Schools all over the country took part in our Appetite for Action competition to reduce their carbon footprint for the chance to win £3,000 and a visit from Sky Real Lives to their school for the day. All schools taking part in the challenge received a United Nations Environment Programme certificate.

The winners

The Greener Grub Gang from Topsham primary school won the regional prize for England and have been selected as the Appetite for Action Winning School for 2010.

Reduce Rubbish

The schools that completed the Reduce Rubbish Challenge reduced their schools waste by over 60%.

Our top Reduce Rubbish School, The Incredible MeadEco Warriors, from Meadowside Community Primary School in North Yorkshire, has reduced their schools waste by 80%, diverting over 3.4 tonnes of waste from landfill a year and saving 10 tonnes of CO2 as a result!

Get Growing

Over 70% of the schools participating in Get Growing increased the number of reused or recycled items in their school garden, over 40% increase the number of compost bins as well as the number of classes participating in growing activities and 30% found a way to increase their growing space.

Greener Grub

All schools that completed the Greener Grub Challenge increased the amount of food they sourced locally.

Our top Greener Grub School and overall winner for 2010, Topsham School in Devon, has begun using organic food and growing food onsite for use in the school kitchen.

And the runners up

The Green, Mean, Eco Machine from Ettrick Primary School near Selkirk won the regional prize for Scotland.

The Crazy Carrots from Ballycraigy Primary School in County Antrim won the regional prize for Northern Ireland.

In addition, highly commended prizes were won by:

Green Fingers from Holy Trinity Rosehill Primary School in Stockton-on-Tees and by the Incredible Mead Eco-Warriors from Meadowside Community Primary School in Knaresborough. 

Hear more about Topsham Schools win on BBC Devon radio.

What is Appetite for Action?

Appetite for Action takes Global Action Plan’s highly successful Action at School programme and delivers it online. Schools can choose to take part in a challenge around food, waste or growing involving a step-by-step process designed to reduce their CO2 impact and increase sustainable practices.

Appetite for Action links to respective National Curriculum’s and nationally recognised structures such as the DCSF Sustainable Schools Framework. By completing a challenge schools are eligible to apply for EcoSchools Awards (Green Schools in Republic of Ireland).

What's next for schools?

We are proud to be launching a new school's initiative this autumn in partnership with Sky and WWF, the Sky Rainforest Rescue Schools challenge.

Learn more about the Sky Rainforest Rescue Schools challenge.

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