Part 1 - Actions you are already taking to sustain your local environment.
School / Community Group
Environmental Checklist
Indicate below what actions you are doing on the following: o Energy Saving o Green Purchasing o Green Transport o Fair Trade o Save water o Recycling / Waste minimisation o Organic gardening and composting o Litter & nature conservation
Include the simplest of things as every little helps! State very briefly how you monitor what difference you are making in the box provided, i.e.: saving energy – monitoring of electricity bills.
You do not have to do all the actions listed to be applicable for the reward.
Tick the boxes of the things you do. You do not have to do everything to win a reward. Those short-listed for a reward will be checked on the actions, which they state they are doing.
Energy Saving
We:
 Turn off lights when leaving the room and not leave appliances on standby (such as overhead projectors)
 Have switched to using low energy light bulbs
 Have draught proof windows and doors
 Have insulated hot water pipes and tanks
 We have switched to a ‘green’ tariff with our electricity supplier
 Generate our own energy through installing solar panels, a wind turbine etc
 Have fitted shelves / reflector panels to radiators to deflect warm air into the room.
 Regularly record meter readings and monitor usage.
 Other (please state)
How do you monitor the differences made?

Green Purchasing
We:
 Buy eco friendly products, i.e. cleaning, no CFC’s / tropical hardwoods.
 Buy recycled products. What?
 Long life products are chosen over short life ones
 Materials are brought in large packs to avoid excessive packaging
 Other (please state)
How do you monitor the differences made?
Green Transport
We:
 Encourage and promote use of green transport (car sharing, bike or walk) to travel around the area
 Other (please state)
How do you monitor the differences made?
Fair Trade
We:
 Encourage and promote our community to buy more Fair Trade products as part of their regular shopping
 Other (please state)
Save Water
We:
 Collect rainwater in a ‘butt’ to water plants or gardens
 Reduce the amount of water used to flush the toilets by using a
‘water-save cistern filler’, hippo
 Reduce the amount of water used to wash by using push taps.
 Regularly record water meter readings and monitor usage
 Other (please state)
How do you monitor the differences made?

Recycling / Waste minimisation
We:
 Reuse some waste i.e. save scrap paper
 Use paper on both sides
 Use technology to disseminate information to reduce the use of paper.
 Recycle waste where possible,
 Encourage the use of reusable items in lunches / mealtimes
 Reuse envelopes
 Other (please state)
How do you monitor the differences made?
Organic gardening and composting
We:
 Compost our biodegradable waste
 Grow fruit and vegetables
 Use natural fertilizers and pest control
 Other (please state)
How do you monitor the differences made?
Litter & Nature Conservation
We:
 Encourage no littering and looking after our environment
 Do not use herbicides or pesticides on our land (if applicable)
 Carry out nature studies in the local area, such as pond dipping, mini beast hunting, nature walks, fauna and flora identification
 Encourage wildlife and birds
 Other
How do you monitor the differences made?