Eco Committee
Welcome from the Eco Committee!
Here at Westbury on Trym C of E Academy we have an amazing Eco Committee. We are keen to influence decisions within our school and are proud of the long-term initiatives we have put in place so far. These include our very own Solar Polar Panda competition to reduce energy waste; textile, battery and pen recycling schemes; litter picking; orchard and wildflower planting; and so much more! We are passionate about the environment and are proactive in identifying areas of our school where we can make a positive impact.
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Wider Social Action Projects
We are extremely proud of our involvement with a number of wider social action projects over the years. These include: Protect the Planet Challenge (Bristol Rovers FC and the Premier League); Bristol Waste Challenge; BBC Bioblitz; Wicked Weather Watch; and Bristol Green Capital 2015 (by helping to deliver content for the Sustainable Learning website and assisting Aardman Animations with the creation of their on-line game Sustainable Shaun). We were also privileged to host the Secretary of State for Education, the UK Prime Minister and the UK Chief Executive for the World Wildlife Fund during our mini COP26 summit in October 2022 (https://www.westburyontrym.academy/climate/)
Let's Go Zero!
We’ve taken the Let’s Go Zero pledge, declaring our aim to become zero carbon by 2030. The Eco Committee took part in our initial audit and they have been working hard to generate and implement new ideas to lower our carbon footprint and improve biodiversity. Click on the link to find out more (https://www.westburyontrym.academy/Sustainability-at-Westbury/)
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Bristol Waste's Inter-Schools Waste Nothing Challenge.
We are proud to announce that we received an outstanding achievement award from Bristol Waste in recognition for the excellent work that everyone in our whole school put in to the Waste Nothing Challenge.
Representatives from our Eco Committee met with Jak Boydon from Bristol Waste in our sensory garden. She presented us with some brand new litter picking equipment as a thank you for all the hard work that everyone at Westbury on Trym CE Academy put into reducing the amount of waste we produce. Well done to everyone in our school community who took part in the the challenge. 
Our Westbury Eco Code.
World Bee Day
Miss Davies our Year 1 teacher, has a shared beehive and took this video to help to show us all about how she carries out a weekly hive check with her fellow bee keeper. For more information please visit the World Bee Day website.
Bristol Green Capital: Our very own Eco Committee and their starring roles in a film all about Poo Power! https://sustainablehive.com/resources/poo-power/
Green energy for our school!
We are very proud to share that we now subscribe to green energy in school. All of our electricity is generated by sustainable sources and we're working towards becoming carbon neutral as early as we can.