September 2018
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#GENERATION IB HELPS THE ENVIRONMENT<br />
IB students have taken part in a global project to<br />
raise awareness about the environment.<br />
They have been running various campaigns as<br />
part of #generationIB.<br />
This is part of IB’s 50th anniversary celebrations,<br />
where students can join online events working locally<br />
or in global groups to showcase ways they<br />
are working to find solutions for humanity's greatest<br />
challenges.<br />
At GIS we have been focusing on helping the local<br />
environment in Ban Chang by raising awareness<br />
about several issues.<br />
The GIS project is ‘ONE point ZERO. This is because<br />
we currently use 1.7-times the Earth's resources<br />
a year. For the world to cope we have to<br />
reduce this amount considerably, ideally to 1.0.<br />
IB students helped in these ways:<br />
Food reduction: measuring how much food is<br />
wasted in bins and at the canteen. Since the start<br />
of the campaign, the level of waste has halved!<br />
Plastic reduction: saying no to straws and plastic<br />
bags<br />
Beach cleans: IB students took part in a beach<br />
clean at Phala.<br />
Energy Reduction: IB students have been checking<br />
rooms in school to ensure they are being energy-efficient,<br />
and checking devices are off when not<br />
in use.<br />
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