Active Travel Planning and Design – ‘City in a Box’

Follow this ten minute video guide for inspiration where Green-Schools Officer Rebecca will give you some ideas on how to build your very own sustainable city.

Cities and towns are often planned and built with only adults in mind. But did you know that by law children fully have the right to participate in public decision making? If you could design and plan a space that you feel would benefit the whole community and enhance our beautiful natural environment what would you create? A common method for young people to design how they envisage moving in a sustainable and living city is through model making.

Before you start creating your sustainable city or town, think about what is important to you and how you want to move around. Hit the green button for sustainable considerations and what to think about before you start designing.

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