Today’s generation of adults have done lots of good things, but not a very good job of looking after the environment. Climate change is now the biggest threat to life on this planet.
So it’s great to see a generation of today’s school kids getting stuck into recycling, composting, and planting as part of the EnviroSchool programme.
Late last year, a decade after first embarking on the EnviroSchool programme and progressing through bronze and silver stages, Eastern Hutt School achieved ‘Green Gold’ status. Schools in Lower Hutt were early adopters of the EnviroSchool ethos and a number have reach the Gold standard, but Eastern Hutt is the school with the largest role to achieve this milestone.
Each class has 
its own garden and there are lots of other plantings around the school to commemorate various events, to provide nectar for bees and butterflies, and so that pupils can explore the cultural uses of plants.
Plenty of youngsters also use walking buses to get to and from school, and there are solar panels on classroom roofs that generate some of the electricity the schools uses.
Congratulations to all involved – and especially the school’s EnviroSchool pupil leadership team.
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