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Producing an Eco-Code: The 6
The Eco-Schools Eco-Code is a fun way of

capturing the main objectives
Seven Steps of the Eco-Committee. It should

be presented in a format that’s

meaningful to pupils and the
school community. It can be
used to raise the profile of
the Eco-Committee and the
action plan targets and should
be reviewed regularly to
ensure it remains relevant and
recognised.

Developing an action plan: It’s very important to organise 3 Linking to the curriculum: By ensuring that the Eco-Schools 7
your ideas into an action plan. Through the process of creating process links into the school’s curriculum, rather than being a
the plan you will be able to make sure that you include a realistic separate activity for the small group on the Eco-Committee, the
number of activities and work out how you will monitor and benefits are multiplied. It also ensures that other members of
measure the progress of your actions. If there are environmental staff are involved in supporting the work. Pupils from throughout
actions being undertaken across the school, keeping everything the school gain and understanding of how real-life environmental
together in a plan will help your Eco-Committee keep track on issues are dealt with in a real-world setting.
what’s happening and enable them to celebrate successes.

Monitoring and evaluation: 4 Informing and involving: 5 You can read more about the Seven Steps and explore the
To find out if you are achieving It’s important to ensure resources available to support your school on our website.
the targets in your Action Plan as many people as possible
you must monitor and measure know about and are involved
your progress. This will allow you in your activities. Having
to evaluate the success of your more people involved in your
activities and plan to make changes eco-actions will enable you
to ensure you are still working to increase your impact and
towards achieving your targets. maximise the fun!