OTHER RESOURCES AND USEFUL LINKS

You may find the websites below useful when working on waste and litter with a global dimension in your school.

Commonwealth Common Waste

A Key Stage 3 Citizenship resource by Gem-K (Global Education Milton Keynes). Includes lesson plans, worksheets and resources.

http://www.gemk.org.uk

The Grameen Foundation

Company who offers affordable telecommunications in a sustainable and empowering way. Villagers can start a business renting out a recycled mobile phone in places otherwise remote and inaccessible. Example of a micro-finance scheme that helps ensure market prices for products, keeping families in touch and using profits for education, nutrition and health.

http://www.grameenfoundation.org/what_we_do/technology_programs/village_phone/

Message in the Waves

Video of the environmental challenges to people and marine wildlife of plastic pollution in Hawaii. Has a wider global message "I am rich - I've got everything I need" "If you have the privilege of enjoying something, you have the responsibility to protect it"

http://www.messageinthewaves.com/

Ragtex UK

A company that will organise textile collections from schools for recycling. Can also earn money for your school.

http://www.ragtexuk.com/

Bag2school

Another company that organises textiles recycling collections from schools and pays school by the tonne.

http://www.bag2school.com/english/

Recycool

Ink cartridge and mobile phone recycling scheme that helps schools develop enterprise and fund raising skills as well as being more eco-friendly.

http://www.recycool.org/

Vision Aid Overseas

Opportunity to donate spectacles via opticians to benefit communities overseas.

http://www.vao.org.uk/spectacles/

Education for All

As many schools are refurbished under the Building Schools for the Future scheme, this organisation rescues, re-uses and recycles school furniture to provide sustainable learning environments overseas.

http://www.educationforall.com/

DC Musicals

Debbie Campbell has written a number of musical productions for pupils to perform on environmental themes. One Planet Future written on behalf of WWF looks at our wasteful society and the need to recycle to protect our planet.

http://www.debbiecampbell.com/

WWF One Planet Schools

A range of resources and activities on each of the sustainable schools doorways including purchasing and waste http://wwflearning.org.uk/oneplanetschools/ Sign up for their 'Learn', the WWF free termly resource for schools on sustainability and teaching or request a back copy of their special 'Learn' edition on waste. http://wwflearning.org.uk/oneplanetschools

ENCAMS

The National waste and litter campaigning group who run Eco-Schools. Get pupils involved in issues on their own back yard.

http://www.encams.org/home/

Sustainable Schools East Midlands

Case studies from the East Midlands of schools work on the sustainable schools doorways - find out what other schools are doing on waste, litter and the global dimension. Also includes information about providers who can support sustainable schools work.

http://www.sustainableschoolseastmidlands.org.uk