SUSTAINABILITY WEEK
Focusing on Sustainability This term the College held its first-ever Sustainability Week, which was designed to enable the whole community to learn, debate and discuss topics around climate change and the environment. The week was also intended to build on existing work by the Estates Team and as the launch of a comprehensive, long-term programme across all College departments, in an effort to raise our sustainability ambitions, heighten awareness and actively engage the Lancing community. Whilst various topics around sustainability were built into curriculum subjects throughout the week, all other events were planned to teach more about the ‘big picture’, the science, the impacts across the globe, and how our actions contribute to climate change and affect the environment. Events during Sustainability Week included a ‘wear green day’ to raise funds for the charity JUST One Tree; a clothes swap; a beach clean with Lancing’s Explorer Scouts; and a ‘green’
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lunchtime concert performed by pupils from various year groups. The College’s pupil-led Green Group was also involved in steering the design of the week and acted as powerful advocates in their own Houses. A tree planting session at the College Farm – part of Lancing’s reforestation programme – took place the following week, with members of the Green Group in attendance. Across the week pupils were involved in House competitions to save electricity and to increase their proportion of
recycled waste. A little research was also conducted at lunchtime in the Dining Hall, where the food waste from each House was monitored and weighed, aiming to encourage pupils to think before filling up their plates and wasting food. The competitions clearly demonstrated how the actions of individuals could achieve impressive results. Sankey’s House was the clear and consistent winner of the energysaving competition: with an average
