Three ways schools are reducing the planet’s burden

Schools say no to wrapping of books in brown paper As parents and students get ready for the new academic year, “wrapping of books in brown paper” seems to be dropping off the list of preparations. PS Senior Secondary School also did away with this practice a few years ago finding this exercise to be a waste of paper and time for parents. Revathy Parameswaran, principal of PS Senior Secondary School, notes that previously the school would give the old papers to the local kabadiwallas but they stopped the practice and opted for this initiative for the positive impact it would have on students and staff. “We initiated this as part of the Design for Change project called ‘I can do’ and there is healthy competition among students,” says Eveline Cranab G, English teacher, Shree Niketan Patasala. School uniform of this kind is at the centre of a sustainability lesson, centred around the three R’s for students of Spartan Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Mogappair.