This activity aimed to raise students’ awareness about the importance of recycling. The students’ main task was to manufacture decorated Christmas trees using recyclable materials.

It was conceived as a contest between classes. The participant students had the task to decorate their classrooms for the Christmas celebrations using recyclable materials. The winner classes got prizes and diplomas and all the participants got diplomas.

Mărțișor is an old Romanian celebration at the beginning of spring, on March the 1st, which according to old calendar was also considered as the beginning of the new year.

Mărțișor is a red and white string from which a small decoration is tied. Giving this talisman to people is an old custom, and it is believed that the one who wears the red and white string will be strong and healthy for the year to come. It is also a symbol of the coming spring.

This tradition was another occasion for the students to make things of recyclable materials.