there is always a lot of chat on internet forums and in school staffrooms about reducing the amount of paper we use and about per teaching materials-light or paperless lessons. This has long been a concern of ours, not just because of the obvious effect on the environment and because it contributes to our school's CSR (corporate social responsibility) initiative, but also because for years we've seen teachers carrying piles of paper, resource after resource, into the classroom and bombarding their students with one handout after another, often with no direct link or context.