Taking schoolbooks out of the bag [IrishTimes]
- Published: 01 March 2010
Madam, – Further to recent correspondence regarding ways of recycling used schoolbooks, I wish to point out a related campaign to remove most, if not all, schoolbooks from the schoolbag.
I am a secondary school teacher at CBS Charleville, Co Cork. For three years now, Transition Year students at our school have been running a project called “The Green Mile” whose objective is to get more students cycling and walking to school, as opposed to being driven (which is the present majority mode of transport) or taking the bus.
It has emerged from extensive research that the weight of the schoolbag is the single biggest disincentive to walking or cycling. A typical secondary schoolbag can weigh 20kg.
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