Students urged to get tools from garden shed for nature

16:05:20 19th May 2010

School children are being asked to get the tools out the garden shed and transform concrete areas into green spaces in a campaign that launched today.

As part of the Concrete Jungle Campaign founded by Jane Langley, secondary schools are being encouraged to create new gardens and improve the chances for wildlife.

The campaign, run by Cool It Schools, hopes to make more than 300,000 metres of habitats for the wild and these areas will be recorded on its website.

Charter School in south-east London will be one of the first institutions taking part.

David Sheppard, head teacher at the institution, said: "The aim is to give pupils the inspiration and information they will need to transform a blank canvas of clay into a paradise for nature."

This is achieved by assessing each school's progress on a jungle meter which will tell them how big all the projects across the nation would be if they were joined together.

Concrete Jungle is part of International Biodiversity Year which encourages humans to preserve diversity on earth.

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