Environmental Consciousness

Moving Forward at ISY

Greta Thunberg, Sweden

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Students in Australia

Students in Belgium

Students in the United States

What can we do?

ISY Definition of Environmental Consciousness

�Human induced climate change and environmental degradation are the greatest existential threats facing life on our planet. As such, ISY is committed to reducing our negative environmental impacts as much as possible and in doing so strive to become a force of positive change.

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ISY SEEDs Group

SEEDs Initiatives

Student teams

• ES Student Council
• ISY Environmental Committee
• SEEDs
• ISY Gardening Club
• ISY community service paper recycling

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Welcome

Recyglo and Bokashi Myanmar

Waste Generation vs. Collection in Yangon

About 2300 Ton/per day generated.

(Source : Myanmar Times, 2018)

Approx. 300 Ton/per day is ending up in alleys, rivers & eventually the ocean.

Approx. 2000 tons is collected

What happens to the collected waste?

Climate Change, Soil Pollution, Waste of Resources and Health Issues

What can we do about it?

Be a conscious consumer first!!

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When you are past all others Rs,

You RECYCLE

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The waste we will Recycle

Waste at ISY

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Current Waste of ISY

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Organic Waste

How does does 3.25 tons of organic waste affect our environment?

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What does 3.5 tons looks like?

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What we do now

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Reusable plates often end up in trash along with food waste

Changing behaviors, recycling

We need to change from this… ….to this.

Bokashi Myanmar

Changing behaviors, food waste

Airtight barrels used for bokashi fermentation of food waste

White barrel, 30 liters. Suitable for classroom use

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Blue barrel, 60 liters. Suitable for cafeteria use

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Bokashi bran is added to each layer of food waste in the barrel, 2 tablespoons per liter of food waste.

White barrel: 0.25 kilo per barrel

Blue barrel: 0.50 kilo per barrel

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No smell, flies, or animals

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Let’s recycle our food waste at ISY!

• We produce 3.5 tons of food waste per month at the school from our canteens and lunches
• One ton is 1,000 kilos. So 3.5 tons is 3,500 kilos. A lot. An elephant!
• If we have 20 school days per month, that’s 175 kilos per day. 3 of you!
• ALL OF THIS will now be returned to the soil, where it belongs
• Healthy new plants will grow in your old food waste

OUR OLD FOOD WILL BECOME NEW FOOD IN THE FUTURE!

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How will this work?

• We will collect our food waste at school each day in airtight barrels
• We will add bokashi bran to the food waste in the barrel. Team leaders will make sure it’s done right.
• Your food waste will ferment in the barrels = no smell, no rotting
• The bokashi barrels will be picked up by RecyGlo and delivered to Bokashi Myanmar’s compost farm and made into a super valuable organic fertiliser

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Filling

Making soil great again

Composting

Planting

Why is this SO important?

• Food waste is not trash!
• It is valuable food for our soil
• If we feed our soil, it will feed us
• Much of our soil is dying due to chemicals
• And because we have not been feeding it for a long, long time
• Plants struggle to grow in poor soil...
• ...and the food we grow is lacking in nutrients

HEALTHY SOIL = HEALTHY PEOPLE = HEALTHY PLANET

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Carbon in the air or in the soil?

• The soil can hold 2-3 times as much carbon as the atmosphere. That’s A LOT.
• The atmosphere already has way too much carbon = greenhouse gases
• The soil is screaming out for more carbon. It is needed to make the soil fertile.
• Carbon is organic matter such as food waste, garden waste, anything that has once been living.
• When organic matter goes to landfill it produces greenhouse gases = bad
• When it is given to the soil it creates soil carbon instead = super good!
• SO LET’S FEED THE SOIL AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Educating our students

• Awareness needs to be made about being mindful of exactly where is dispose of waste
• Initial monitoring of receptacles to ensure correct containers are used
• Student teams will assist in both of these aspects