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Welcome

Welcome to the Keep Wales Tidy Day of Action The programme is designed to empower and inspire
resource for schools. young people to make positive environmental
changes to their school and wider community,
This resource has been created to help schools plan while building on their key skills and encompassing
and develop a Day of Action, give good practise Education for Sustainable Development and Global
guidance and highlight ideas for activities through Citizenship.
some of the Eco-Schools topics, namely: Litter;
School Grounds; Waste Minimisation and Water and Eco-Schools is student-led, which means young
Energy. people drive and deliver the programme. They
investigate, monitor and evaluate their actions
Keep Wales Tidy believes that it is important for through the international seven step process to bring
young people to be involved in action days and about positive behaviour change.
campaigns. Pupil voice is paramount and young
people can take ownership of their event and be
supported to make a real difference.

The activities included in this resource can also
support schools through their Eco-Schools journey
and the work produced can be used as evidence
towards gaining Eco-Schools accreditation.

What is Eco-Schools?

Eco-Schools is an international environmental
education programme developed by the Foundation
for Environmental Education (FEE). More than 60
countries around the world run Eco-Schools and here
in Wales it is managed by Keep Wales Tidy.