Going green at grammar

Pictured are Martin Petts (left) and Barry Dingwall.

    PUPILS at Dover Grammar School for Boys have started up their own 'green' group to help the environment,
    The boy's, who are aged between 12 and 18, have set up a branch of the Friends of the Earth junior group Earth Action.
    Sixteen-year-old Barry Dingwall, who is one of the group's co-ordinators, said: "After learning about things like the Sellafield nuclear plant we decided to get together and try and do something about it.
    "We meet every month at a mobile the school gave us to share with the school newspaper,"
    The group, which started in November, already has sixteen members and was officially opened by Friends of the Earth's Earth Action officer, Helen Hudson.
    Miss Hudson visited the school and gave a talk on how the groups work.
    Barry said: "So far we have written to the Government about our concerns for Sellafield and we have helped Friends of the Earth campaign to save rainforests.
    "We have written to other Earth Action branches in the area to see what we can do locally."