Ailsa Nursery Centre in Motherwell and Richard Stewart Nursery Centre in Airedale both achieved Eco School Green Flag status for their commitment to improving their environment. The top international environment project award, also awarded to nine North Lanarkshire schools, is for introducing initiatives to involve children and staff in minimising litter and waste, becoming more energy efficient, improving the outdoor area and encouraging healthy living.
Speaking at a special ceremony, Mr Stephen said, 'Achieving Eco-School status is one way of demonstrating practical involvement in promoting citizenship and environmental awareness.
'As well as achieving Green Flag status, those involved will leave a lasting legacy of changes to the way their schools work. North Lanarkshire has made a great success of the programme and it is particularly impressive that so many of Scotland's Green Flag schools are based in North Lanarkshire. The pupils here know that the Eco-Schools project is as much about having fun as it is about protecting the environment.'
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