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'Greening' your school

Working towards whole-school sustainability

Resource Futures can support your school in addressing challenges such as energy and carbon reduction, resource efficiency and environmental awareness. We have wide-ranging expertise and experience in the teaching and learning aspects whole-school sustainability, making clear the connections to national education requirements.

We can offer:

  • training for teachers, governors and other school staff
  • class sessions with pupils
  • support for pupil Green Teams
  • energy and waste audits
  • opportunities for teachers to join a local network and share experiences
  • information on funding and specialist advice
  • teaching and learning resources
  • links with local community initiatives

Our approach is to enable pupils to be the driving force behind making their schools more sustainable. The perfect starting point is for the School Council, or a specially formed 'Green Team', to carry out an audit to assess the environmental performance of their school. Through consultation with the rest of the school and the wider community they decide which environmental issues they want to address and how they are going to do it. Measuring and monitoring is an integral part of providing your school with all the evidence it needs to shout about its environmental success!

For more information, or to discuss your school's requirements and our costs, contact the Education Team on 0117 914 3456 or email us.

Project Synopses

Resource Futures helps WRAP understand recent reductions in food waste

Resource Futures has recently helped WRAP to estimate how much household food waste has decreased nationally in recent years, with the recently published “Synthesis of Food Waste Compositional Data 2010” 

Best estimates ever of what’s in our rubbish

Defra has published a study carried out by Resource Futures which provides the best estimates to date of what’s in the ‘national rubbish bin’.

Research into reuse of household items through online portals

In 2011, Resource Futures carried out WRAP funded research into how household items are reused through online portals such as eBay, Freegle and Gumtree.  The research included a detailed survey on internet user habits regarding online exchange and sought to understand the reasons for not using such sites.  

News and Events

Community RePaint: A Helping Hand for Hearts and Minds in 2011

In 2011, householders, traders and paint manufacturers donated 343,957 litres of paint to Community RePaint schemes, which then distributed 217,112 litres to community groups and individuals saving 565 tonnes of CO2 – the equivalent of taking 192 cars off our roads - and providing 766 volunteer and training opportunities. The network now has over 65 schemes across the UK with four new schemes about to start at the beginning of 2012.    

Resource Futures seeks new Non-Executive Chair

Following restructuring during 2011 Resource Futures is now looking to strengthen its Board with a new Non-Executive Chair.  The company is forecasting a three-fold increase in its profit from 2% in the year ended March 2010 to 6% for the year ending March 2012.  The new position will join Chief Executive Officer Jane Stephenson MBE and Operations Director Sam Reeve, bringing independent scrutiny and advice to this successful business at Board level. 

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