Well, there maybe a little longer to protect life on earth than for the hero of the film classic, Flash Gordon, but according to Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth there is a lot less time than we think. Motivated by the disturbing message of the former US vice president’s documentary film, College Sixth Formers, Lucy Fallen and Mario Kirchhoff, are proving that individuals can make a difference.

Feeling compelled to do something; they began by setting up a Global Warming Committee and giving presentations to Junior and Senior School pupils urging them to get involved. Since then, the action group has rapidly expanded to over twenty-five pupils and teachers from across the College; a poster campaign is being prepared based on ten commandments to stop global warming; parents are being lobbied; letters will be sent to MPs (and Al Gore himself!) and an audit of energy usage is underway to identify ways of reducing the College’s ‘carbon footprint’.

“It’s a fantastic initiative by Lucy and Mario and shows what young people can achieve when they have the confidence, determination and drive to take a lead and motivate others to follow,” said Head of Sixth Form Tim Borton.

Lucy and Mario would like to encourage you to join them in tackling global warming by keeping the ten commandments:

Ten Commandments to stop Global Warming
1. Recycle
2. When you can, walk or ride a bicycle
3. Plant trees, lots of trees
4. Buy energy efficient appliances and light bulbs
5. Switch to renewable sources of energy
6. Where you can, use light rail and mass transit
7. Tell your parents, not to ruin the world that you will live in
8. If you are a parent, join with your children to save the world they will live in
9. Insist that America freeze CO2 emissions and join international efforts to stop global warming
10. Raise fuel economy standards; require lower emissions from automobiles