Litter Pick & Play
Environmental charity Keep Scotland Beautiful has declared a litter emergency. Play Scotland aim to help by supporting their 2024 Spring Clean. Check out the Litter Pick & Play resources developed by Play Scotland.
Keep Scotland Beautiful Spring Clean Scotland – 15 March to 28 April 2024
Why not encourage your school to take part in Spring Clean Scotland? The themes for #SpringCleanScotland 2024 are Nature, Communities, Health and Wellbeing and Marine Litter.
Reflections from the 22nd International Play Association Triennial World Conference in Glasgow
Play Scotland have shared the following resources from this event held in June 2023: Inspirationally Playful: Over fifty reflections on what has inspired, and continues to inspire those with a professional interest in play have been gathered into this publication. It is a global collection, comprising thoughts from each of [...]
Curious Kids: where does our rubbish go?
This article in The Conversation (1 June 2023) makes a useful contribution to litter surveys and Eco-schools work in schools.
Join the Litter Pick & Play project!
Are you working with children and young people to improve their local environment to increase and improve their play? Play Scotland invite you to get involved in their Litter Pick & Play campaign. They include a handy toolkit on their webpage. This is part of the International Play Association Triennial World [...]
Live Lesson Activity – Eggbox Experiment, and more
The Eco-Schools Newsletter (April 2022) included a litter activity on ‘natural’ and ‘biodegradable’ materials. Investigate how long materials take to decompose with this simple experiment. Check out their Live Lessons programme including forthcoming ones on biodiversity (May) and water (June).
Speaking of Spring Clean…
Eco-Schools Scotland remind us that #ScottishSpringClean starts 21st March! Spring Clean Scotland 2022 is perfect time to carry out the litter pick you'll need for your Green Flag Award. Join Eco-Schools Scotland 21st & 25th March for a live lesson all about Litter & Waste.
Save the Date! Spring Clean Scotland 21st March to 21st April 2022
Check out the guidance available on the Keep Scotland Beautiful website here to help you plan an event. Register your events on the online Clean Up Scotland portal here. You can also have #YourSayOnLitter and respond to the Scottish Government consultation on a new National Litter and Fly tipping before 31 March.
