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

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

The official launch date of Recycle to Read Toys will be announced shortly.

Take part in this exciting new toy recycling campaign for an opportunity to inspire your children to care for the environment and get great new books for your school. Recycle to Read Toys is a fun and impactful way for schools to promote sustainability and earn free books, too!

By encouraging your whole school community to recycle broken, hard plastic toys at a participating Tesco store, your school can earn Planet Care Points and climb the Recycle to Read Toys leaderboard.

The top 50 schools on nominated 'Book Reward Days' will win book vouchers worth £50-£500! Every school and individual taking part will be entered into weekly prize draws for book vouchers and bundles, too.

Sign up for free to access your campaign pack, including a teachers' guide, posters, assembly, resources, and a guide to hosting a toy swap event—to earn bonus Planet Care Points.

845 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!

519 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.

108 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 in the campaign.
  2. Conduct a dig and soil/invertebrate survey in October, March and June.*
  3. Upload your data to the Pod (the surveys will appear as the first item in the campaign resources page, on the first day of each survey month).

Supporting resources 

A range of helpful resources including; an assembly, lesson plan, information pack and short instructional films are provided. You will be able to access them here following registration.

Quick links

Find the Invertebrate Survey Recording Sheet here. Find the Bird Survey Recording Sheet here. 

*You can take part in any or all of the digs. The scientists appreciate as much data as possible.

369 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.

127 Schools/groups have already signed up
1 Local Authorities have already signed up
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Switch Off Fortnight 2025

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 10-23 November. We have lots of resources and tools to help you put together a fun and impactful campaign – including our Pod Energy Saving Dashboard.

17 Schools/groups have already signed up
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