Your green promises:

Walk to school twice a week, Katie Doben, Winchester >> Buy food locally to cut down on carbon emissions, Ali Baylis >> Walk home from school, Rachel Carver, Winchester >> Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Georgie Cave >> Turn lights off when I leave a room, Poppy De Groot >> Recycle everything that should go in the recycle bin, Catriona Brown, Hampshire >> Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Alice C >> Cycle to work once a week, Jessie Baker >> Turn lights off when I leave a room, Mona Freidin, New York >> Recycle my household waste, Madeleine, Winchester >> Start growing my own herbs and vegetable, Johnny >> Take showers instead of baths. Nevet Basker, Bellevue, WA, USA >> Turn the tap off when I brush my teeth, Sharon Goldstein, Northwood >> Signed up to a renewable energy provider (Good Energy) and encouraging our visitors and members to do likewise, Moishe House London >> Reject opportunities to see the world, when that means taking a plane, Jeremy, London >> Dedicated to leading the way in environmental efforts through local & vegetarian catering, zero waste & reducing carbon emissions by 10% in 2010, Tzedek, London >> Re-use plastic bags when shopping, Lisa, London >> Find something to make with every item in my organic vegetable box, Penny Kustow, Rickmansworth >> Not use the car for short journeys, Jon, Damascus >> I will not leave the tap running while brushing my teeth, Lucy Freeman, 7 >> I will buy more vegetables from the farmers market, Ben, Stanmore >> I will join the 10:10 Campaign, Naomi, 28 >> I will turn off my laptop when I am not using it, Dave, 25, Golders Green >> I will recycle my paper and plastics, Jo, 46 >> I will reduce the temperature of my washing machine cycles, Evelyn, 35 >>

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Additional Resources

Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight runs every year, this year it is from 22nd February - 7th March. For the two weeks The Big Swap campaign will be taking place across the UK to support and promote Fairtrade producers. Now is the time to visit www.thebigswap.org.uk and register your swap. To download a lesson plan (For Keystage 2) click here

For more information on Judaism and Fairtrade click here

Sustainable Development

This lesson plan explores themes of Sustainability, Climate Change and Sustainable Living and the Global Dimension to use within the class room for key stage 4. Click here to download the resource.

Tu b'shevat

On Tu b'shevat we celebrate the new year for trees. Our sages, felt that 15th of Shvat is the date on which the last year’s rains stopped irrigating the trees would start to benefit from the new year’s rains. For Jewish resources based on The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein click here.

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