| Gerard
Le Claire Environmental Trust
www.gerardleclairetrust.org
The Gerard Le Claire Environmental Trust was founded in October
2001, following the untimely death of the Jersey Environmental Director
in January 2001. The aim of the Trust is to enable people to advance
a range of policies and practices that sustain the environmental
riches of the Island of Jersey and our planet for the benefit of
this and future generations.
Deutsche Bank has supported the trust through sponsorship of their
annual "Green Day" and the Channel Islands school environmental
project, "Funky Junk".
Green Day
Launched in 2002, Green Day was devised by The Gerard Le Claire
Environmental Trust as a way to raise funds for local environmental
projects and is supported by Deutsche Bank and Jersey Telecom.
Each year, Jersey companies and schools encourage their employees
and pupils to 'GO GREEN' for a day. This can be done in a number
of ways, including running a dress down day, cycling or walking
to work or school and asking people to wear an item of green clothing
in return for making a donation to the Gerard Le Claire Environmental
Trust.
For more information on Green Day 2005, which will be held on Friday
30th September, please visit our news
pages.
Previous projects undertaken by the Trust include planting trees
at a number of locations, installing bat boxes across the island
for a rare species of bat, running innovative environmental awareness-raising
projects in schools and making a film of the internationally recognised
conservation area of the south-east coast, to name but a few.
Funky Junk - A Channel Islands Schools
Environmental Project
www.awonderfulworld.org.uk
A joint initiative promoted by the Gerard le Claire Environmental
Trust and supported by Deutsche Bank. The project, which ran throughout
18 primary schools in Jersey, Alderney, Sark and Herm during the
2002 summer term and in 10 Guernsey primary schools during the Autumn
term, reached nearly 1500 Key Stage 2 pupils.
The pupils produced a 3-dimensional sculpture from waste materials
and objects utilising craft skills for building and joining whilst
trying to minimise the use of glues, tape and staples.
The sculptures were formed as a result of classroom brainstorming
sessions on environmental issues affecting Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney,
Sark and Herm stemming from the 2001 United Nations Sustainable
Development meeting and from the Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, 1992.
The issues included traffic, air travel, population, waste, rivers
and seas, energy, buildings, pollution, countryside, farming and
industry, all of which fit in with the National Curriculum topics.
For more information visit:
www.awonderfulworld.org.uk
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