A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth
A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth
A resource for teaching and learning about consuming planet earth
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CONTINUED<br />
B3<br />
Reducing the waste<br />
Exercise 3 - You are the new Mayor!<br />
a) Working in small groups, imagine you are the Mayor <strong>for</strong> your Local Council/Shire<br />
<strong>and</strong> local councillors. You know waste is a problem as you are running out of room<br />
to put it. Your options include:<br />
– paying to have the rubbish sent elsewhere<br />
– digging deeper l<strong>and</strong>fills<br />
– putting in more kerbside recycling<br />
– working with the packaging people to reduce packaging on popular foods <strong>and</strong> items<br />
– educating the people living in the area to encourage them to recycle.<br />
Write a plan <strong>for</strong> your council explaining what measures you want to put in place.<br />
Remember the 3 Rs!<br />
Use de Bono’s Six Hats to get you started.<br />
Red Hat – what are our feelings <strong>about</strong> the options?<br />
White Hat – where can we get more in<strong>for</strong>mation from?<br />
Green Hat – how can we generate some creative ideas?<br />
Yellow Hat – what’s good <strong>about</strong> our ideas?<br />
Black Hat – what’s bad <strong>about</strong> our ideas?<br />
Blue Hat – what other types of thinking could we use?<br />
b) Create a web page, leaflet or in<strong>for</strong>mation kit, advising rate payers<br />
of your proposals, or write an article <strong>for</strong> your local newspaper.<br />
Ask a classmate to review your work, then respond to any concerns.<br />
consumer affairs victoria<br />
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