Early lessons in waste management and sustainable living in Kerala schools
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A programme that teaches waste management and sustainability in school devised by a Finland-based start-up
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A programme that teaches waste management and sustainability in school devised by a Finland-based start-up
Class VII and VIII students of Global Public School, Kochi, had a unique project during the academic session 2019-2020. They had to create a working model of waste management in the school.
Until then their knowledge was theoretical, derived from text books. But now they had to rethink how they saw waste, and understand waste — the kinds, segregation and disposal. They worked closely with janitorial staff, to understand how the system worked and came up with their suggestions.