Sustainability at Comberton

On 30^th November 2020, the Comberton Village College community officially declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency.

This means that we, the CVC community:

• Acknowledge the scientific indicators (e.g. IPCC reports on warming and UN reports on loss of biodiversity) and consequences of economic growth.
• Accept the urgency of the situation: if we have a real chance of tackling these issues, we must take urgent and immediate action.
• Acknowledge that, as an educational community, we must prioritise efforts to develop students who are empowered and able to become positive sustainable citizens.

At our school our key aim is to:

• Get students informed and empowered to act on the climate/ecological emergency at both local and national levels.

The three areas staff and students voted as key priorities were:

• Integrating climate change topics into the curriculum throughout all departments.
• Striving to make our school campus and activities as ecologically friendly as possible.
• Helping our students put pressure on organisations and the government to address the climate/ecological crisis.

In accordance with the Department of Education’s policy the school has a designated Sustainability Lead and a sustainability committee whose remit is to produce and work on the Climate Action Plan.

The Trust’s sustainability policy can be found here.

CVC’s Climate Action Plan and latest Sustainability report are on the tabs to the left. These include the school’s latest carbon footprint.

This is a link to the school’s Environmental and Sustainability Curriculum.

As part of our effort to engage students on the climate emergency we have created the Comberton Eco Award for year 7’s and 8’s.

This has 3 sections: Head, Heart and Hands. Please refer to the Powerpoint and Application Form on the tabs to the left for more details about the award and how to apply.

Applications should be emailed to com-ecoteam@combertonvc.org

 

The Eco Team

The school’s eco team meet on a Friday lunchtime as well as on Monday after school. They have links with a number of other schools through the Cambridge Sustainable Schools Network. They have written an eco code for the school and are working on a range of projects including composting, increasing the biodiversity on the school site, calculating the school’s carbon footprint and reducing the school’s energy use by using energy sparks.

A blog of the eco team’s activities can be found here - Eco Team Comberton Village College (wordpress.com)