{"id":787,"date":"2021-07-15T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T12:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-485533-2256537.cloudwaysapps.com\/?page_id=787"},"modified":"2022-11-12T00:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T00:29:12","slug":"schools-programme","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greenbuying.co.uk\/schools-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section has-parallax\" id=\"section_849868865\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  \" data-parallax-container=\".section\" data-parallax-background data-parallax=\"-3\">\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_849868865 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 200px;\n}\n#section_849868865 .section-bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/about-us.jpg);\n}\n#section_849868865 .section-bg {\n  background-position: 55% 56%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_849868865 {\n    min-height: 350px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #section_849868865 {\n    min-height: 250px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_180265007\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"section-bg-overlay absolute fill\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-center\"  id=\"row-666460652\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1050392260\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center dark\" style=\"background-color:#6ebd44;\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2>Schools Programme<\/h2>\n<p>GreenBuying.co.uk is not just about showcasing the best of British companies who produce eco friendly products. Its other key objective is to educate school children about sustainability and how their behaviour can make a difference to the planet. They are the next generation of consumers so we see it as vital that we educate them to be pro-environmental and challenge the companies who will sell to them as adults.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1050392260 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 7% 10% 5% 10%;\n  margin: -100px 0px 30px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-281122662\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1551470201\" class=\"col medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2526151\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>To achieve this objective, we volunteer time periodically working with schools, either on-site delivering presentations or off-site at conferences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/jqM6CRUo3zo\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to watch a short video clip of GreenBuying Founder, Matt Roper, talking about why GreenBuying.co.uk was set up and the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/greenbuying.co.uk\/sustainable-procurement\/\">sustainable procurement<\/a>. It was filmed at the National Sustainable Schools Conference. Apologies for the poor sound quality of the clip.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of our interaction within the education sector in support of sustainability:<\/p>\n<h4>National Sustainable Schools Conference (University of Bristol)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Matt%20Roper%20speaking%20at%20National%20Sustainable%20Schools%20Conference%202015V2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Hattieuinworkshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>&#8220;Your Green Futures&#8221; (University of Gloucestershire)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mattclassroom-scaledimage.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HattieMattkids-scaledimage.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/HattieandMatt-scaledimage.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>Recycling Presentation (Droitwich Spa High School)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DroitwichSchoolMattPresenting1.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MattandteacheratDWSSchoolV1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>Re-use, Reduce, Recycle Presentation (Dormer House School)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Children%20in%20presentation.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Matt%20giving%20presentation.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/children%20with%20table1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>Inventing an Eco Product Workshop (Springbank Primary)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Springbank%200516%2001A.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Springbank%200516%2003A.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>Sustainability and Recycling Assembly (Bridgewater Primary)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Bridgewater_v3.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>Sustainable Travel project with ThinkTravel (Dunalley Primary)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/ThinkTravel%20image%20v4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>&#8220;Your Green Futures&#8221; (Kings Centre, Oxford)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Oxford%202017_v2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"invisiblesep\"><\/div>\n<h4>Business Presentation (Sir Thomas Rich&#8217;s School)<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenbuying.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/STR%20photo%20260617_v2.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1440850783\" class=\"col medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_180265007 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n#section_180265007 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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