of the Island's schools where being environmentally friendly is simply part of the students' daily routine.

The Bermuda High School for girls kept an enormous depot for the collection of aluminium cans as soon as recycling in Bermuda became possible. And it was available to anyone who wished to bring in their recyclables.

"The PTA would organise a weekly transfer of the cans to the North Shore pick-up plant,'' said Mrs. Michelle Gabisi, head of the Secondary Department at BHS. "But it's been terminated now that there are drop-off plants all over the Island.'' Still, BHS has "Pally Dogs'' in the school where students can discard cans, according to BHS's financial comptroller, Mr. Bill Ingham who initiated recycling in Bermuda. They are periodically emptied by the Department of Works and Engineering.

"Students are very environmentally conscious,'' said Mrs. Gabisi. "Last year a group of girls formed an environmental club. And they helped sort recyclables when we had a depot open to the public.

"Now they're involved in several environmental projects. Last term for example, the girls held a competition to see who could design the best environmental logo for a T-shirt. Two winners were selected and their T-shirts were printed up and sold.

"At the same time, we had an Earth Day which is similar to grub day but pupils had to wear environmental type clothing. Each girl who participated had to contribute money for the privilege.

"And the proceeds were added to the sales from the T-shirts to buy acres in South America's rain forest,'' said Mrs. Gabisi. "They made more than $1,400.'' The Bermuda High School also re-uses paper. "We have a box in every classroom where scrap paper is kept. And students use it for rough work or draft essays,'' she said.

Also, children from the Primary Department belong to Keep Bermuda Beautiful's Rockwatchers group.

"They clean-up parts of Shelly Bay on a weekly basis,'' said Mrs. Gabisi.

"And the whole school took part in the last KBB clean-up day,'' she added.

Mount St. Agnes Academy has also made a concerted effort in raising student's awareness, according to the principal, Sister Judith Rollo.

"The students are involved in environmental clubs both in the junior school and the senior school,'' said Sister Judith. "And children at the elementary level clean Bernard Park once a week after school.'' During environmental week, Mount St. Agnes students collected thousands of trash items. And more than 120 kids picked up garbage at Horseshoe Bay Beach on Clean-Up Day.

"Mount St. Agnes is big on re-using things,'' said Sister Judith. "No paper is wasted here. We put scraps in a box and use it again. And most teachers bring cloth lunch bags to school,'' she said. Many students seem to follow suit.

Mount St. Agnes embraced a similar programme to the Bermuda High School where students had a Green Day. They too were allowed to wear civvies if they contributed money used to purchase part of the rain forest.

Another school where environmentalism takes on a high profile is Saltus Grammar School.

Recycling bins for bottles and cans are located on school grounds. And teachers have boxes set up in every classroom for scrap paper.

"We encourage the children to bring trash free lunches,'' said Ms. Kay Latter, junior school teacher at Saltus and head of KBB's Rockwatchers. "And there's a daily energy patrol where students collect compostible materials left over from the children's lunches,'' she added.

After school activities include the Save the Earth Club where children get together to take part in composting and other environmental actions.

"Recycling and being environmentally friendly is introduced and talked about on a casual basis. It's just part of our daily life,'' Ms. Latter said.

Saltus had its second annual environment awareness day last term which involved everybody in the school. "We use the entire day to talk about the environment, clean-up and participate in workshops.

"In addition, we re-use toys and books. Rather than throw them away, the children bring in their old goods and swap them,'' said Ms. Latter.

"And science projects in the school often involve using plastics or other non-perishable items for experiments.'' Saltus encourages its students and their families to be environmental all the time -- not just at school. "We suggest they join Rockwatchers and clean up in their spare time,'' she said.

And a word of advice form the ardent environmentalist: "Give any scraps to the schools. We can always use them and it's a marvellous way (especially for corporations) to get rid of extra material.'' Mrs. Michelle Gabisi SAVING THE PLANET -- The Bermuda High School for Girls held an Earth Day in which the students contributed money for the privilege of wearing environmental type-clothing. The profits went to buy land in the South American rain forest.