At the end of last week, members of the School’s Environmental Leadership Team, Emilia P, Sophia P, Ruby P, and Tilly L, delivered a Chapel talk, encouraging fellow pupils to take part in Earth Hour on 22 March.

The team urged their peers to switch off unnecessary lights and electrical devices for one hour, from 8:30 to 9:30pm, to reduce energy consumption and reflect on our impact on the planet.

During the talk, the girls gave a brief history of how Earth Hour came to exist and quizzed the School on their knowledge of the impact we have on our planet. They asked questions around the global energy use, rates of deforestation, the time it takes discarded items, such as plastic bottles, to decompose, and much more.