Beckum schools were honoured

Certificates for sustainable action

6 Beckum schools have spent almost 5 years working intensively on the topics of energy saving and environmentally conscious behaviour. Their creative projects have now been honoured with certificates and cash prizes.

1 October 2024 by Sandra Berges
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  • (from left) Tobias Illbruck (Department of Environment and Greenery), Dorina Schenk (Sonnenschule), Max Hegemann (Climate Protection Management of the City of Beckum), Astrid Schaper (Martinschule), Esther Corsmeyer-Elamri (Sonnenschule), Ann-Kristin Lünnemann (Martinschule), Dr. Silke Willmann (Grundschule an den Kastanien), Monika Thiemann (Friedrich-von-Bodelschwingh-Schule), Mechthild Wienker (Grundschule an den Kastanien), Camilla Stoelzel (Roncalli-Schule), Anke Ossenbrink (Martinschule), Karin Schierbrock-Tholema (Martinschule), Verena Zimara (B.A.U.M. Consult), Thomas Wulf (General Representative of the Mayor) and Martin Schleisiek (Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium).

The Mayor's General Representative Thomas Wulf presented them to the representatives of the schools in a festive ceremony.

"The pupils have shown remarkable commitment and deeply rooted an awareness of energy- and resource-saving behaviour in order to protect our environment and climate in the long term," praised Wulf.

Among other things, the projects aimed to reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption in schools and to impart knowledge about climate and environmental protection, resource conservation and energy saving.

The overall project was supported by Verena Zimara, a consultant from B.A.U.M. Consult in Hamm, and the City of Beckum's climate protection management team, who assisted the schools in developing and implementing ideas. The list of projects is as long as it is imaginative: among other things, the schools took part in city cycling, promoted climate-friendly mobility, introduced a healthy breakfast, saved paper, collected waste and addressed other aspects of the 17 global sustainability goals.

The schools' commitment pays off twice over: In addition to the conscious use of resources, the cash reward provides additional motivation for the realisation of further sustainable projects.