Eco-Schools Conference 2009 - November 5th, Glaziers Hall, London
On 5th November over 120 delegates attended the Eco-Schools 2009 Conference on the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC).
The conference helped Local Authorities and teachers at Eco-Schools understand the impact of the legislation and how by working together, they can achieve their energy reduction targets. There were case studies from Oxfordshire County Council and Worcestershire County Council supported by a number of workshops and networking opportunities.
Eco-Schools also received high recognition at the conference as key note speaker David Kidney Minister for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) cited the programme as key to making all schools sustainable by 2020.
David kidney MP said: “The government would like every school to be a sustainable school by 2020 and the excellent work Keep Britain Tidy are undertaking in administrating the Eco-Schools programme in England is helping to achieve this aim.”
Quotes from conference delegates included:
Today has given me a lot of information to take back to my school to enable us to build on. I have also made contacts with new schools / organisations and plan to follow them up to share ideas.
A great day that's really made me feel that the role I have and love is a totally worth while one. Thank you for organising it.
A very well organised conference, a good opportunity for networking.
We also run a number of training courses through the year supporting teachers and local authorities. Further details can be found at www.keepbritaintidy.org/estraining