Environmental Reviews & Action Plans
As an introduction to eco-projects, each school is asked to complete its own environmental review, share this with their link school and create an action plan along the lines of the Eco schools framework. Through the eco-committee, all minutes of meetings should be shared and joint approaches to handle some of the environmental issues will be agreed.
The environmental review and action plan enables schools to share information relating to eco-topics in a simple format. An environmental review allows schools to see what their partner school is like.
This is a shorter version of the full Eco-schools environmental review, (leaving out issues that clearly do not affect both schools).
The environmental review is not a tick box exercise! It is meant to unearth differences between life and culture in the different countries. Please use the comments box to explore issues.
For instance, in the section "Healthy Living" it asks "does the school include education on healthy eating and basic food/personal hygiene practices in the curriculum?". Both schools may legitimately answer this question “yes”, but the exploration should include what does “yes” mean.
UK and Malawi will have totally different criteria. So use the comments to ask some penetrating questions. It is through this exploration that understanding will take place at a deeper level.
Once the environmental review has been completed, each school will share their action plan, which will reflect the local context of each school. Joint solutions to global issues can be discovered.
““A successful schools linking programme is based on shared communication, which proves difficult if the school in Malawi has no electricity and therefore no IT facility.
Starfish Malawi however have a dedicated team based in both countries to support you with this.””
Downloads:
Starfish Environmental Review
Starfish Action Plan
Environmental Review Leaders
The following schools are doing some tremendous work in this area and are also really leading the way regarding this essential eco-project.
Over the coming weeks and months it is our sincere wish that more and more schools are added to this list from the UK and Malawi so we can really start to develop some best practice ways of teaching and learning through sharing ideas.
Thank you all for the wonderful work you've done so far in making new steps towards improving our schools' environments in both countries.
Please send us all your images, reports, case studies, photos and other Starfishers good works so we can put them on the website.
Thank you.
UK Schools
Borough Green Primary School: Environmental Review
Brunswick House Primary School: Environmental Review
Danson Primary School:Environmental Review
Etchingham Primary School:Environmental Review
Holy Trinity CE Primary School:Case Study
Horsted Infants:Environmental Review
Ightham Primary School: Environmental Review / Action Plan
Old Bexley CE Primary School:Environmental Review
Sissinghurst (VA) CE Primary School:Environmental Review 1 / Environmental Review 2 / Action Plan
Storrington First School (Primary School):Environmental Review
St Margarets Junior CE Primary School:Environmental Review / Case Study
Malawi Schools
Chikowa Primary School:Action Plan - April 2013 / March 2014
Chigombe Primary School:Action Plan - Jan 2013 / March 2014
Chikomambuzi Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013
Chikombola Primary school:Environmental Review - Feb 2014
Chikwana Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013
Chilanga Primary School:Environmental Review - Feb 2014
Chiluwa 2 Primary School:Environmental Review - Sept 2013
Chimeweta Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Chipoka 1 Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Chitala Primary School: Action plan - 2013 / Environmental review - March 2014
Chitiwiri Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Kajendere Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2013
Kalonga Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Kambwiri Primary School:Action Plan - 2013 / Environmental Review -March 2014
Kanthona Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013
Kaphatenga Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Kaphirintiwa Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Kapira Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Kaputu Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Kathenga Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013 / Feb 2014
Katitima Primary School: Case Study 2011- 2012 / Action Plan - Feb 2013 / Environmental Review and Action Plan 2014
Kaufipa Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013 / Environmental Review 2014
Kauyemba Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013
Maganga Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Makanda Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2013 / Feb 2014
Matenje Primary School:Action Plan - 2013 / Environmental Review - March 2014
Malowa Secondary School:Environmental Review - May 2013
Mchoka Primary School: Environmental Review - Nov 2012 /Environmental Review 2013 / Action Plan - 2013 / March 2014 / Case Study 2014
Mkanakhoti Primary School:Environmental Review - Sept 2012
Mikute Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Mkanakhoti Primary School:Environmental Review - Feb 2014
Msalura Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Msezaumodzi Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013
Mtiya Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Napache Primary School:Environmental Review - Oct 2012
Naluva Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Ngodzi Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Ngolowindo Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Salima Secondary School:Environmental Review - Nov 2012 / March 2014
Simaewa Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Sopani Secondary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013 / March 2014
Thasa Primary School:Environmental Review - Jan 2013 / March 2014
Thavite Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Thawale Primary School:Environmental Review - March 2014
Thugulu Primary School:Action Plan - March 2013 / Feb 2014
VazalaPrimary School:Environmental Review - March 2013