Katie Leveridge, 14
Everyone tries to help so it's not just one person struggling on their own. We've got a school travel plan to encourage people to get here in different ways. The most unusual was a teacher who came in on a horse! We introduced a Biker's Breakfast as well, for students who cycle in. Staff mostly car-share. We're going to be putting up solar panels and a screen to tell you how many volts they're generating. We also do assemblies for the Year 7s when they arrive, to explain what the school's principles are. It's about getting into a habit.
Chase Howe, 14
Saving energy instead of wasting it by leaving lights on, for instance, saves a lot of money for the school to spend on other things. Students who have done a lot to help with keeping our school green get rewarded, which is nice. You might get picked for a day out and have fun doing something different to standard lessons. Recently a few of us who do a lot of work on recycling were chosen to go on a bike trip along the Tarka Trail in North Devon and at the end of the ride the teachers had set up six different sessions to help you to be greener. I did a bicycle repair class and another on different modes of transport.
Matt Cox, 15
We recycle loads of stuff in school — paper, tin, cardboard and plastic — and there are recycling bags in every classroom. We remind people about saving energy — like switching off the teachers' computers in classrooms at the end of a lesson. If they forget, we say to do it — and they do!"
