Green Gym and Meat Free Monday [United Kingdom]

In a Nutshell:

Green Gym and Meat Free Monday combines two sustainable practices in a London primary school: the meat-free Monday concept and the Green Gym which means developing a school garden, integrating the gardening activities within the curriculum, and implementing a meat-free (plant-based) lunch once a week. The goal is to encourage children to adopt healthy dietary behaviours, increase physical activity, social relations, encourage environmental attitudes and use green spaces in schools. The case also looked at the challenges and opportunities for implementing inter-sectoral cooperation.

Health-Equity-Environment:

This case creates the right conditions for healthy eating, physical activity, and mental well-being among 8-to-12-year-old children, while improving green areas and transferring environmental stewardship practices to children living in a relatively deprived area of London.

Key Features:

Green Gym activities are run by the voluntary sector organization The Conservation Volunteers (TCV)
Stakeholders: Meat-Free Monday campaign manager, TCV Schools and Community Education Project Officer, volunteers, teachers, school administration, children.
Sectors: Public sector and private sector organizations.