GO GREEN BAG ‘08
GO GREEN BAG COMPETITION – NOW CLOSED
(the group hope to run the competition in 2009)
MAke Your Very Own Bag Out Of Re-Used And Recycled Materials!
Open March 5th to May 12th 2008
We are asking schools, colleges and young peoples groups in Southampton to take part in this exciting competition. Go Green Bag is a project for children & young people aged between 3 and 20 years old.
Go Green Bag aims to raise awareness of the pollution caused by plastic bags and help us reduce our dependence on plastic bags. There are prizes to be won and if you are one of our winners your bag will be displayed in an exhibition open to the public and invited to a prize giving ceremony in the grand Mayor’s Parlour!
Taking part!
1. Register to take part, click here. Leaving your contact details, name of your school, college or young persons group.
2. Read through the Information pack below.
3. Begin to make your bag using re-used/recycled materials and then decorate it as you wish! You can make the bag out of anything you can find even old shirts! We would like to encourage re-use and recycling and ask that you don’t buy any new materials where possible.
4. Send your entry to: SSF, 14-15 Brunswick Place, Southampton, SO15 2AQ including your name, age, name of your school, college or young persons group.
All the best and good luck!
INFORMATION PACK
- Letter for schools, click here.
- Letter for colleges, click here.
- Letter for young people’s groups, click here.
- Rules for the competition, click here.
- Example bag template, click here.
- Poster, click here.
- Interesting facts & useful websites, click here.
- Dates & Deadlines: Entries in by the 12th May 2008 please.
‘Go Green Bag’ in association with, Southampton City Council, Vandanamu, Southampton University Students Union, The Co-operative, Karma Bags, Refuse…Start the Revolution & SSF.