The Green Project

Picture taken at ground level of greenery with a small see-through glass globe of the world in the right corner. Sunlight shining in the background

The Friends of Energy House 2.0 have sponsored The Green Project to provide children with knowledge of sustainability, provided by academics from the University of Salford, which will result in a School’s Green Summit Event.

The competition for schools (Years 5 & 6 in the Trafford area) to participate in the Green Summit Event, has now closed and submissions are being considered; those selected will take part in the children’s ‘COP 27’ event at Sale Waterside on Thursday 4 May 2023 at 16:15.

There are three separate schemes, developed by Specialist Leaders in Education (Literacy), each containing four lessons. Schools may choose to use separate schemes for different classes or may decide that they would like use all three schemes with one or a number of classes. The lessons are generic but self-explanatory. It is intended that teachers can teach straight from the scheme or that they may like to make slight amendments, depending upon the requirements of their class.

Information is provided directly by academics from the University of Salford, in the STATS’ and FACTS sheet. This is also supported by individual videos on the four areas of sustainability:

Housing
Recycling
Nature
Transport

An explanatory video, explaining ’sustainability’ is also provided by a Salford University academic.

Photo of young people walking down the street holding a large white banner with the wording 'CLIMATE JUSTICE' and a number of smaller placards — **SCHEME 1: PERSUASIVE SPEECH**

Photo of rainforest with waterfall running down through the middle — **SCHEME 2: DESCRIPTIVE WRITING**

Placard with a drawing of the world on a black background with 'ONE WORLD' written across in white capitals — **SCHEME 3: POETRY**

Dr Claire Brown provides an introduction to sustainability (video 1 of 5)

Professor Richard Fitton explains how we use energy in our homes (video 2 of 5)

Dr Juan Ferriz-Papi explains how we can reuse and recycle (video 3 of 5)

Professor Mike Hardman explains the importance of nature (video 4 of 5)

Researcher Ian Cookson explains sustainable transport (video 5 of 5)