Who is this Mr. Greeny ?

[Vandana Rattan]

I have seen a cartoon character Mr. Greeny on facebook but can you please let me know who is Mr. Greeny and what is he doing in Delhi, India ?

[ranunculusviridis]

Welcome

Schools are busy, exciting places. School leaders are continually striving to raise standards; teachers are working hard to equip their students with the skills and knowledge to live a happy, secure life; and pupils are soaking up the learning topics with the most relevance to them as individuals. The essence of Mr Greeny's services is to support schools at all 3 levels (leaders, teachers, pupils) in becoming better, busy, exciting places.

Mr Greeny partners with schools to develop a campus, a curriculum and a community that is more caring - caring for oneself, for each other and for the environment. Our services are straightforward:

For school leaders - we facilitate sustainability self-evaluations, we identify opportunities for students to realise their full academic potential, and we create an action plan for improvement.
For teachers - we run INSET sessions on how to bring sustainability into the classroom, we work with subject leaders to embed sustainability into the curriculum, and we offer free teaching resources.
For pupils - we deliver KS3, GCSE, BTEC and A-level workshops and assemblies about the issues that face our environment, our society, and our quality of life.

Services

Mr Greeny offers a diverse range of consultancy services - from benchmarking and auditing to developing learning resources and delivering activities - that will be tailored to suit each school. Our thorough Heads, Hearts and Hands approach ensures that we identify the full spectrum of opportunities and issues in any school context, be it carbon emissions, lesson plans or procurement policies. We work closely with all stakeholders (pupils, parents, governors, headteachers, teachers, support staff, classroom assistants, and the LEA) to fulfil our vision and are committed to raising standards through sustainable development.

School Leaders

Our focus for school leaders is strategy.

Mr Greeny will co-lead a process of facilitated self evaluation; strategising; action; and measurement. The self-evaluation is just like an Ofsted SEF, covers the 8 doorways in the government's sustainable schools strategy and appraises the school campus, curriculum and community. At each step of our collaboration, we would expect to engage the senior leadership team, governors and the school council and we advocate a policy of transparency and regular reporting throughout.
School Teachers

Our focus for school teachers is empowerment.

The services Mr Greeny offers to teaching staff are designed to add value to their work and support them in making their school a caring one. Science, humanities, citizenship, RE, food technology, maths, ICT, business studies, economics, sociology, psychology, PE, leisure and tourism, engineering, construction in the built environment, design and technology are all subjects with a genuine link to sustainability. As it is a cross-cutting topic with everyday relevance, when sustainable development is integrated into the lesson it enriches pupils' learning experience. We will collaborate with subject leaders across the 11-19 curriculum to identify opportunities for embedding sustainability in their schemes of work.
Pupils

Our focus for pupils is learning by doing.

This is the hands-on stage of delivery in which sustainability is embedded in the learning, whether in the classroom, in the canteen, the playground, the theatre, or in the corridor. We will research together, plan together, act together. We might create travel plans, set up recycle teams, provide a Fairtrade breakfast, organise water relief for a community in the third world, plant a garden, coordinate eco-teams or launch an awareness campaign in our neighbourhood.