What Rot! Composting Competition 2011/12

This years ‘What Rot!’ Composting Competition has begun. The compost judging event will take place in June 2012. Two or three pupils and an adult from each school or nursery we have worked with will be asked to bring along a sample of compost from the school compost bin or wormery. Prizes of £150 will be awarded for the best samples of each! Email us at wasteeducation@changeworks.org.uk to join the competition or to receive compost advice from Dr Compost.

 Finish Your Food Campaign and Competition 2012

Don’t be a silly sausage ‘Finish Your Food’ for free! One third of food is wasted when it could be Reduced, Reused and Recycled. This unique and innovative food waste campaign engages primary school pupils and their parents by encouraging everyone to reduce food waste. Reduce your schools food waste and stand a chance of winning £150!!!. Find out more about it here and read some teacher testomonies.

  Make Waste History

Get details and register now for June's exciting Make Waste History Summit for Secondary schools.

 Zero Waste Heroes Competition

We want to transform your eco pupils into Zero Waste Heroes and challenge them to reduce, reuse and recycle waste in school and your community. Our all new 45 minute training session and power pack of hero challenges allows them to gain points, powers and prizes for their efforts. Get the most Hero points this year and win £200!! See who’s taking part in the Zero Waste Heroes competition on our brand new league table! And read last years winners St David’s Primary Schools ‘How to’, guide.

 Leith Primary School Podcast

Jessica and Bonnie have a story to share with you, it's about what they're doing to cut waste in the classroom at Leith Primary School. Will the nursery find Coco the bear in the bin? What does Head Teacher Mr Friend have to say about food waste? How much paper did Primary 5 reuse and what did they make with it? Can Zero Waste Heroes really help the government to reduce waste? Listen to the first Greener Leith Podcast presented entirely by local school pupils to find out:

 Edinburgh ‘Heroes at Home’ Awarded Bikes

Changeworks awarded 13 prize winning pupils from schools and nurseries across South Edinburgh with bikes from the Bike Station for being "Heroes at Home'. The schools and nurseries had ‘Heroes at Home’ assemblies and storytelling sessions at a as part of the Waste Free Edinburgh project.

Read all about this great project and watch a mini documentary on the Guardian website and the Bike Station website.

 Pentland Pupils Eco Podcast

Pentland Primary School pupils have produced a podcast about their environmental efforts that will be shared with schools across Europe.Their young eco committee worked with Changeworks to make a podcast marking the European Week for Waste Reduction. In the podcast they talk about their greenhouse made out of recycled plastic bottles, tree planting days and the vegetables grown by their gardening club. The pupils then go through their personal pledges to become ‘Zero Waste Heroes’. It can be heard by clicking the link below.

Rebecca Annand, principal teacher at Pentland Primary said: “The eco-committee is delighted to promote the work of European Waste Reduction Week. The whole school community has been very busy taking action to reduce, reuse and recycle. They are keen to promote their eco-activities and to actively encourage their friends across Europe to do the same too.”

Read more and hear the podcast in the Edinburgh Guardian