Environment News

Published: Fri 6 Mar 2020

For the 3rd year in a row, the Eco-Committee is running a clothing collection for Rock Trust, a charitable organisation that works with young people aged 16 to 25 who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Rock Trust provides useful services like one-to-one support, group programmes, employability training, and volunteering/work experience opportunities. To help young people, Rock Trust also provides supplies like clothing.

We're collecting donations of clean clothes in good condition (ages 16-25/sizes 8-20) from March 9 to 20 - that's two whole weeks! And this comes at a great time because you might be doing some spring cleaning at home and realize that in the depths of your closet, you have a lot of clothes you rarely wear! Rather than send those clothes to landfill, let's put them toward a good cause! Clothing donations can be brought to Miss Laudi's room. We look forward to seeing the Knox community come together for another good cause!

Published: Fri 6 Mar 2020

The Eco-Committee's theme for Eco-Week this year is Food & Climate Change. Specifically, we want everyone to understand how our eating habits have an impact on the environment and climate change. Meat consumption and livestock agriculture are significant causes of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions. As such, adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet - even a few days a week - can make a difference. The Eco-Committee will be sharing vegan recipes each day this week and our first one is fantastic: vegan chocolate chip cookies! We promise they're delicious and easy to make! Here's the link:

The Most Wonderful Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever

 

Published: Mon 18 Mar 2019

The clothing collection for Rock Trust will continue throughout this week until Friday 22 March. We're looking for clean clothes for ages 16-25. Please bring all donations to Miss Laudi's room. The deadline for buying a bamboo toothbrush for £2 is also this Friday. If you would like one, please place your order with Miss Laudi!

Published: Tue 12 Mar 2019

Thanks to the enthusiasm of Knox students and staff, the Eco-Committee completely sold out of our first batch of bamboo toothbrushes! You're all amazing for making the switch! Due to demand, we're still taking orders for bamboo toothbrushes. If you'd still like to order some (you're welcome to buy more than 1), please bring in your money to Miss Laudi by the end of this week. Based on the number of payments, we'll order a new batch of toothbrushes and deliver them to you once they come in! At only £2 per toothbrush, it's an excellent price! Thanks for your Eco-Week support!

Published: Mon 11 Mar 2019

As a reminder, the eco-shop Lil (website here) will be at Knox Academy on Tuesday 12 March during lunch time in the social area and during S2 parents night from 5pm-7pm in the locker area. Lil will be selling a variety of eco-friendly products which you may be interested in trying out! This a great opportunity to explore your options and to try some eco-friendly items for the first time! They accept cash, card, and applepay. We're looking forward to welcoming Lil in to Knox!

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