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Motion · S6M-01449 · 29 Sep 2021

Congratulations to Stow Primary Pupils on their Continued Commitment to Tackling Climate Change

Lodged by Craig Hoy (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Standard Motion 26 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates the pupils and staff of Stow Primary on their continued commitment to tackling climate change by recycling and improving sustainability within their own school, the wider Borders community, and nationally; is impressed to hear that they have been named Schools Champion at this year’s Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Awards and that they were also crowned Scottish champions, for the third year in a row, in the Better Energy School Awards for Excellence in Environmental Education, alongside being an accredited Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free School, and that they are working with fellow Stow residents to become a Plastic Free Community; understands that it is three years since the school made national news when they became one of The Hunter Foundation’s original #100_Disrupters, and that in 2019 they went on to achieve social media success when they launched their Millions of Reasons to Recycle video, focussing on the key statistic that 70% of waste in general kerbside bins could have been recycled; further understands that their other achievements include running pupil-led enterprises that sell bamboo toothbrushes, sustainable Disrupter Christmas crackers, and Disrupter reusable face masks, arranging litter picks, and creating a recycling centre that is well utilised as a community facility where items that might otherwise go to landfill are recycled; notes that, as part of the school’s Learning for Sustainability approach, they have developed a food-growing project with funding received from the Community Climate Asset Fund (Keep Scotland Beautiful), while a grant from Learning Through Landscapes is supporting their delivery of outdoor learning, and that they have also worked with the Borders Forest Trust and a local farmer to create a school and community woodland with every pupil planting a tree during National Tree Planting week; thanks Stow Primary School for what it has done so far, and wishes the pupils and staff well in their continued commitment to tackling climate change.

Supporters (26)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.