An update on what the Eco Committee has been up to...

In June 2022 King's Bruton successfully completed the Eco Schools Green Flag award, and the King's Eco Committee has spent the academic year building upon this achievement in accordance with our Eco Code: ‘recycle, reduce, re-wild’. It was great to see numerous new pupils join the core group of founding members this year, and this brought fresh ideas and perspectives on how to make positive environmental change at our school.

The Eco Committee led a school-wide ‘Sustainability Week’ with the aim of raising awareness and encouraging action around the important issue of sustainability. Over the course of the week, the committee led an assembly and created videos to spark discussions in tutor groups on how we can reduce our impact on resources as a school through behavioural change, and help to maintain an ecological balance at King's, both now and into the future. 

To incite the necessary  change in behaviour and lifestyle to achieve a more sustainable school community, the committee also put on a number of events throughout the week, the most popular of which was the ‘Clothes Swap Shop’. To combat fast fashion, pupils were invited to donate unwanted clothes and swap these with other pupils as a way of freshening up their wardrobes without the need to buy something new.

The Eco Committee has also made contributions to wider projects and initiatives. Members have been conducting regular litter-picks around Bruton, the most recent of which was part of a cohesive push by Bruton Town Council to improve the environmental quality of the town. In addition, three member of the committee submitted letters to the ‘Write the Wrong’ project conducted by Hauser & Wirth to urge for action on a variety of environmental issues. These letters were part of an environmentally themed exhibition at the gallery. The Eco Committee also produced a blog post which was published in the HMC magazine, highlighting the positive work that was being carried at King's in the hope of inspiring other schools to follow in our footsteps.

Finally, work has continued into re-wilding the School site. The area designated to wildlife by the river Brue last year has matured further, with an abundance of wildflowers attracting key pollinators to the area. More emphasis will be placed on this over the next year, with plans also afoot for the Eco Committee to construct and manage its own vegetable patch.

A huge thank you to all of those that have contributed to the Eco Committee.

If you’d like to keep up with our projects, you can find us on Twitter at @KSB_Eco.