Volunteers activate the scheme through working with the schools and pupils. A team from Kingston University including myself will be volunteering to do this.
The themes that the project follows are:
- Litter and local environment quality (compulsory)
- Waste and recycling
- Water
- Energy and climate change
- Transport to school
- Biodiversity
Schools must pick two themes including litter and environmental quality which is a big problem in London and are graded on the following criteria:
- Pupil and community involvement
- Effectiveness
- Sustainability
- Communication
- Innovation
- Presentation
Each borough has a winner and runner up school which are awarded £2000 and £1000 to be presented in the mayor's office.
This is a wonderful hands on approach to the 'think global act local' issue in sustainability.
