The Save the North Sea project has worked closely with the Eco schools network to raise awareness about the marine littering problem among school children and teachers in the region. The Eco Schools activties have been run by The Keep Sweden Tidy Foundation, FEE Norway and Keep Scotland Beautiful.
Involving schools to reduce litter Within the Save the North Sea project, three international conferences have been carried out. In 2002 young people from Sweden, Norway and UK met in Gothenburg, Sweden to discuss how marine litter can be used within The Young Reporters for the Environment Programme. Discussions on how to tackle problem School children and teachers from Scandinavia met in Hunnebostrand, Sweden, in 2003 to learn about the effects of marine litter and participated in workshops. Teachers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and UK met in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2004 to discuss how they can tackle the problem of marine littering and work with marine litter as an issue in school. The final result is that more schools are making concerted efforts to help the environment, looking at improving their environmental performance in the seven key areas – waste minimization, littering, health and wellbeing, transportation, water, energy and school grounds/biodiversity.		School children and teachers from Scandinavia met in Hunnebostrand, Sweden, to learn about the effects of marine littering.