Sustainability

Our 2025 Sustainability Leaders

 

At our last school assembly, it was exciting to announce Dhruvan. P (6GS) and Fiona. Z (6PA) as the Sustainability Leaders for 2025.  We will introduce them to you in the next Newsletter!

 

The Hidden Cost of Second hand Stores: Are We Consuming Too Much? 

 

The increasing push of the four 'R's'  in modern waste  management - Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose, Reduce - has resulted in the growth of second hand and community group stores as a way of helping the environment and purchasing a designer label item at a significantly lower cost. 

 

But in Jamie D'Souza's article in the recent edition of the Happy Eco News, she has noticed a troubling shift in these stores.