We achieved our 3rd Green Flag in November 2024!
About Eco Schools
Eco-Schools is the largest sustainable schools programme in the world, operated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and managed in Scotland by Keep Scotland Beautiful. It connects 19.5 million children, young people and educators through sustainable development education and is the biggest learning network in the world with 67 countries on all five continents participating. .
Eco-Schools is an international initiative designed to encourage whole-school community action on Learning for Sustainability. It is an environmental management tool, a learning resource and a recognised award scheme which empowers children and young people to take action towards an economically, socially and environmentally just world.
The initiative provides a framework for learning and action which affords a wealth of opportunities for linking sustainable development education, global citizenship and outdoor learning. Eco-Schools weaves these elements together through the everyday curricular work undertaken by schools and encourages closer links between schools and the communities around them.
The UN Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit) in 1992 highlighted the need to involve young people in finding solutions to sustainable development challenges. The Eco-Schools programme was developed in 1994 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and introduced to the UK in 1995.
There are now 63 countries on all five continents participating in the Eco-Schools programme. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is very supportive of the programme and is an institutional partner of FEE, as is the Scottish Government.
The Eco-Schools programme is managed in Scotland by Keep Scotland Beautiful. Keep Scotland Beautiful is the leading provider of sustainable development education initiatives in schools, encouraging action and behavioural change by young people which will leave an enduring legacy for Scotland; it is part of its work to help make Scotland clean and green, today and tomorrow.
How Eco-Schools Works
Eco-Schools has common structural features across all operating countries. The Seven Elements, the Eco-Schools Topics, and Assessment for the Green Flag. The Seven Elements are the same in every country, although they may have slightly different names. Eco-Schools Topics vary across different operating countries.
The criteria of the Green Flag Award are based on the Seven Elements, which are the core of the Eco-Schools programme in every participating country.
• The first step is to form an Eco-Committee to represent the ideas of the whole school.
• The Eco-Committee then completes an Environmental Review, to investigate the current situation in the school.
• The results of the Environmental Review are used to create an Action Plan of planned projects on litter and two other topics. Eco-Schools Scotland has Ten Topics to choose from.
• The Action Plan will include ways of Measuring the progress of projects, and ideas for future development.
• Projects should be linked to the curriculum with the whole school and wider community given the opportunity to be involved.
• Finally, the whole school should create an Eco-Code representing their commitment to environmental issues.
This work is recognised by the Green Flag Award - a visible indication of your school's commitment to learning for sustainability, and an internationally recognised accreditation for excellence in sustainable development education. The Green Flag Award is renewed every two years following the same Seven Elements.
Eco-Schools Scotland has linked the programme to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, and you will be asked to select one goal to connect to your three topics.
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We Achieved our Bronze award in 2007
We achieved Silver in 2015
We achieved our 3rd Green Flag in November 2024! And have started our 4th Green Flag Journey