Environmental sustainability club (E.S.C)

We first heard about the competition quite a while after it had already started,

but we were enthusiastic about it as it would hopefully help with the environmental sustainability.

First, we sent out a form to our peers and it was going to be a chill out club and

then we realised it was not really to do with environmental sustainability, so we

got rid of it, but our thought proses of the chill out club was about sustaining

our mental health.

We started off with a plan which was to start a club for the school, the club would

inform others about environmental sustainability.

We moved our idea online due to COVID-19, which worked better as we could

share videos easier and could include our community eaisly.

We joined together with schools eco club team to gather ideas. We joined calls with our deputy head and the head

of Eco club.

We made our first video which was about what our club was going to be about. This

video was in the whole school assembly so it could spread the word of

what we were doing.

We contacted teachers who could help us get a better understanding of what our

school do to help with this cause.

We made a team called E.S.C (Enviormental Sustainability Club) in

Microsoft Teams and put our first video in there and a short paragraph explaining

what our club was.

We added the school community to the team so they can watch our video. After the video we decided that we wanted to post out a form to the school to ask if the video was informative and if they would watch the next video. We couldn't put too many questions as it was only an

introduction.

We started answering the school's questions about the club. We

started creating informative but fun videos about some of the key factors of

how we can help the environmental sustainability.

After each video we would post a form out asking questions about if they found it interesting, what did they take away, any

suggestions and if they would watch the next video.

We have now posted nine 2-3 minute videos and 9 forms, we think that even after the competition we are going to

carry on with what we are doing to help the sustainability of the environment.

Video 1- "There are many ways to

reduce food waste: buy

frozen food, freeze food in

batches/portions, or give it

to an animal if it is out of

date“

“That there are so many

different ways to cut down

on food waste "

“That the freezer is great

place to keep food for

longer when it is going out

of date“

“That it is really important

not to waste food as it has

a massive impact”

We had gotten so many great responses about what they took away from the video. These responses showed us how we could improve in our videos and to show us if we need to add more information. We found that from our responses, we had made the videos fun and informative and creative for doing it at home. We did all the editing and videos on our own as we are all at home because of our lovely friend COVID-19.

Video 2-

“This is a great idea! I will

definitely start to grow

some of my own fruit and

veg at home.”

“I now know a general

knowledge of how I can

help with environmental

sustainability.”

“I did not know until now

how many things you can

grow in all of the different

seasons, I will defiantly be

trying this out.”

In this video we highlighted what we do at school in order to grown

our own food, we also share tips on getting started with growing out

own food and what things you can grow in different seasons! Overall,

the purpose of this video is to encourage people to grown food, even

if it just cress on their windowsill as that will still make a massive

impact.

Design and feel-

What we learnt & what’s the next step-

Impact and outcomes

• We found it very useful to have feedback from each video individually, however we wanted a final outcome. We made a final form for our fellow pupils (and some teachers) to fill out, these were some of our of responses…From our deputy head-

mistress – “Inspiration!”

“They were very useful and informative, I learned a lot from them and think they are a great idea to make people more aware, I also liked how they

were short but gave you a lot of easy to understand information and weren't boring.”

“A greater understanding and appreciation of our

planet and what we can do to save it.”

•By Imogen Hobbs and Faith Horton

•Year 8

•Malvern St James