Tesco encourages local schools to go green

Following last year’s overwhelming response, which saw over 900 individual entries from local schools, the competition will again encourage pupils from primary and post primary schools from Newtownabbey and throughout Northern Ireland to take responsibility for the environment and in turn raise awareness of green initiatives which schools can undertake to be more environmentally friendly.

Pupils are being invited to enter the competition by explaining in no more that 100 words (primary) and 250 words (post primary) why their school is deserving of the coveted title of ‘Tesco Green Primary School’ or ‘Post Primary School of the Year 2010’.

All entries will be judged by a panel at Action Renewables and must be received by April 23. The two winning schools will receive an increased prize fund of 10,000 Tesco school vouchers to spend on essential school equipment, plus there are many more prizes, including 2,000 Tesco school vouchers for the six runners up.

“With such a fantastic response last year, we are really excited to be launching this competition again. Going green has many benefits for schools including cutting costs, creating better lighting, temperature control, improved ventilation, and in-door air quality which together contribute to improved health, reducing absenteeism and of course helping to improve learning and exam results,” said Nicola Chang, Action Renewables.

Competition entry forms and more information are available online at www.actionrenewables.org