Chris Carter wins Green Hero Award and donates £300 prize money to P&P
Chris Carter has won the local Green Hero Award for dedication to improving the environmental credentials of the college where she has been lecturer for more than a quarter of a century.
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The Basingstoke Gazette has honoured Chris with their Green Hero Award for her dedication to the environmental cause at Queen Mary’s College. A big part of the way that Chris has improved the environmental credentials of the college - and what she is most proud of - is setting up a People & Planet group which has empowered and informed a large number of young people.
Through the People & Planet group Chris has helped introduce a college recycling scheme, encouraged alternative methods of transport and organised an annual Green Fair.
Chris says, “Anything that I have achieved at the college has been part of a co-operative effort” and that “It is important to get students interested in environmental issues, as they are the future.”
Not only has Chris been an inspiration to everyone involved in P&P, she is also kindly donating the £300 prize money to People & Planet so that we can continue to support young people in transforming the world.