Young People's Trust for the Environment (YPTE) is a British charity founded in 1982, to encourage young people's understanding of the environment. The charity's main goal is to give young people a real awareness of environmental issues such as

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, endangered flora and fauna, and sustainable development.

Activity

YPTE offers free learning resources via their website to assist teachers in educating young people about the environment and sustainability. YPTE provide free school talks to schools on environmental issues. The trust has given various Parliamentary Receptions at the

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in London, providing the opportunity for

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to meet young people involved in the trust's work. In 2011 the trust launched the ‘Roots to Green Living’ campaign. The scheme provided eight schools in the Bristol/Bath and NE Somerset area with regular support from a YPTE Education Officer, who worked with them over the course of three years to develop environmental education opportunities within the school grounds and help to embed environmental learning into the schools’ curricula.

Awards

The YPTE run various awards for schools to enter and compete for prizes.

The Total Green School Awards

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. It involves over 45,000 children and offers the chance for primary schools to win £5,000. The awards are given to schools that have a created an outstanding educational piece of work about the environment. In 2011,

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won the 'Community Initiative of the Year' award at the Utility Industry Achievement Awards, held at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, for their involvement in the Total Green School Award. The National Award Ceremony for 2013 was held at the Science Museum in London on 20 June 2013. Normanton on Soar Primary School were named UK champions and were presented with their prize by The Right Honourable

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QC MP and BBC celebrity Darregh Mortell.

Winners by year

The Total Green School Awards have been running since 2007. As well as the overall champions (listed below) each year recognises a regional champion from one of the four UK regions and the four winning schools in each region.

Have Your Say on Sustainability

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to air their views in front of an audience of MEPs. they also receive vouchers worth £250 for their school to spend on technological equipment. The overall winner wins a three-day stay for four at Disneyland Paris.

BT Young Naturalist of the Year Awards

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Funding

YPTE is largely dependent on funding from corporates and grant-making trusts. Past and present sponsors include: *

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* The Millennium Commission *

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Notable trustees, patrons, and supporters

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* Dan Byles MP *

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* Jessica Morden MP *

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References

External links

YPTE's
Official website
Total Green School Awards
Official website
Have Your Say on Sustainability
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