Swapping Books for Sustainability!

At Great Barr we encourage sustainability in all aspects . . . Being the largest school in the UK with over 300 staff, it became apparent that we can make much use of old items, particularly books and magazines! To maximise the sharing of these, we set up a ‘book-swap-meet’.

At the side of our main staff room, is a box to put old books/magazines in. Staff who desire old books or magazines simply help themselves to the books, and make a donation, or just place their own books in the box instead. This means that books are never thrown away, (thereby saving paper), and all donations go to charity!