National Clean Air Day

Just before half term, we had a special visitor come to Green Council to let us know about an initiative that Southampton City Council are promoting on Thursday 15th June.

Zaki Mahfoud, Energy Advisor at the Environment Centre (tEC) discussed with Green Council the problems of pollution. His tips were:

* Walk away from the edge of the pavement and cars, that will reduce pollution
* Use roads with less traffic on them
* Take the bus
* Avoid busy roads when you’re outside and playing
* Keep windows closed when there’s traffic

We agreed to tell other children about this in an assembly, which we did yesterday. We also agreed to let people know on this blog.


Zaki is also part of a local community group to try and help be part of the solution.  The website for the group is http://www.shirleywarren.org.uk/ He says that there will be a litter pick in Shirley Warren this Saturday (10th June) 1-3 p.m., starting at the Greenway on Warren Avenue (the Winchester Road end). All materials will be provided. There will be some cake and nibbles in the Ice House pub on Warren Avenue afterwards.

Thank you Zaki for coming into our school and we hope we can all play our part in National Clean Air Day.