People and organisations in Greater Manchester doing “Education for Sustainable Development” are being encouraged to do an Eddie Cochrane and write a letter to the United Nations.

Manchester Environmental Resource Centre Initiative (MERCi) , Manchester Environmental Education Network and Gorton Monastery want people who are doing any or some of the following – In-house awareness raising, Green travel plans, School ground development, Whole school Sustainability plans, Energy audits, Carbon Literacy programmes (etc!) – to write a letter and send it to MERCi by Thursday 19th April.  (see sample below). These letters will then be sent on to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, in the hope that Greater Manchester will be recognised as a “Regional Centre of Excellence.”

We here at MCFly Towers will give it a bash.  What’s the worst that can happen, eh?

The text of the letter template

Your Headed notepaper
Address

MERCi
Bridge 5 Mill
Centre for Sustainable Living
22a Beswick Street
Ancoats
Manchester
M4 7HR

Date

To whom it may concern

Greater Manchester UNESCO ESD RCE submission

(Your name/organisation) is a (community group/ school/ university/ college/voluntary organisation/ business/social enterprise/etc) working in Greater Manchester (or put in your specific Borough or area).

We are delivering Education for Sustainable Development through a number of initiatives and projects such as:

In-house awareness raising
Green travel plans
School ground development
Whole school Sustainability plans
Energy audits
Member of Manchester ESD Forum
Signed up to MERCi Sustaining Change
Signed up to Groundwork Business Pledge and MACF
Carbon Literacy programmes
Green Champions
Sustainability audits
Etc., etc–
Please detail what you are doing strategically and/or at project level.

The UNESCO ESD RCE award would give us recognition for the work we are already delivering across the region and an incentive to join these initiatives up.

We fully support this application and are committed to exploring further opportunities for working together towards an integrated and connected ESD programme across Greater Manchester.

Yours faithfully,

Your name and position if relevant