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Count Your Carbon

Count Your Carbon is a free, full-scope carbon emissions calculator especially built for nurseries, schools and colleges. You can use it to calculate, understand, track and reduce your carbon emissions. It covers everything from the energy you use in the school building, to transport, to the carbon embedded in the things schools buy, use and throw away.

Counting Your Carbon gives an important benchmark for creating and monitoring a Climate Action Plan.

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This carbon calculator has been developed by Eco-Schools. All school can involved pupils in using this calculator as part of working towards and Eco-Schools Green Flag.

Eco-committees or Green-teams empower the next generation of innovative, inspirational young citizens and shows your local community that your college, school, or nursery is forward-thinking and actively engaged in protecting people and planet. The Green Flag is the perfect way to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of young people and it reflects your school's commitment to addressing the climate and ecological emergency.

Eco-Schools request that Green Flag schools re-apply for their flag every two years. 
Huge Congratulations from The Hive to the 15 schools that received a Green Flag in 2022/23 and 2023/24. 

  • St Mary's C of E Primary School
  • Walthamstow Primary Academy
  • Eden Girls' School
  • Oakhill Primary School
  • Handsworth Primary School
  • St Saviour's Church of England Primary School
  • Our Lady and St. George's  Catholic Primary School and Nursery
  • Edinburgh Primary School
  • Coppermill Primary School
  • Joseph Clarke School
  • Mission Grove Primary SChool
  • Gwyn Jones Primary School
  • Our Lady and St. George Catholic Primary School and Nursery
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School
  • St Mary's C of E Primary School

 

  • Signposting: Teaching resources

    All key stages

    These resources are carefully selected and listed by Climate Charter theme with recommended key stage and subject links. 

     

     

    Signposting - resources
  • Signposting: Useful organsations

    To help develop your school or college's climate action agenda we keep updated and share with you good practices and reputable organisations that provide environmental support. 

    This list will keep evolving please do let us know of any useful sites.

    Climate Organisations
  • Checklist for Running an Eco-Friendly Event

    SchooI events such as fund-raising fairs are a great opportunity for getting people together, being creative and having fun, but they can also result in a lot of extra use of resources and waste.

    To help you make your events more eco-conscious we’ve published a simple guide full of sustainable ideas

    Guide to running an eco-friendly event

Great to hold the event at The Hive , inspiring setting for this topic.

School Governor, Green Governance Climate Action Training Course