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Senior Eco Committees - Secondary Schools
from across Wales joined our climate change Dŵr Cymru workshops - We have delivered two
workshops earlier in the year. Sessions all had a workshops with Dŵr Cymru – Climate Change
climate focus and looked at the carbon impact of and the Power of Poo (delivered twice due to
fast fashion, and the importance of developing popular demand), and the Sewer of Secrets
the circular economy. (for World Book Day). These sessions have

been hugely popular, and consequently we are
Other topics included exploring the state of planning further workshops for the next year.
nature in the UK and nature-based solutions.
Students were encouraged to make their World Ocean Day workshop – attended by
voices heard through safe use of social media, classes from 40 schools, this event looked at
challenged to upcycle items, and design a our impacts on the ocean, touching on plastic
circular school. A highlight of our secondary pollution, ocean acidification, and overfishing.
workshops was linking with WWF Cymru, Size We celebrated the sea grass restoration projects
of Wales, and the Youth Climate Ambassadors going on in Wales and looked at how we can all

to run a Youth Climate and Nature Summit for play a part in helping as individuals, and schools.
young people aged 16-25. This included a live
Q and A session with the Minister for
Climate Change, a representative from
the Future Generations Office and the
chair of the Youth Climate Ambassadors.
It was facilitated by our Education
staff and saw some fantastic questions
raised and an impressive range of issues
discussed. The ideas put forward from
this day have fed into the Youth Climate

Ambassadors’ manifesto.
All the workshops we have delivered have been schools joined us for this week of events.
delivered in Welsh and English – this is a brief Outdoor Learning Live – Our Outdoor

synopsis of our sessions that have run this year. National Eco-Committee – Our annual event for Learning Live sessions have been popular
Platinum Eco-Schools was once again virtual. The – we have averaged an attendance of 40
Climate Change Workshops – Run over a week theme was becoming ‘Climate Communicators.’ classes at each of our sessions. We are
with a live lesson each morning, with activities We teamed up with Size of Wales to help pupils passionate about promoting outdoor
and resources to be used by schools throughout understand what Climate Change means, what learning with its prominent role within
the day. These sessions directly engage with its impact looks like across Wales and the world, the Curriculum for Wales, the obvious
pupils and address what the climate crisis is, strategies we can put in place to reduce our links to improving health and wellbeing,
with ideas on how to take action to make a impact, and how we can influence others. and the way it can be used to help instil

difference. Topics covered include utilising ideas a connection with the environment
from the circular economy in schools, nature- for pupils – an important first step
based solutions, climate anxiety, regenerative in ensuring the next generation are
farming, and deforestation. enthusiastic about tackling the climate
COP26 – A week of climate change workshops and biodiversity crises.
for primary schools directly linked to COP26 and
tied in with COP Cymru. Classes from 82 different

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