Word has spread about the "green" credentials of students at Bermuda High School for Girls — and not just on the Island.

The private school's environmentally sound habits have so impressed the Round Square worldwide association of schools — of which BHS is a member — that it has been asked to pass on tips at an international conference.

Guidance counsellor Tina Nash is to hold an environmental best practices workshop for educators from all over the world when she takes a delegation of BHS students to the Round Square annual conference in India later this month.

She will tell conference-goers about the Pembroke school's eco hall, which is equipped with recycling bins, and how art classes use waste styrofoam and other discarded materials for projects.

"The workshop will be about how other schools might be able to adapt these kinds of things in their own schools," said Ms Nash. "We are just trying to be creative in terms of being sustainable. We have an eco plan and an eco club.

"Our maintenance team is in the process of changing all of our light bulbs in the school. And when we held a conference in May for students from around the world, we made sure it had as little impact on the planet as possible."

She applauded individual pupils for their efforts, including 14-year-old Caitlin O'Doherty, who posts an eco tip each day on recycled paper on a public noticeboard.

Nine BHS students aged 14 to 17 are heading to the Daly College in India for the annual conference, followed by a trek in the Himalayas.