TWELVE schools in Worcestershire have been praised for their efforts to help the environment.
Worcestershire County Council held a special awards ceremony for the schools to collect their Green Flag awards, the top prize in the eco-schools programme.
They join 28 others in Worcestershire that have shown a commitment to working towards a more sustainable future. The flags are displayed outside the schools and signify that they are an eco-school.
Rupert Brakspear, education for sustainable schools officer at the council, said: "We wanted to express gratitude, celebrate and recognise the efforts of those involved in the eco-school programme. At a time of growing anxiety of climate change, it is so important to take action and achieve a positive response in terms of taking action, developing the child's voice and making this their subject.
"Our generation of decision-makers needs to hear from children and young people. We can't just leave the situation from them to sort out."
The schools were
* Meadows First * Oldbury Park Primary * Defford-cum-Besford First * Perdiswell Primary * Sytchampton First * Areley Teachers Centre * Abberley Primary * Tardebigge First * Stanley Road Primary * St Richard's First * St John's First * Barnabees Nursery.
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