School is a great place to introduce environmental suggestions. Not only can you help to cut the pressure on natural resources by recycling schemes and car shares, but you can also introduce children to eco-awareness at an early age.

Whether you’re a parent, teacher or a student, you can start to get the people at your school involved in environmental projects and schemes. Try some of the ideas below to give you a starting point and then see where your imagination will take you!

Eco schooling Be paper-conscious within your school or find out more > Encourage pupils and parents to cut out individual school runs or find out more > Collect and recycle litter or find out more > Discuss environmental issues in lessons and assemblies or find out more > Save water in school toilets or find out more > Run recycling schemes for old clothes, mobile phones, books and more or find out more > Plant trees within the school grounds or find out more > Switch computers and other electrical equipment off when not in use or find out more > Reduce waste in the school canteen or find out more > Encourage staff to car-share when travelling to work or find out more >

Search the shop for... (enter product name)   Or browse products in one of   our popular categories... - - choose a category - - Bathroom Composting equipment Energy-saving gadgets Kitchen Laundry Lights, lamps and candles Low-energy light bulbs Outdoor lighting Rechargeable batteries Recycling equpiment/bins Solar chargers Solar panel kits Stationery and cards Water-saving devices Big Green Shop homepage The school run contributes an annual total of 3.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air. The more people make changes towards a greener lifestyle, the bigger the impact we all have on the environment. So spread the word!