The Seventh Green Flag

On Saturday, 4th June, over the very Seaman's Day weekend, there was
Fun and games in the good weather at the Norðurberg nursery school. The annual summer festival was held at
the nursery school and in addition, the nursery school was presented with the Green Flag for the seventh time for
recognition of the nursery's environmental policy. A representative from Landvernd, Katrín
Magnúsdóttir presented the flag to the Children's Council, and they, along with guests, walked,
Follow the team to the nursery school's flagpole and raise the flag. There was a lot going on.
The group enjoyed the fine weather, as there was much on offer, such as music, art, waffles and planting.

Minimise the use of plastic in daily life

The Green Flag is an environmental award that is respected worldwide as a symbol of good environmental education and environmental policy in schools. The flag is awarded to
schools following projects intended to raise awareness among students, teachers and
Families on environmental issues. This winter, the nursery worked with the theme „Consumption/Plastic Consumption“. The aim of the project was to minimise all
the use of plastic in daily life and make children and adults more aware of
its harm to the environment. All age groups worked on a variety of tasks.
over the winter. The staff of the eldest children went to
Cooperation with the children's homes with a small homework task. All the children received it for free.
a reusable shopping bag (thanks to Sorpu) and took it home along with an instruction for
the parents about what the project entailed. They were to collect all the plastic that came
into the home for three days and put it in the bag and bring it to the nursery on
On the fourth day, the group met, went over what had come in the bag and packed it into Perspex boxes.
for all to see. The delicacies were weighed and it was found that each family
generates just over 29 kg of plastic each year! The nursery school has 137
families and these families therefore release a combined total of approximately 4 tonnes of plastic on
a year! A very high figure, especially in light of the fact that plastic does not decompose in soil and
is a significant threat to wildlife and nature. Part of the winter's project was to
discuss what could replace plastic and whether plastic always needed to be used. Those who worked on the project found that much could be done to
to curb the amount of plastic, use reusable shopping bags, for example, avoid putting vegetables and fruit in plastic bags, choose products based on
the amount of packaging and by recycling the plastic and trying to reuse it
as much as possible of the plastic that comes with consumer goods.