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The Eco-Schools                                                                                                                Carrying out an                 2

                                                                                                                                   environmental review:
    Seven Steps                                                                                                                    The purpose of the review is

                                                                                                                                   to help the Eco-Committee

                                                                                                                                   come up with ideas as
                                                                                                                                   to how the school can
                                                                                                                                   reduce its impact on the
                                                                                                                                   environment.
                                                                                                                                   Conducting a
                                                                                                                                   comprehensive review will
                                                                                                                                   ensure that no significant
                                                                                                                                   areas of impact are
                                                                                                                                   overlooked. These ideas
                                                                                                                                   then feed into the Action
                                                                                                                                   Plan.
       Whether you’re just taking            school is different, with its own
       your first steps on the               strengths, opportunities, and
       Eco-Schools journey or                challenges.                                   The Seven Steps:
       your school is already well           That’s why the Eco-Schools
       underway, the start of a new          Seven Steps are flexible and
       school year is the perfect time       can be adapted to suit your                 Forming an Eco-                1
       to refresh our understanding          school – making them practical              Committee: Your Eco-
       of how the Eco-Schools                and rewarding wherever you                  Committee will represent
       process works.                        are on the journey.                         the views of the whole

       It’s designed to give your                                                        school, and act as the focus
                                                                                         to push forward actions and
       school structure and purpose                                                      discuss progress.
       in its environmental work,
       helping to turn great ideas                                                       The Eco-Committee
       into meaningful action. The                                                       also work to celebrate
       most important thing to                                                           achievements and keep the
       remember is that the Eco-                                                         profile of the Eco-Schools
       Schools process isn’t a one-                                                      programme high.
       size-fits-all approach. Every
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