Green Flag Celebrations in Iceland 2002

   
Three schools in Iceland were awarded the Green Flag this Spring. All these schools have a long tradition in environmental work, management and education. A year ago they agreed to be 3 of 12 pioneer schools implementing the Green Flag in Iceland in collaboration with Landvernd, the National Association for the Protection of the Icelandic Environment.
   
Many people attended the Green Flag celebrations, pupils, teachers and other school staff, parents, local politicians and officials, the chairman of Landvernd and members of the Green Flag steering group. All the celebrations were cheerful with songs and speeches and good weather.
   
Siv Friðleifsdóttir, the minister of the environment, handed the first flag over to the headmaster of Selásskóli on the 27^th of May and members of the environmental committee of the school flagged the green flag. Selásskóli is on the outskirts of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, with 430 pupils. Fossvogsskóli received the second Green Flag from the FEE Vice President Mr. Jan Eriksen from Denmark. Fossvogsskóli has 320 pupils and celebrated its 30^th anniversary the same time. The school has been active in environmental education for at least 20 years. The third flag went to Andakílsskóli. It is a small school with less than 40 pupils in an agricultural area on the western part of Iceland. The school is on the campus of an agricultural college and this small school has done amazing work in the field of environmental education e.g. sent pupils to children's environmental conferences both in England two duration ago and to Victoria B.C. this Summer.
   
Many pictures from the Green Flag celebrations at these schools are on the web: www.landvernd.is/skoli