Environmental Activitiesfor Change:

- Students, Classrooms & Schools

- Communities & Businesses

By Kerry Dyke

More Action

Less Talk…

Overview

Part 1: For The Classroom

• Let’s think about our actions

• Classroom assignments

• Compass For Sustainability

Part 2: Green Panther Projects

• Environmental Club Projects– Meatless Mondays– Reduction of Bottled Water– Earth Week

• Carrotmob – Changing businesses

Climate Change

You heard the problems, but what about the solutions?

The clock

is ticking

We need action now

I want to help…

but how?

The solution is changing our actions.

Let’s look at our actions.

How do you travel?

How often do you fly?

Most electricity comes from and

OILCOAL

Are you using more than you need?

How many things are left ON in your

home right now?

How far did your food travel?

Is it sprayed with chemicals?

1kg of food uses 80 kg of oil

of greenhous

e gases come from

meat.

18%

Do you even think of saving water?

•Brushing teeth•Shower•Laundry•Food production

How many plastic bags are used in 1 year?

500, 000, 000, 000

How many are you using?

Learn the truth about Bottled Water:

• Loses blind taste tests

• Lower safety regulation

• Cost up to 1000x more

• Eco nightmare

• Health hazard

How much paper did ISB use last

year?

6.6Millionsheets

Improvement over the course

Energy In Your Home

Consumption

Are you an eco shopper?

Compass for Sustainability

• Decision Making Tool for business & schools• Use in classroom for almost any topic K-12• Simple to learn, easier to implement immediately• Engaging for students and teacher becomes

facilitator• Get a deeper understanding and see other

perspectives on global issues• “not another thing to squeeze into your packed

curriculum”• Focus for your units

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The End of Part I

Any questions?

Green Panther Projectsgreen-panthers.blogspot.com

• Meatless Mondays

• Reduction of Bottled Water

• Carrotmob – Helping Businesses Ban the Bag

Pledge to go Meatless on Mondays

ISB Earth Week 2011

Water: Bottled vs. Tapped

• Taste• Safety• Environment• Myth vs. Truth• Cost

ISB Blind Taste Test

Bottled Water ISB Filtered Fountain Water

Taste the same

116 210 53

True or False?All bottled water comes from clean pristine rivers that flow down mountains.

False

• 40% of bottled water is actually tap water.

• Desani (from Coca Cola) Aquafina (from Pepsi)Both are tap water!!

What about

our water?

It’s filtered tap water.

Safety

• The bottle is actually dangerous.• Bisphenol A (BPA), found in many plastic bottles and water

coolers contains estrogens.– Estrogens are female hormones and has been linked to breast and

ovarian cancers and childhood developmental problems.

• Phthalates, which are known to disrupt testosterone and other hormones, can leach into bottled water over time.

• ISB reusable bottles are BPA & Phthalates free.

Environment:a nightmare from beginning to end

Bottled water causes over 60 million plastic bottles to be produced, filled, transported and disposed of "every day" in America. That’s just in USA.

Less than 20% of bottles get recycled.

It takes 3 times as much water to produce the bottle as it does to fill it.

Cost1 ISB bottle =

350 baht

183 school days / year

20 baht/Crystal bottle

20 x 183 = 3660

1 Crystal each dayfor the year =

3660 baht

Water changes at ISB

• 2 new water dispensers at the gym and cafeteria for you to refill your own water bottle.

• Bookstore sells water bag & bottles for 350 baht.

– BPA FREE– Phthalates Free

• Crystal water will double from 10 baht to 20 baht.

66% reduction in

bottled water since the campaign

ISB Earth Week 2011

Bottle Sales / day

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

BeforeAfter

Tap & Print

• New system that allows you to print from any printer with just a tap of your card.

• This has significantly cut down on wasted printing in the library and will now do it throughout school.

ISB Earth Week 2011

April 22: International Earth Day

April 25-29: ISB Earth Week

ISB Earth Week 2011

Eco Movie: SharkwaterChevron Theater Thursday, April 21

Show times: 2:10 & 3:30

Green Line

Organic Food

WHAT IS IT? HOW DOES IT WORK?CAN YOUR SCHOOL DO IT?

bangkok.carrotmob.org

END OF PART IIAny Questions?

Sites for the presentation: • Sites for the presentation:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GrQTv5aPly-F_hmmwpthxJEAb6T6wKUF3PXQaa7BEG8/edit?hl=en&authkey=CPzZlsQL

Facebook (Ban the bag): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=96682690774

Carrotmob http://bangkok.carrotmob.org/

Prezi – Ban the bag http://prezi.com/y9-yb3uxqfvl/carrotmob-ban-the-bag/

Green Panthers http://green-panthers.blogspot.com/

Energy in the Home –https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dXp_QFvCSFX_jVFbWIeK_sGZFvRCX6GqQC39zwP9474/edit?hl=en&authkey=CPn_iPID

My Eco Footprinthttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1qN3_WsCAo9NzPOPj76ClpIqmG1-xktZwDRKVmo6y1No/edit?hl=en&authkey=CP7YnOUL

How much do I consume in a day?https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9ZlHzDJ8F5iNlKa1bLfPX8AzgbkeK_v5FgXX0FoPp0/edit?hl=en&authkey=CL7GnJ0E

Eco Shopper Scavenger Hunthttps://docs.google.com/document/d/10kgNpuqZCfedAYVzM7zNd_FxHEv2CZWJMsu3oi1dISE/edit?hl=en&authkey=CNG69tIH

Compass of Sustainability - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DzbY6h29o5R3jg0FPW7JQ_IbTCIoWnSJa4xem38DFvA/edit?hl=en&authkey=COr2gRY

Becoming a Compass School http://www.atkisson.com/resources/category/compass-schools/

Eco changes at ISB: https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AcMNV7mDlxaEZGQzMjQ5OGRfOGZjN2NzZ2Nw&hl=en

What can you and your school do?

Class assignmentsCompass for Sustainability

Eco Projects - Meatless Mondays - Bottled Water - Ban the bags

Carrotmob Concept