United Kingdom: Additional and extra activities Sept 2012 - July 2014

As a result of joining this project we have had the opportunity to do additional activities that link to the theme and would like to share them also.

We have run 2 clothes recycling 'shops' and invited the local community to join in to raise money for a local charity.

We became involved with a local youth theatre to help make a large puppet for a festival out of recycled materials. The project was entitled 'When you see Water' and its aim was to draw attention to looking after our rivers and streams.

We created a giant fish puppet.

We used old or scrap paper

Using recycled bamboo

The eye was made from an old dish

The sections were joined by used ribbon and plastic bottles

Parading at the festival

We also had a recycled market to sell the items we had created from 'junk'

Vegetable plants in orange juice cartons

Bags made from old jeans

bracelets from plastic and strips of materials

pen pots from tins

Also in the theme of sustainability we had guest speakers from 'Water Aid' a national charity that helps get clean drinking water to remote villages around the World and our Year 11s thought of various ways to raise money including sponsored walks and penny games as well as sponging staff and we earned nearly £400.

Sponsored run for Water Aid

Sponging staff