Go Green Week finished with the Windmill Petition for Action on CO2. Students from across the college were invited to use their Student Voice and sign a windmill petitioning the Principal.

Earlier this month, Carmel College held its first ‘Go Green Week’. The aim of the event was to help raise awareness of the current environmental problems which threaten the Planet and to promote awareness of the strategies available for tackling these environmental problems and issues. Ultimately, Go Green week aimed to educate staff and students about how they can be part of the solution, not part of the problem.

In preparation for this event, members of Carmel’s People and Planet Group produced a number of promotional moviemaker presentations designed to promote Go Green Week and raise awareness of Green Issues. These movies were also designed to launch the new recycling initiative that has been implemented in college; in addition to the paper recycling, can and plastic recycling bins are now available in the forum and refectory. If this initiative proves successful, it will be rolled out into all areas of college in the future and is likely to become a prominent feature in the new build.

In addition to this, a poster campaign promoting the recycling initiative was implemented where all the posters were designed by members of the People and Planet Group – see below.

Go Green Week finished with the Windmill Petition for Action on CO2. Students from across the college were invited to use their Student Voice and sign a windmill petitioning the Principal. Over 550 signed windmills were then placed in the college grounds forming a visual representation of the students’ support for the college to 'Go Green' and actively take steps to reduce its ecological footprint and to cut carbon emissions.

Mary Williams, Sustainability Co-ordinator, was delighted with the mini wind farm: “The Go Green campaign aimed to raise awareness about how we all have a responsibility in ensuring a sustainable future for the planet and for future generations. The 550 signed windmills demonstrate that students at Carmel are concerned about current environmental issues such as climate change and recycling, and that they want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem!”