The influence of Aberdeenshire’s children and young people on climate change

More than a thousand pupils across Aberdeenshire influenced the distribution of £41,000 to fund school projects related to climate change and carbon reduction in 2023-2024.

27 projects across the region from both primary and secondary schools were ultimately funded through Aberdeenshire Council’s participatory budgeting in schools process.

As part of the process, pupils from primary six and up were supported to have their say in how resources were distributed while learning to take positive action around climate change and carbon reduction.

Supported by their teachers, the pupils both supplied ideas and voted for which projects to take forward in the Participatory Budget process run by the council’s Community Learning & Development team.

Aberdeenshire Council’s Education & Children`s Services Committee Chair, Councillor Gillian Owen, said:

“It’s all about young people learning about climate change, carbon reduction, and feeling empowered to use the resources available to them to take positive action, all with the support of their teachers to take these projects forward.”


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