Don't sneer at pupil power: it stopped parents polluting at my school gates | Steve Marsland

Our lighthearted campaign had an impact far greater than if the council or police had taken a formal enforcement route o Steve Marsland is Russell Scott primary school's headteacherAir pollution is making our children ill. It's shortening their lives. It's even killing them. And yet we continue to let cars pump out toxins at the school gates regardless. Government might sneer at children striking over global warming, but give them a voice and we might actually achieve change. At Russell Scott primary school in Denton, Tameside, in Greater Manchester, we are trying to do our bit to show that communities can help solve their own problems by taking direct action and involving children.They began nagging their parents to shut their engines off well before the campaign had even begun Continue reading...