Eco Schools

'Phil' the Bag is proud to announce that it has teamed up with Eco-Schools as their Official Brand New Textile Recycling Partner. ‘Phil’ is pleased to offer it’s FREE award-winning fundraising initiative to all Eco-Schools.

Like ‘Phil’, Eco-Schools believes that all schools should be on a journey to becoming a sustainable school.

In practice this means a continuous process of integrating high standards of achievement and behaviour with the goals of healthy living, environmental awareness, community engagement and global citizenship.

Our long-term well-being – as individuals, communities and nations – depends on the way we care for ourselves and for each other, and the way we care for the environment, now and in the future. A commitment to care underpins a school’s work on sustainable development.

Eco Schools Show 2011

The Eco-Schools Programme offers opportunities to explore the local and global contexts of real-life issues.

The idea of ‘making the world a better place’ has clear relevance across all subjects.

Eco-Schools provides a framework of learning for pupils, helping them to understand how different issues are linked together. Eco-Schools wants to see schools which prepare pupils to become active, responsible citizens, focused on the needs of their communities and wider world.

When you book your next collection ask ‘Phil for your FREE copy of our NEW Programme of Practical Classroom Activities. These plans have been developed in line with the principles of Education for Global Citizenship and have been embedded across all areas of the curriculum.

Save money with Eco-Schools AND earn more money with 'Phil' the Bag.

Many people believe that being greener means investing in greener products, but that’s not the case. Being greener is actually about reducing the amount of resources we consume and being responsible with those that we use.

Eco-Schools would like all schools to be models of waste minimisation and sustainable consumption, using goods and services of high environmental and ethical standards from local sources where practicable, and increasing value for money by reducing, reusing, repairing and recycling as much as possible.

Does your curriculum cultivate the knowledge, skills, values and confidence pupils need to minimise waste and respond to global challenges?

Are staff and pupils involved in schemes to promote waste minimisation?

The Eco-Schools process is enjoyable and rewarding for the whole school community. What’s more, you have the support of resources like 'Phil' the Bag.

Undertaking a school wide, community project around recycling with 'Phil' the Bag ticks a number of criteria for the Eco-Schools Award and fits nicely into the Sustainable Schools Framework.