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 | School Rainwater Harvesting Fulmer Infant School in Buckinghamshire decided to install a British Eco rainwater harvesting system to recycle rainwater to flush the toilets. | Fulmer, South East 14 April 2009 |
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 | School Travel Health Check Using School Census data to support schools, officers and members in setting realistic targets for reducing car use. | Being taken up by LA's around country (23 to date)., England 13 February 2009 |
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 | Junior Energy Agents A new scheme to encourage children to be superheroes by reducing our energy consumption. | Paderborn, Germany, Wales 11 November 2008 |
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 | Carbon management in Kirklees schools An innovative scheme introduced by Kirklees Council is enabling it to invest in energy and water efficiency measures in its estate and to attract external funding for energy projects. The scheme is known as the Energy and Water Conservation Fund. | Kirklees, North East 28 July 2008 |
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 | Wood heat in Nottinghamshire schools To date 30 boilers have been installed at 25 schools, at a cost of almost £1.4m. These, and a further 18 installations planned over the next year, will reduce CO2 emissions by a total of 4,343 tonnes per year, which is almost 10 per cent of schools’ emissions in the county. | Nottingham, North East 28 July 2008 |
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 | Learning for sustainability in Worcestershire schools Worcestershire County Council (WCC) sees educating the next generation about sustainable development as a crucial role for schools, and has run an internationally respected Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) service for many years. | , North East 28 July 2008 |
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 | Energy Busters and Energy Futures, programmes for change in Norfolk Schools Over the last three years the Environmental and Outdoor Learning Team at Norfolk County Council, in partnership with the National Trust, have been running a scheme to raise awareness about energy and climate change in both primary (Energy Busters) and secondary schools (Energy Futures). | Norfolk, North East 2 July 2008 |
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 | Glebe School - 'Real Activities' Glebe developed an area of its school grounds as a wildlife pond, outdoor classroom and walking trail. Its focus on ‘real activities’ in a practical setting was extremely successful at improving the motivation and performance of pupils. | West Wickham, South East 4 January 2007 |
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 | Salmon Homecoming Connecting pupils in urban schools to their local river – now cleaner than it has been for 200 years. | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales 15 December 2006 |
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 | Old Moor Wetland A wetland nature reserve that can ‘store’ floodwater, where local people relax, discover nature and walk in a safe setting. | Barnsley, Rotherham, North East 6 December 2006 |
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