Lancing’s Sir Robert Woodard Academy students make environmental pledge

On Friday (May 24) , the academy joined other schools across the country to raise awareness of climate change by hosting a ‘Green Day’.

Students wore green to show support and understanding of the ‘climate emergency’. They also made a pledge to reduce their carbon footprint.

Science teacher Rob Loveridge said: “The academy took a few little steps on the journey to reducing its carbon footprint, but magnify this by all of the staff and students that have started to understand the need to take action, and hopefully the start of something big will come of it.”

Student scientists calculated their carbon footprint and launched #unmucktheworld@SRWA, a campaign to investigate ways they can help to reduce it as part of the MELT project run by the Institute for Research In Schools (IRIS).

A spokesman said: “These local students are the next generation of scientists who will help to change the world.

“The Green Day highlighted the need to live more sustainably as an individual and as a school community; especially when it comes to reducing our carbon footprint which everyone knows has a massive influence on climate change.”