Here’s a great suggestion for a school project from the county council:
Could your school Make Do and Mend?
An exciting new set of activities for primary schools has been created by the Devon Waste Education Team to highlight the importance of reusing materials during the Second World War and how they were recycled and repaired during times of scarcity.
Teachers are being encouraged to use the curriculum linked Second World War education pack to find out how resources were scarce during that time and how young people had to Make Do and Mend, cope with rationing and help collect valuable materials for recycling.
Could your school Make Do and Mend? – News
As Cllr Croad said at the time:
“In a time of climate emergency and biodiversity crisis we need to find ways to use our resources better to help save the planet and solve the problems humans have created.
“Now, more than ever, is a time to study how people in the past coped with extreme events and learn from them.
“The schemes that were introduced in times of scarcity like the Second World War were the forerunners of our current recycling schemes. They helped the war effort by collecting materials like metals so they could be used to make new products and helped the country through very difficult times, when resources were scarce.”
Committee details – Devon Authorities Strategic Waste Committee – Democracy in Devon