Going green

Campaigner Alex Green is aiming for zero.

Alex Green is the programme director for Let’s Go Zero, a new campaign to make schools more environmentally friendly. The plan is to help schools aim for a zero-carbon target. Zero carbon is about stopping emissions of carbon dioxide, a gas that causes global warming if there is too much of it in the atmosphere. Green’s job is to run the campaign. “I speak to schools, and I talk to the key people in Government to help change the way they help schools,” she tells The Week Junior. The campaign has criticised the Government’s Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy for schools. Climate change is when there are long-term changes in the world’s weather patterns, including rising temperatures. Green says the Government needs to put money into schools to help them…

You're reading a preview of

The Week Junior (Digital) - 1 Issue, 335

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.