1. Sustainable Schools Ambassadors
Welcome to the Ambassador Training Day 2010

2. What is a Sustainable School?
A sustainable school is a school built on the principles of sustainable development which encourages:
Care for oneself – our health and well being
Care for each other – across cultures and generations
Care for the environment – near and far

3. Your role as a Sustainable Schools Ambassador
Every Ambassador will be asked to do at least one activity per term that helps to make their school more sustainable. Remember a sustainable school is one that promotes:
Care for oneself – our health and well being
Care for each other – across cultures and generations
Care for the environment – near and far

4. Inclusion and Participation
Sustainable Schools Doorways
Food and Drink
Energy and Water
Travel and Traffic
Purchasing and Waste
Global Dimension
Local well-being
Inclusion and Participation
Buildings and Grounds
Ways in which schools can try and promote sustainability
Curriculum (what we learn)
Campus (our school buildings and grounds)
Community (where we live)

5. What does a sustainable school look like?
Write down in your booklet some of the ideas that you put onto your picture in the last session.

6. Inclusion and Participation
Sustainable Schools Doorways
Food and Drink
Energy and Water
Travel and Traffic
Purchasing and Waste
Global Dimension
Local well-being
Inclusion and Participation
Buildings and Grounds
Can we get an example for each of these ‘doorways’?

7. What activities could an Ambassador do?
Sustainable Schools Ambassadors

17. Break activity
Add your school to the scarf we are going to send to David Cameron to show our support for the One Goal campaign. Include a message to him about education for all children and include your school name. There will be paper and pens available.

18. Workshops
Make sure you have your booklet with you and that you record any ideas on the workshop pages of your booklet.

19. Welcome back

20. What have you learnt today?

21. What do you want to achieve as a Sustainable Schools Ambassador?
Towards the back of your booklet there is a blank page with this question at the top.
Summarise what you want to achieve through:
an explanation
a list
a mind-map
You don’t need to write a lot of things – remember you are expected to do one activity per term that is aimed at making your school more sustainable.

22. What next?
Meet with the member of staff from your school who is going to support you and discuss your ideas for what you’d like to achieve while you are an Ambassador.
Log on to the Wiki and introduce yourself. Have a look through the information that is on the Wiki that might help you.
Start planning your first term’s activities. You could do this individually or with the other Ambassador from your school. Make sure you speak to the member of staff who is supporting you to discuss your ideas and get their advice to help with your planning.
Over the summer holidays keep an eye open for newspaper or magazine articles and TV programmes that are linked to sustainability. You might be able to use some of this material to help you inform others in your school.

23. Tips from last year’s ambassadors

24. Thank you everyone and good luck!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does”
(Margaret Mead)

25. Arrangements for getting picked up
Everyone who is going home with their teacher
Pupils who have got teachers with them – please go to reception with your teacher to meet your parents. Teachers please wait until parents arrive.
Anyone who hasn’t got a teacher here with them.