Activity Plan 2012

During the initial visit an activity plan was made as below after thorough discussion with the eco club members as below

Paper Bag making - 23 October 2012

Eco club members made bags from paper on 23 October 2012 from 12:30 pm in the physics lab during a relief period. These papers included unused worksheets and extra prints of paper bags. How the bags will be used will be decided shortly

Eco club meeting - 16 October 2012

• A meeting was held for all eco-club members  in the AV Room

• In the meeting the members decided the theme for the rest of the year for which the eco club activities will be based on.

• Four groups were made and they did poster presentations on the topics of waste management, water saving, energy saving and species conservation.

•  In the end waste management was selected.

 



"Green Day 2012" - 11th October 2012 and 12th October 2012

The environmental stewards of Jalalluddin School have celebrated the Green Day of Jalalluddin School very magnificently.

•  The green day was started eco-friendly by not using any motor vehichles to come to school

•  Most of the students and staffs had followed this instruction and became an example to others

• The school electricity was also cut for 20 minutes to celebrate the green day 2012. The main of doing this was to cut some extra gases and pollution which were emmited from the electric devices in the school
• The environmental stwerards also planted rose plants in the school on 12th October 2012

• The eco-club members are thankful to all the people who have helped us to successfully organize these type of events and also we would like to thank all our fellow students and  all Jalalluddin Staffs for their co-operation to make this day successful. And we also hope that we would receive this co-operation in every activity we conduct

"Welcome, all new volunteer members of eco - club "- 10th October 2012

There was an eco - club meeting held in the AV room on 10th October 2012 to welcome the newly enrolled volunteer members of eco-club.

• The newly enrolled volunteer members of eco - club was welcomed by a presentation from the voulunteer group of eco-club

• In this meeting the eco club members also discussed about the green day which was 11th October 2012

• About 50 new members were enrolled to eco - club. which makes the number of students of eco club to about 90 members
•  This meeting the members prepared the school for the green day 2012 (11th October 2012)
  
  

Bingo - here is your finance model!

When we were taking the last few sessions, Aisha and I shared our thoughts on the importance of having a finance model for the eco-club. That is very important aspect to become sustainable. The British Council - Global Changemakers Fund has agreed to provide a sponsorship of 1550 Swiss Frank to devise a finance model and yes! We did it.

Kulhudhuffushi has a business of State Trading Organisation called Isle Fresh that purchase from local farmers. In this model, eco-club members will grow plants on hydroponic system and sell the harvest to Isle Fresh. Yes! We are adopting a green finance model to generate revenue for the club. The revenue is all yours to spend on eco-club activities.

I have spoken to Aboobakuru from Hanimaadhoo, who will be providing the system for the school eco-club and will take 8-10 days workshop on hydrocluture and technical support for eco-club members. I suggest the eco-club to invite some of the fellow schoolmates; just to stir their interest and transform them into changemakers - just like you. I have also requested a local business in Male to deliver the nameboard for the project. It will come soon :)

Here is the package that will come with Hydroponic system.

• This project is of cause a secondary project to the initiative of Maldivian Youth Climate Network. So we are working together on this. 
• Project Kaththiri (Kaththiti is a local word meaning 'a Y - Frame support') will not only give you a hydroponic system. Since hydroculture use chemicals and our aim is to become organic, we will integrate the composting activities of the club with this project and continue an organic farming initiative in the school grounds. We start small of cause. 
• There is one interesting thing. I have learned from my recent trip to Singapore's Sustainable Living Kampung  (managed by a great group of volunteers from Ground Up Initiative); a great innovative product called 'Garbage Enzymes'. It can be used for many purposes. From enriching the soils and keeping the pests away to cleaning plates, this product if made well, has huge benefits. Have a look on the links and we will try to do that as well. Sounds organic huh? :)

So three things; 1) Hydroponic system + workshop       2) Organic Farming; using composting + garbage enzymes    and     3) A good composting pit. I need your availability plan to set a time period.

Let me also tell you how pleased I am with your work. You all are doing a brilliant work and as I have spoken to your principle, I request our enthusiastic club coordinators to take the club activities to the rest of the school population. Maybe have it on noticeboard, promote the blog and definitely invite and involve other students in eco-club activities.

Gaby from Switzerland sends you her best wishes and all success. I, on the other hand, cannot wait to see you guys and get my hands dirty doing some composting.

Will be writing another piece for the blog very soon and do contact should you have a query.

PS: here is the official page of the Project in British Council Global Changemaker website. I haven't updated it yet, but it will be done soon. 

Regards,

Mujahid Abdulla
7884220 / mujahid.environs@gmail.com

Green Day Preparations - 9 October 2012

Eco club members gathered at the school to prepare for the upcoming Green Day.
This included banners and posters

Ecoclub meeting - 8 september 2012

All eco club members met at the AV room at 20:00
The main disscussions were about preparations for Green day which has been set as 11 October 2012 (Thursday)

The main aspect of it is to avoid  using motor vehicles by school students. There were also suggestions to plant trees in the school grounds of Friday on this occasion
To make the day more remarkable eco club members have decided to put up banners and posters
To inform the school students of these upcoming events, the eco club members have decided to give a speech on 10 September (Wednesday)

Eco club meeting - 5 October 2012

A meeting was held for all eco club members in the AV room at 16:00

- Research was completed on composting. Environmental assessment of the school ground shows that it is suitable for this project. Their studies show that students can practically begin the task directly after permission from the school authorities

- Requests for Electric Bills have reached the Deputy Principal (Mr Ali Ismail)

- Progress was made by the research on the native species research as a list of species prohibited from export was made

- Volunteer Recruiting team has finished preparing their presentation and it will be presented shortly to a variety of student audiences. They have also made forms for volunteers and these will be available from the supervisors’ room from sunday to tuesday. The crietria for the selection of new environmental stewards will be made public after the response of the students

- Admin Team has fixed the physics lab as a temporary collection point. On sunday an announcement will be made for the students in the assembly to bring wastes. This announcement is also to inform the students about the volunteer recruitment program and to request them to follow the instructions in the posters pasted throughout the school by the eco club

Poster pasting - 5 October 2012

The posters made by the Creative team was pasted throughout the school by eco club members. This included class rooms, toilets, supervisors' room, Science Labs, etc

Re-use of Teacher's Day materials

A lot of papers were used during the teachers day for decorative purposes.

When the event was over eco club members collected these papers to recycle them. As environmental stewards we decided to re-use them for an environmental cause. Therefore our creative team used them for making more environmental awareness posters

These will be pasted through out the school when all posters are finished

Classroom sweeping program

Eco club members have encouraged students to sweep there classrooms when they leave and preserve this fading tradition by doing it themselves

Creative teams posters - 24 September 2012

The Creative team made posters and signs to increase the awareness of students about power conservation and to encourage them to turn off the lights and other electrical appliances when not in use

 Making more posters and the pasting process will be carried out shortly