AN environmentalist is helping teachers to discuss sustainability with their students by providing schools with demonstration kits.
Louise Carson of Jersey Reuse Revolution, said she hoped the kits – which contain items such as refillable deodorant and lip balms, locally-made soaps and plastic-free skincare products, water bottles and coffee cups – would “spark conversation and encourage ideas about choices for more sustainable living”.
Ms Carson, who was nominated for a Pride of Jersey Award in 2023, is involved in a number of local sustainability initiatives – including a scheme providing beach toys for anyone to borrow in an effort to reduce plastic waste.
She said: “I’ve been invited to do talks quite a few times, in secondary and primary schools, and the bit that [the students] got really excited about was things they could practically do.”
She explained that every school in the Island would receive one of the packs, which each contain around 30 items.
“There’s some that are [for] personal care, like deodorant. We’ve also tried to focus on if you go local – so we’ve got local soap and local skincare that are plastic free and things like that.
“We’ve put this education pack together that the teachers can just pull out and talk about.”
Education Minister Rob Ward said the initiative showed “the work that’s being done across education to try and promote sustainability”.
He added: “There is a generation coming through that is very aware of the need for change because it affects their generation so directly now.
“Basically, it’s an open door that we are pushing at and we are enabling young people to not only express their views, but also to participate in the right type of thing – and every opportunity you can give them to do that is a positive step forward.”
