THE SURREY WATER PROJECT

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• THE SURREY WATER PROJECT

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PILOT PROJECT PROCESS

• Identify
• Analyse
• Transfer in
• Adapt
• Deliver
• Transfer out

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KEY FACTS

• Project Partner Surrey County Council
• Target group Residents of Byfleet (a village in
  North West Surrey)
• Project theme Water
• Behaviour change being addressed Domestic water
  consumption in Byfleet which, like the rest of
  the South East of England, has the highest
  domestic water consumption rates in Europe. Water
  shortages are common.

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THE ORIGINAL PROJECT

• The Wishing District vision of a clean
  neighbourhood.
• A Dutch project aimed at 6-12 year old children
  as well as municipalities, local organisations
  and parents.
• Goal To enable children to act over what they
  think is an ideal area to live in
• Focus Waste and energy

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THE ORIGINAL PROJECT

• The municipality asks children to help them
  create solutions for a better neighbourhood.
• The children talk and learn in the classroom,
• They undertake research in the local area
• They consider their findings and present their
  results to parents, and on bus stop posters.
• The results are fed back to the municipality.

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TRANSFER IN RATIONALE

• Surrey County Council wants to encourage schools
  to address sustainability issues on their own
  premises
• The Wishing District provided a proven method of
  doing this
• The project was achievable in the 6 months
  allocated to pilot

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TRANSFER IN CONTENT

• Influencing adults (municipalities) by asking
  children to help them achieve more sustainable
  behaviour in the community
• The concept of securing a formal agreement
  between citizens (pupils) and officials
  (municipality)

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TRANSFER IN PROCESS

• Surrey County Council arranged a visit to Holland
  in June 2006
• They held discussions with teachers, the
  children, public officials, politicians and the
  LA21 representative. These were written up as
  reference resources
• Officers received and later adapted a loose-leaf
  folder with photographs and text about the
  project
• A local radio and television crew recorded the
  visit and broadcast interviews with the visiting
  SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL officers for future use
• On return to Surrey the officers sought and won
  approval for local adaptation and enacting.

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ADAPTATION

• Essential project elements identified
• Domestic water consumption agreed as focus -the
  project was adapted by involving the local water
  company as a key partner
• We added the idea of embedding the work in the
  school curriculum
• We identified a Primary school with a head
  teacher with a passion for sustainability
• We put together a local team school
  pupils/water company/politicians/local officials
  and community leaders

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RESULTS

• 150 family groups attended the Byfleet Water Day
• In school learning activities
• Public signing day
• Publicity

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TRANSFER OUT

• We produced a Teachers Guide pack on effective
  cross-curriculum teaching about water consumption
  
• We produced a cd, including a promotional video
  enabling the technique to be disseminated,
  written background to the project and web links
• We submitted our work for consideration for a
  public award
• A full report on the project is to be added to
  the ChangeLAB project website

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WERE A WINNER!

• Green Apple award 2007