Green Flag Award

In 2022, JIS has been awarded the Green Flag Award status. This is an internationally recognized symbol of environmental excellence. It is awarded by the Global Eco-Schools committee as a reward for all the sustainable initiatives introduced and done by the students.

With this recognition, we aim to continue all our efforts by focusing on our existing initiatives and supporting new ambitions students come up with. We will continue to follow Global Eco School’s 7 Steps and focus on a few of the Green Flag Award themes such as Climate Change, Waste and Litter, Global Citizenship and Biodiversity, and Nature through the School Council Students, House Eco-Reps and CCAs (Eco-JIS and ODC).

The 7 Steps – How did we do it?

Step 1: Eco-Committee

Each of our 16 houses make an effort to form an eco-committee, as part of the House Forest Level Awards. Their role is to support their house eco-rep in achieving the Emergent Level, demonstrating their house's sustainable practices.

We promote inclusivity, encouraging the eco-reps to bring together students from middle years as well as upper years, to increase integration and participation.

Step 2: Environmental Review

Every term, the sustainability team carries out an environmental review, in order to analyse and gather data from around the campus. This data is then given to the students, who proactively work towards improving our school's sustainable initiatives. For example, our students created the recycling bin initiative or carried forward tree planting sessions.

Step 3: Action Plan

Installation of Solar panels

We have put in place many different initiatives around school, to make staying environmentally friendly easy and accessible. Alongside this, we are currently involved in installing solar panels, providing energy for the whole school as well as small devices such as fans. Not only will this cut down our electricity consumption, it will also reduce the carbon emissions we produce as a school.

Click here to learn more about our vision and action plan for the ODC, and here to find out about our recycling.

Step 4: Curriculum Links

The Outdoor Discovery Centre

By allowing the ODC to be a space for students to rejuvenate and design, our students are able to explore their creative freedom, whether that be by art or production of goods.

This allows students to develop their teamwork and motivates them to become leaders carrying forward complex projects. Students of all ages across the school, are welcome to come to the ODC to explore, learn and appreciate what our tropical rainforests have to offer.

Step 5: Informing and Involving

This is where our amazing team of Eco-Reps come significantly into play. From encouraging students in their houses to decorate in-classroom recycling boxes, to hosting green business production afternoons with students across Year 7 to 13, our Eco-Reps are on the frontline of taking action towards raising awareness and making teaspoons of change happen on our campus.

We have created an environment where students are able to explore their areas of expertise, whether it be through baking, weaving or painting. We believe that the way to increase awareness is not by telling, but rather by letting our students take on hands-on projects, immersing themselves in the sustainability experience.

Step 6: Monitoring and Evaluation

The sustainability team is heavily involved in monitoring the schools overall efforts of sustainability, acting as a centre point for students and staff from all over the school to come to, to get involved in making our school greener, in all the ways imaginable. They work closely with the Eco-Reps, guiding and advising them every step of the way, so that they become the best advocates for a greener and cleaner JIS.

Step 7: Eco-Code

The four strategic dimensions (Capacity, Community, Campus and Curriculum) that guide school development are embodied in this diagram that shows what our school believes in and stands for. This student-created diagram captures the ethos of our school, showing the characteristic spirit of our community.

Central to this is our student profile, polio points reward system and our student ‘motto’ of togetherness and community. Encircling this is our continued journey to sustainability in everything that we do at JIS. Beyond this are the Sustainable Development Goals, a blueprint to achieve a more equitable, peaceful and sustainable world for everyone.

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