Bisade Adeyeye from St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School in Beeston is amongst 12 candidates for the position of Leeds Children’s Mayor.
Earlier this year children in Year 5 were encouraged to write a manifesto setting out a project that they would implement if elected by the young people of the city. Bisade wants to put a stop to littering. Here is her manifesto:
Issue: Climate change
This manifesto is about littering in Leeds and its environment. I know there is an adequate amount of litter in other countries, but let’s spotlight Leeds. I discovered that “house-holders who leave their bins out must pay a fine of almost 14 to 15 thousand pounds”. I would stop litter endangerment; this doesn’t also endanger the environment and plants; it can also harm the ecosystem. The increase in littering and illegal dumping contributes to air, land, and ocean pollution. This is critical because litter can be composed of flammable material that could immediately be a hazard of flames, causing wildfires.
Describe three things you and your school could do to tackle this issue
- Recycle – have bins for different materials (paper, plastic, cardboard, etc). Educate staff and students on recycling. Making recycling more fun instead of boring; giving “Eco-Friendly talks” to the pupils and workers on how recycling can affect mother nature, animals, the planet, and us.
- Picking some garbage up through community efforts. such as: Getting all of the school to think about the environment. we should feel encouraged to contribute to our school recycling efforts. we should set up school recycling composting scheme; use more recycling bins – for particular materials – and ensure staff are trained and involved to help teach children about the side effects of litter
- And most importantly do not litter- people should be encouraged to recycle through different advertising campaigns. Having each pupil from each class design a poster/leaflet to encourage recycling in the school. The purpose of the poster is to acknowledge how household and school waste and how it should be disposed properly in a friendly, encouraging, and understanding matter.
Describe three things Leeds as a city could do to tackle this issue
- Stop littering because before there was no litter but now we think we don’t have consequences but we do in the end.
- Inform people. We may think we are not harming anything but over time we will see the damage we caused if we don’t take action immediately.
- Stop polluting and recycle. we should stop and think about who we live on.
Summary
I think teachers should engage students in environmental education in interactive games like playing nature bingo, making art of nature, science experiments, garden time, learning animals and their habitat, actions of helping the environment, and many more. This can all so be shown by inviting experts to teach us pupils. If we stop pollution we can make a great change instead of failure.
In summary, saving the planet is a key thing, not a maybe or “we could but…” it is something worldwide that should stop now.
Voting is open for children and young people up to 18 years old. Click here to read all 12 manifestos and cast your two votes. Voting closes at 5pm on Monday 23 September 2024, with the new Children’s Mayor announced on Thursday 3 October.
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