Some UK cities held events to support World Environment Day on Thursday 5th June. Other towns and cities are also looking at how they can be more sustainable and combat climate change. Click on the cities to find out more.
Birmingham – Cambridge – Leicester – London – Sheffield
You can find books on recycling, waste, climate change and much more in the library.
For recycling, look for books with a Dewey number of 338. You can find the Dewey number on the spine of each book.
If you want some information on climate change and global warming look for books with a Dewey number of 551.52.
Books on energy and energy conservation will have a Dewey number of 333.79.
Here are some websites that may help you too.
Greener living from Tesco includes information about what Tesco is doing to reduce carbon emissions and ideas for what you can do at home, in the garden and in workplaces.
Info Zone from Recyclezone includes a glossary and ideas for how you can recycle at home and school.
Recycling guide – includes why we should recycle, how we can recycle at home and facts and figures that will be useful for Task 2.
Recycle now – includes what we can recycle and how different materials are recycled.
Recycling – this webpage from Wikipedia explains the history of recycling, the cost of recycling and legislation about recycling.
Meadowside School in Gloucestershire has been specially designed to be sustainable. They also recycle a wide variety of materials. Click this link to find out more recycling-list-2 .
Rotherham Council has lots of information on its website about recycling different materials including textiles, paper, metal cans and glass.
You can find lots of books to help you with this task in the library. All books will have a Dewey number on their spine.
For books on sustainability and sustainable housing look for books with a Dewey number of 330.9.
For books on different forms of energy, look for books with a Dewey number of 333.79.
For books about climate change and global warming, look for books with a Dewey number of 551.52.
Here are some websites that will help you too.
Sustainable living
Climate change – This special report from CBBC Newround has guides, press packs, quizzes, animations and much more about climate change, global warming, recycling, ecohomes, and much more. There’s also links to the latest news too. This is a good website to start your research.
Sustainable living – this short article from Wikipedia explains what is meant by sustainable living as well as carbon footprints. There are links to other useful websites at the bottom of the page.
Sustainable living – this webpage form Sustainable stuff has links to articles about shopping, lifestyle, education and pressure groups. There are also links on the left side of the page for more information about climate change, recycling, travel and many other topics.
Saving energy
Climate top tips: 50 ideas for how to reduce your own greenhouse gas emissions – this document from Friends of the Earth has ideas for how to save energy in the home, on travel, on food and drink and at work.
Energy Saving Trust
Sustainable housing
Looking for ideas for your sustainable house? This links webpage from Sustainable Homes is full of links to websites with lots of ideas.
Have you ever watched Grand Designs on Channel 4? They have an excellent website with lots of information on building Eco Homes.
The World Wildlife Fund has a campaign to build One Million Sustainable Homes. Their website is full of facts, recent news and campaigns,
RCS Library Blog 