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THE WORLD AGREES WITH GREEN SCHOOLS

Nykøbing F., a typical Danish city, situated close to the Baltic Sea, has developed various environmental projects. The Agenda-group in Nykøbing is collecting information about all activities going on related to Agenda 21 and at the same time encouraging new efforts, especially among the young.

The school I work at - Tingsted Skole - has seriously, for at least ten years, worked with environmental subjects and in 1993 the school joined ECO-school´s - in Danish "Grønt Flag - Grøn Skole". The project is run by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe and co-ordinated by a group of national operators, each responsible in their own countries.

All participating countries work according to the same basic principles which are:

  • establishing an environmental committee
  • developing an environmental Action Plan
  • participation of at least 15% of pupils
  • establishing an environmental code of behaviour
  • publishing the results

Tingsted Green Skole is very popular among children

Themes? In Denmark the school must take a new theme every year starting with the basic themes such as water, waste and energy. Last year's theme in the Tingsted Skole was noise. With this project it was possible to lower the average noise level at the school by 9,65 dB - more than 50%.

This year's theme focuses on nature and it is an attempt to introduce more insects, birds and animals around the school by building birdtables, nesting boxes, planting more bushes, etc.

It is essential for us at Tingsted Skole that our work is close to the five bearings of Agenda-21, and it is important for us to publish our results. The school often gets international visitors, including countries such as Norway, Australia and China, who want to know how to become an ECO-school (Grøn skole). I myself travel around Denmark to teach others at meetings and seminars about our work and results. As one of our pupils at Tingsted Skole says: "The world agrees with green schools".

Further informtaion:

Mr Henrik R. Bertelsen
Tingsted Skole
Phone:
+45 54 43 91 03
Fax:
+45 54 43 94 03
e-mail:
tingsted@post5.tele.dk
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