Fly To SkyFLY TO SKYA SOCIAL IMPACT ECOSYSTEM
Home › Projects › Clean Energy & Environmental Sustainability
10 / 29Clean Energy & Environmental Sustainability

Books for Trees Program

Chương trình Đổi sách lấy cây

The program encourages the community to bring books, paper, clothing, school supplies, toys, teddy bears, used batteries, milk cartons, cans, and used plastic products to designated exchange points in return for succulents, ornamental plants, seeds, and environmentally friendly products and gifts. Each year, it collects approximately 10–20 tonnes of paper and books, recirculates more than 500–700 sets of textbooks and over 5,000–10,000 books, and donates bookshelves and community libraries to schools in mountainous, remote, border, and ethnic minority areas, as well as social protection facilities. These efforts help thousands of children access books and promote equitable access to education. The program also distributes thousands of plants and environmentally friendly products through its annual exchange activities.

Books for Trees Program

01Detailed introduction

Connect circularity, environmental learning and book sharing through exchanges, sorting, reuse, recycling and redistribution.

Activity portfolio

  • Operate exchange points for books, paper, clothes, toys and eligible packaging/materials.
  • Exchange items for plants, succulents, seeds and eco-friendly gifts under clear rules.
  • Inventory, sort and direct books to schools/libraries/shelters and material to responsible recycling.
  • Hold green events and education on resources and plant care.
  • Link with White Dove Libraries, reading activities and post-donation education.

Long-term operation and continuity

  • Keep exchange rules, inventories and material destinations transparent.
  • Partner with schools for post-handover reading programs.

02Sponsorship opportunities

Modular, needs-led and non-exclusive.

  • Plants, seeds and environmentally friendly gifts
  • Exchange points, scales, storage and sorting
  • Documented book/material transport and recycling
  • Book collections, learning materials and reading promotion
  • Volunteers, annual events and communications
  • Needs assessment, design, budgeting and local coordination
  • Implementation, volunteers, logistics and safety
  • Operation, maintenance, continuation or expansion
  • Measurement, transparent reporting, evaluation and responsible communications

03Related SDGs

SDG 4SDG 12SDG 13SDG 17

Alignment by purpose, not a certified or quantified SDG outcome.

04Results, outputs and evidence

Fly To Sky confirmed 2026 as the eighth edition.

Proposed indicators

  • Material weights collected by category
  • Documented reuse and recycling proportions
  • Plants, green gifts and participants
  • Redistributed books and subsequent reading usage
  • Supported facilities or activities remaining in use after follow-up
  • Feedback, equitable access, satisfaction and follow-up needs

Evidence to keep

Baseline and needs assessment, plans and budgets, sponsor records, itemized handover or acceptance records, consented photographs, attendance/usage and maintenance logs, baseline/endline tests, beneficiary and partner feedback, periodic outcomes.

05Geographical focus

Multiple localities nationwide; suitable books and items reach underserved schools, shelters and libraries.