The Concrete Jungle is a National Schools Campaign to create the UK's biggest wildlife garden.

Cool it Schools, (www.coolitschools.com) the global environmental programme for young people, has launched a new initiative to create the biggest wildlife garden in the UK  ‘Concrete Jungle’ as a part of the International Year of Biodiversity.

Species decline is now critical, running at 1,000 X the fossil record and the Concrete Jungle is beautifully simple way for schools to do something about it!  By providing essential new habitats, children from the 26,000 schools across the country can literally save Britain’s species by transforming concrete urban spaces, or expanding their existing school gardens, into 300,000 square meters of new garden space for wildlife.

The Cool it Schools website is focused on ' doing something positive about climate change' and the Concrete Jungle will play a major part in teaching young people that their actions make a huge difference.  Climate change is one of the main drivers of this crisis in biodiversity the Concrete Jungle will heighten awareness and lead young people toward reducing their carbon footprint as they begin to engage in the natural world.

The campaigner founder, Jane Langley, explains to Cooltribe why she embarked on such a campaign:

"I have designed Cool it Schools to harnesses the creative energy of young people from around the world, using positive thinking to engage schools with climate change. Cool it Schools is also about finding practical solutions  to climate change and environmental damage, by running projects on a grand scale such as our first  National  Schools Campaign 'Concrete Jungle'." says Jane 

With the target of 300,000 sq meters for wildlife the project has already gained 10,000 Sq meters in a few days. Now half term is over it's a big drive to grow the campaign and get gardening for wildlife. The Concrete Jungle is part of IYB UK, in partnership with the Natural History Museum in London.

For more information, visit http://www.coolitschools.com

The girls in the picture are Holly and Billie from The Charter School in South London