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  • Plastic Workshop

    5/14/12 • (0)

    We’ve gotten the outline of our Plastic Workshop presentation established and are now working in groups to developed the different aspects.  Projects include, a litter pick-up, a game inspired by the trash collection, an introduction to get us all on the same page when we talk about prevention, a prezi, a movie, a song, a [...]

  • The Workshop Takes Shape

    5/09/12 • (0)

    A big thank you to  Plastic Free Bali , who joined us last week to share their plastic-reduction workshop that they’ve developed for Indonesian schools.  As they will be discontinuing this program, they agreed to show it to us so that we can try to continue raising awareness of the waste management issues on Bali [...]

  • A Special Visit From Plastic-Free Bali

    4/30/12 • (0)

    We are excited to welcome Plastic-Free Bali to our class this week.  They will lead us though a workshop on waste-reduction in our personal lives and teach us to be facilitators of the same workshop so that we can share these strategies with our friends at SMP 3 a bit later in the term.

  • We’re Off to See the Fishes….

    4/23/12 • (0)

    ….. and the coral, and the sea grasses, and the mangroves, and a host of other plants and critters!  We’re looking forward to a great week in West Bali National Park with our friends from the Odyssey Institute as they guide us through an exploration of these ecosystems and get us even more acquainted with [...]

  • Baggin It

    4/18/12 • (0)

    We finished watching the movie “Bag It” Monday and are now looking at ways in which we can reduce our use of singe-use plastic items.  The students toured the campus identifying instances of their use and we are now in the process of finding a way to get rid them.  We’ll take a special look [...]

  • How Much Plastic do we Use?

    4/09/12 • (0)

    We will begin a unit about plastic waste in our water with a look at single-use plastic items.  By first taking a survey of all the single-use plastic we use in a day, we’ll then take a tour of the school and record all instances of single-use plastic we come across.  We’ll keep this in [...]

  • Wrap-up Week

    3/15/12 • (0)

    After putting the final touches on our water organizations and solutions prezis, we’ll take a test covering our safe water unit on Thursday.  We’ll get a chance to look at all the prezis as a class on Tuesday morning just before we go to break.  When we come back we’ll start taking a look at [...]

  • A Look at Solutions

    3/05/12 • (0)

    We will use a new presentation format to take a look at the best solutions out there to help alleviate the safe-water issues around the world.  Prezis are a dynamic way to present information and a great tool for the students to use as they begin to present more and more of their work in [...]

  • Envisioning a World with Safe Water for All

    2/27/12 • (0)

    We read an article about one Ethiopian woman’s struggles to provided safe water for her 6 children.  While her and her 7 year-old daughter waked 6 miles per day to supply dirty water for the rest of the family, they still prayed every night and thanked God for what they had.  We then did an [...]

  • Fish Pond Restoration

    2/22/12 • (0)

    Grade 6 will spend all day restoring the fish pond on Friday, 24 February.  Please be sure to wear clothes that can get muddy and bring a a clean pair to change into for the assembly and Green Community Social.  Don’t to have your hats, sunscreen, and water bottles.  Have fun!