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Bristol Sport drive sustainability pledge at primary school
In a bid to boost sustainability within the community, Bristol City Women invited wildlife experts to a local primary school on Wednesday.
The sports team were gifted the services of the environmental consultancy company, Nature Positive, as part of their £15,000 prize for topping the Pledgeball League – a sustainability competition in sport.
Head of change and sustainability at Bristol Sport, Peter Smith said: “We’re delighted that our amazing fans won this fantastic opportunity for children in the BS3 area.
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“This is about inspiring the next generation to care not only about sport in the city but also about preserving the nature and wildlife that make Bristol special.”
Smith added: “We want fans to celebrate our local heritage on and off the pitch and protecting our green spaces is a big part of this”
Molly Scott, senior consultant at Nature Positive, presented Ashton Gate Primary School’s KS2 students with ideas about how they could better respect Bristol’s natural environment.
Scott asked students to shout out their favourite animals, raise their hands if they saw a bird on their way to school, and identity plants from her pictures.
Celia Romyn, sustainability consultant at Bristol Sport, commented that the engagement from all the students was really good.
She hoped the pupils would take away the message that: “Sustainability matters. Nature is everywhere even if you don’t immediately see it.”
She was joined by Bailey Kenna-Jones and Jaden Bull, two primary school coaches from the Bristol City Robins Foundation.
The pair set up a competition which entailed drawing of animals within a green environment. The three most creative designs will win tickets to see Bristol City play – an incentive which really excited the students.
All photos: Elizabeth Abbott
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