Organizations, businesses, and local councils around the United Kingdom are looking for new and innovative ways to do their part for the environment. Pressure has been put on individuals in the UK to get involved after studies revealed that the country was well behind many of its recycling and waste management goals. Hilary Benn recently announced his plan to turn the United Kingdom into a zero waste country by completely eliminating the waste that is going into landfills. Even schools are getting involved by educating children about environmental issues and launching schemes to help the community.
The Home Away From Home Academy in Aberdeen is taking part in a scheme that aims to increase awareness about global warming. Students are using fabric from old T-shirts, furniture, and sleeping bags to contribute to a project called the Climate Quilt Campaign. The school is just one of many around the world participating in the campaign, which aims to boost environmental awareness in individual communities and hopefully the entire world. The quilt, which will contain various messages from schools around the world, will be presented to American president Barack Obama at the upcoming United Nations summit on climate change.
The summit, which will be held in Copenhagen in December, hopes to get countries to agree on a binding resolution about carbon emissions. Although some have expressed concern that the summit will be a failure, activists and environmental protestors all over the world have spoken up to stress the potential of the summit to be a driving force in the fight against climate change.
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