certificate of achievement and to hear from the children, young people and educators about their inspiring action and commitment to improving our environment. 'For the past 30 years we have loved hearing about the remarkable achievements of our young people and the development of learning for sustainability across the world, and we look forward to continuing to provide support through our Climate Action Schools framework.' Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world, operated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and delivered by Keep Scotland Beautiful. It was launched in the UK four nations, Denmark and Germany in 1994, with Scotland awarding its first flag in 1995. The Climate Action Schools programme, funded by the Scottish Government, provides a positive driver and demonstrator for schools towards achieving Target 2030.
Glasgow Times
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Glasgow primary school wins national Eco-Schools competition
St Patrick's Primary School, in Glasgow, triumphed in the tartan design challenge, part of a series of Eco-Schools activities marking 30 years of the programme in Scotland. Organised by Keep Scotland Beautiful, the nationwide celebration included three creative challenges – a collage challenge, bingo challenge, and tartan challenge – with St Patrick's taking the top spot in the primary school category of the tartan contest. Read more: Glaswegians urged to 'light up the longest day' and help feed hungry children Andrea Gabriel, education and learning manager at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: "Throughout the last few months we've had so much fun celebrating 30 years of Eco-Schools, with visits to some of our amazing schools and now this set of challenges. "It's been so inspiring to see their creativity and love for Eco-Schools and it wasn't easy to select a winner. "I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners. "We're so passionate about environmental education and it is so inspiring to see that passion is shared by young people and educators across Scotland." The tartan challenge invited schools and nurseries to design a tartan inspired by the new Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan, encouraging pupils to draw on their heritage and environment. St Patrick's Primary School received £200 to support future Eco-Schools activities, while highly commended entries were awarded £100 each, with prizes sponsored by HP. Read more: When to expect thunderstorms and heavy rain in Glasgow this weekend The Eco-Schools programme promotes environmental education and action within schools and is part of Keep Scotland Beautiful's wider Climate Action Schools programme, funded by the Scottish Government. This initiative supports schools in working towards Target 2030, Scotland's commitment to reach net-zero emissions by the year 2030. The Climate Action Schools programme aims to equip young people and educators with the knowledge and tools to drive environmental change within their communities. More information about the programme is available on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website.
Daily Record
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
South Lanarkshire school highly commended for tartan design challenge
Keep Scotland Beautiful is celebrating the incredible impact of Eco-Schools over the past three decades. A South Lanarkshire school has been highly commended for its design submission that celebrates 30 years of Eco-Schools in Scotland. Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful is celebrating the incredible impact of Eco-Schools over the past three decades with a series of challenges throughout the school year. There were three challenges for pupils to take part in: a collage challenge, a bingo challenge and a tartan challenge. Each one had prizes for the winners, ranging from gift cards to litter picking equipment and the winners were announced online during the Eco-Schools celebration week (June 9-13). High Blantyre Primary were highly commended for their design, which was created by P1 pupil Charlie Stevenson after a whole school competition. Charlie's design incorporated green to represent local plants, blue for the school uniform and the River Calder that is near the school, purple for local flowers and lavender grown in the playground and red for the school building and surrounding houses. Schools and nurseries were challenged to create their own tartan inspired by the story behind the recently unveiled Scottish International Eco-Schools Planet Earth Tartan, using their local heritage to help create their tartan design. There was one winner in the nursery category, one winner in the primary category and two highly commended entries in the primary category. The winners receive £200 and the highly commended entries receive £100, sponsored by HP, to help with its Eco-Schools activities. Andrea Gabriel, education and learning manager at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said: 'Throughout the last few months we've had so much fun celebrating 30 years of Eco-Schools, with visits to some of our amazing schools and now this set of challenges. 'It's been so inspiring to see their creativity and love for Eco-Schools and it wasn't easy to select a winner. 'I'd like to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part and congratulations to our winners. We're so passionate about environmental education and it is so inspiring to see that passion is shared by young people and educators across Scotland.' This year Keep Scotland Beautiful is celebrating 30 years of Eco-Schools and Young Reporters for the Environment, with visits to schools across the country. The Climate Action Schools programme, funded by the Scottish Government, provides a positive driver and demonstrator for schools towards achieving Target 2030. And did you know Lanarkshire Live had its own app? Download yours for free here.
