Campaigns

Our curriculum-linked campaigns are the most popular feature of the Pod. They get the whole school working together and inspired to take action. They can also be led by students, which is an essential criterion for an Eco-School Award.

We have lots of resources to make taking part easy, fun, impactful and rewarding.

Waste Week 2025

Take part in Waste Week 2025 to inspire your students to reduce food waste at school and home, helping to tackle climate change.

We are inviting all schools to dedicate a week to food waste; what it is, how it connects with climate change and what everyone can do about it.

Waste Week 2025 takes place 3-9 March

57 Schools/groups have already signed up
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Recycle to Read Toys

Join in Recycle to Read Toys and recycle broken plastic toys to get books for your school!

We are working towards a groundbreaking scheme to reward schools for their communities recycling hard plastic toys at retail stores across the UK.

Sign up to be the first to hear when we launch!

816 Schools/groups have already signed up
4 Local Authorities have already signed up
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Recycle to Read Batteries

Get free book rewards for your school in return for recycling old batteries.

Did you know…

  • More than 600 million batteries are thrown away in the UK each year!
  • Used batteries can leak harmful substances into the environment.
  • Rare and hard to mine metals are used in the production of batteries.

Recycling batteries can recover these metals, so that they can be made into new batteries and lots of other things!

Sign up to collect used household batteries and help teach children the importance of responsible consumption. Plus, you will get exclusive discounts on books, you could win book rewards for your school and we have pupil prizes to give away too!

477 Schools/groups have already signed up
1 Local Authorities have already signed up
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Recycle to Read Textiles

Get book rewards for your school in return for collecting textiles for recycling!

Recycle to Read is a fun and rewarding campaign for primary schools. It promotes care for the environment through reuse and recycling, whilst supporting children’s literacy.

Why sign up?

  • Your school will earn £200 worth of book vouchers for every tonne of textiles collected.
  • Your school will get an exclusive discount on a huge range of books at Harper Collins.
  • It’s a fantastic way to highlight the importance of responsible consumption and the role of recycling.
  • Collecting textiles for reuse and recycling, helps children feel empowered to make a positive difference.

Plus, we have lots of educational resources for you to download, which help children learn about the importance of reuse and recycling.

99 Schools/groups have already signed up
1 Local Authorities have already signed up
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What's Under Your Feet? 2024/25

Help scientists at the British Trust for Ornithology understand the relationship between climate, the availability of invertebrates and how this impacts UK bird numbers and their migration patterns.

It’s easy to take part and children will love being citizen scientists and working outside of the classroom. 

What do you need to do?

  1. Sign up to take part 
  2. Conduct a dig and soil/invertebrate survey in October, March and June*
  3. Upload your data to the Pod here 

Download all the resources you need, including; lesson plan, assembly, information pack and short instructional films. 

Find the Invertebrate Survey Recording Sheet here. 

*You can take part in any or all of the digs, but the scientists need as much data as possible.

364 Schools/groups have already signed up
1 Local Authorities have already signed up
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Water Week 2025

Inspire the next generation of water conservationists.

Help your students learn about water pollution and conservation in support of the United Nations Water Action Decade.

Water Week 2025 will take place 2-8th June.

Benefits of taking part include; 

✅ A free campaign pack to support your Water Week activities including a teacher’s guide, assembly, classroom and eco-team activities and posters and signage.
✅ Access a fantastic selection of curriculum linked resources, films and learning materials to support your teaching.
✅ Get families involved by completing Water Week challenges at home.
✅ Be the first to receive updates on our Water Week activities.

115 Schools/groups have already signed up
1 Local Authorities have already signed up
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Switch Off Fortnight 2024

Be part of our energy-saving movement and help tackle climate change!

Switch Off Fortnight has a simple mission: to help students save energy at school and home. Our campaign empowers young people to learn about energy, take practical steps to reduce how much energy they use – and measure the impact of these actions.

This year’s Switch Off Fortnight campaign runs from 11-24 November. We have lots of resources and tools to help you put together a fun and impactful campaign – including our Pod Energy Saving Dashboard.

278 Schools/groups have already signed up
2 Local Authorities have already signed up
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