Positive Action results in Ashden Award for 2041 IAE Alumni
Richard Dunne, an IAE 4 and 5 team member and head teacher of the Ashley C of E Primary School, received an Ashden Award in the Schools category on 11 June 2009 for his ongoing work towards reducing his school’s carbon footprint. Richard returned from his 2041 Antarctic Expedition in 2007 inspired by Robert Swan’s message and determined to make a difference. Since then, the whole school community has worked together to bring the climate change motive into everything they do. Targets are set to cut energy consumption in the school and home and energy learning is integrated into every subject, including art and math. The school has a biomass boiler, solar heating and PV array and energy efficient lighting is used throughout.
The Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy were founded in 2001 to encourage the greater use of local sustainable energy to address climate change and alleviate poverty. Supported by WWF, the Ashley School, as the Schools Award winner,will receive 15,000 in prize money. View their case study here, and other media from their presentation here.
A huge congratulations to Richard from the 2041 team for embodying Robert Swan’s message of taking small, achievable steps to make a difference in creating a more sustainable future, and for using education as an effective platform for change.
