Previous Projects
Leicester City Council has been working on environmental education projects since 2014. Here is a selection of our previous project work and events.
Further information
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Christmas jumper swap shop 2021
To prevent waste, students and staff swapped Christmas jumpers instead of buying them new!
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eBikes for schools
We provided eBikes and training to help get teachers out of their cars and into more active travel
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Energy & water monitoring
How to monitor your schools for energy and water consumption in school for free.
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Environmental careers conference
In October 2016, Sustainable Schools hosted an environmental careers event aimed at Y9-Y13 students
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Environmental careers conference
Find out about our environmental careers event
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Global goals showcase
Our global goals showcase took place on 17 May 2017 - take a look at this exciting project!
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Healthier air for Leicester - schools award
Leicester city schools were encouraged to participate in pollution-reducing activities to meet criteria for the schools award
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Leicester Litter Less campaign
Find out about the Leicester Litter Less campaign and how schools got involved in 2019
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Litter innovation fund
Finding new ways of reducing and preventing litter/littering through new methods and interventions
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LOROS - rocket round Leicester
Leicester schools and community groups pledged to fundraise for LOROS to help to support people with life limiting illnesses and their families
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Postcard to Paris
Find out about our Postcard to Paris competition and awards evening
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RCE-East Midlands conference 2018
In early March 2018 Leicester City Council hosted a regional conference entitled ‘Creating Young Leaders in Sustainable Development’
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Schools' climate emergency fund 2020-2021
In this programme a number of schools were allocated funding and support to deliver energy efficiency measures including solar panels (solar PVs)
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Show the love 2022
The Show the love campaign was designed to get the public engaging with their MPs about climate change
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Summer reading challenge 2021
Students challenged themselves to read six books over the summer holidays and helped the Wild World Heroes to solve environmental issues
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Sunflower growing competition
Now the pumpkin growing competition, schools got involved in growing their own sunflowers at school
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Widen your school path to aid social distancing
Widen my path was a government approved website that enabled people to identify locations in need of social distancing aid
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Grow Your Own Grub 2022
Combining creative culinary skills and gardening, your school is challenged to design a three course menu and grow a minimum of 5 ingredients in your Mealbarrow!
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Polli:Gen
24 Leicester schools are taking part in an exciting year-long project that will see pupils learn all about pollinators and transform their school grounds to support them.
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Pumpkin Garden Competition 2022
Our brand-new Pumpkin Garden competition will encourage students to grow pumpkins in the school grounds.
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Show the Love 2022
Engage your MPs around climate change by sending them a green heart
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The Sea Starts Here
Increasing awareness of the impact of plastic waste in our river and marine environments by spraying stencils around drains on and around the school grounds.
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Lower Carbon Lunches
The aim of our Lower Carbon Lunches workshops was to raise awareness about the climate impacts of food and to reduce waste associated with school meals in the city. The project was designed to support schools in reducing the carbon footprints of…
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