Levi (Hungary)
Hi every one,
Today I’d like to tell you about the drought in Hungary.
In the last few days, I read a very interesting article. It was about Lake Balaton’s water level. It said, water level evaporates two centimeters every day!!
This was very shocking for me and I realized I have to stop wasting water. I decided to buy a huge barrel to collect rain for watering the garden or anything else. I hope it will be useful for the environment!
I think it will look like this:
Réka teacher (Hungary)
I had a ’story’ today and I have realised that it is connected to our zero waste challenge. So I decided to write it down for you.
A friend of mine left her glasses at my grandparents’ cottage at Lake Balaton when they visited us there. She asked me to send them by post. She could not come back for them, the place was far away, they did not have time to come back for the glasses. But the expensive glasses were important for her. So we agreed that I send them to her by post.
Glasses are very fragile so we were thinking a lot how to put them save into a kind of box. I took a box of peach juice. I cut one of its ends. I cleaned it inside. I put some really old newspapers to be well-lined. After placing the glasses safely into it I closed the box. Finally I wrapped it into a brownish paper originated from my grandparents’ things I found in one of their cupboards. So I could write the address on it legibly.
I think I used up a lot of old things sensibly instead of buying something new at the post.
In June we took part in the 3rd TISZA-LAKE competition, which lasted for 5 days. The competition began with shipbuilding. We built the ships ourselves from recycled materials and waste bottles. The kids were travelling on the built boat, the adults were collecting trash with canoes.
At the beginning of the first day, we didn't have any trash, so we paddled. Then we selected the waste, trampled it and packed it into bags grouped by types.
14 teams started in the race and we collected more than 1,500 bags of garbage, which are approx. 7 tons.
The name of our team was the „Tiszai Jak” and we collected almost 300 bags of garbage, with which we won the competition in front of such strong teams as the Erste bank or the Decathlon team.
Plastic Cup (official information)
The waste pollution on river Tisza is a huge environmental problem! The PLASTIC Cup, this non-profit, non-governmental initiative, was created to eliminate this problem. This environmental action contributes to clean river Tisza by organizing events, waste collection campaigns spanning several months, team-building activities, exhibitions and professional discussions throughout the year.
Our three main goals: conservation of living waters, water sports promotion (kayaking, canoeing) and community building.
The key to the success of Plastic Cup is that it’s able to transform a difficult and dangerous exercise, like collecting trash, into a fun and inspiring team building exercise, into the adventure of a lifetime.
Plastic Cup is the first, and as far as we know only, initiative in the world that looks to fight pollution by using pollutants.
The results in numbers:
4068 DISCOVERED HEAVILY POLLUTED COASTAL AREAS
218 t REMOVED POLLUTANTS FROM THE RIVER TISZA
147 BOATS OF WASTE HAVE BEEN BUILT
This week I was at a folk camp in Transylvania (Romania) with my family and there was a water shortage.
It was hard living with very little water. But we learned how to brush our teeth and have a shower with only a small amount.
It’s hard to imagine that lots of people around the world have to live in conditions like this.
Overall this was very interesting and concerning experience and it left a question in me: Do we really need to use as much water as we use normally?
Hi everyone,
Today this is how I did the zero waste challenge:
I wanted to draw on 100 % recycled paper, so I went to the shop by
bicycle and I bought some paper. It was the same as the normal one and I
did NOT hurt the environment in fact I reused it. I also painted old
clothespins my mother used to hang out wet clothes, and they became happy clips with different colours that I can use to fix memos at my desk.
The next day I reused an old bed sheet to make a dress for a doll as a
present for my cousin. It felt really good because if I don’t use it,
it would have gone to the trash! You should try this zero waste
challenge too.
Julcsi
Balint (Hungary)
Hello everyone,
My name is Bálint Villányi and I'd like to report on my zero waste challenge during my vacation.
If you are at a vacation, you can produce a lot of trash, what you don't want. We would like to avoid so many needless trashes, so we used only glass bottles, and we weren't buy new bottles, if it was possible.
Finally we collected the trash selectively.
Hello. My name is Eylül. I'm a student at İsmail Demir Middle School, class 7/E. I'll present the zero waste project I designed. I wove from old plastic bags with the help from my dad and I designed this project with some wool rope. I made carpets and wool handbags. Hope you liked it. Goodbye.
Simone’s second
expeience
Hi, these days I started using the bicycle to move instead of using the car. Many times I asked my parents to accompany me to nearby places by car, but after I realized that by doing so I would only damage the environment, I started using my bike to move from one place to another. Moving around by bike, you avoid the use of cars, motorcycles, buses, reducing polluting gas emissions. In addition, traffic is streamlined and there are shorter journeys. There are also electric bicycles or even called pedal assisted bikes with which you can move without making a lot of physical effort. Using the bicycle means moving without polluting, respecting the environment. The bicycle provides us with a means to explore the world, without emitting pollutants into the atmosphere. For those who live in urban centers, the bicycle is perfect for moving from one part of the city to another, without risking ending up in traffic. Not only does the bike not emit C02, but it is also a silent vehicle, helping to reduce noise pollution. The bicycle is also good economically: as well as being a very economical vehicle, it does not need much money for maintenance.
Brunella’s experience
Hi everyone! Today
for the zero waste challenge I propose local markets. I decided to buy food in
local markets, as they are good for the environment and local economy. Farmer’s
markets are fantastic places for sustainable shopping. Going there I help local
families and tackle the environmental costs of food production because the food
is locally grown, it is fresh and seasonal. All the products of the local
markets are fresh and locally grown, reducing the need for plastic packaging
and C02 emissions involved in transportation. Local food also means fresher
food. The taste has no equals, moreover local products don’t have to travel
half way across the world to reach your plate. Also, for the environment, it’s
important to eat seasonal products as much as possible.
Simone’s experience
Hi, these days I have
decided to start using a steel bottle instead of wasting a lot of plastic water
bottles. A few days ago together with my friends we went on a hike near a river
and I was very sorry that it was full of plastic bottles. Then after this
experience I bought steel bottles to avoid polluting the environment. Steel
thermal water bottles are among the most important eco-sustainable products
currently. A thermal steel bottle can really make a difference: the more they
increase, the smaller the quantities of plastic bottles and bottles that are so
harmful to the Earth, especially to the seas. Steel is 100% recyclable. The
main reason so many people buy water bottles is definitely the Environmental
Issue. Water bottles contribute to the reduction of pollution caused by plastic
bottles: 80% of the waste in the sea consists of plastic, of which 49% of
disposable plastic, just the type of the bottles! Stop using plastic items is
the only way to reduce pollution and in this way water bottles can really make
a difference!
Emanuele’s experience
Hi everyone! My name is Emanuele and today I
want to talk about my experience in the ecology field, a world that especially
now involves us all. As human beings, we
live inside an ecosystem which is ruled by nature’s laws and we’re all
responsible of what happens to our planet everyday. Sometimes we forget that our gestures can
really make a change and that’s why we should be aware of the environment and
its needs. We’re all in a world full of
resources so that’s probably why we take for granted what our Earth provides
for us. This week I have had the opportunity to spend some time with a group of
friends from different countries and I have seen how they acted to contrast the
various environmental problems. When we go to the beach, we always take time to
take away some rubbish. When we throw
away stuff we always make sure to separate the paper from the plastic, the
glass from the organic and etc. We have also learned to prioritise the
technology over paper to reduce the waste and to preserve the trees that are
important for the air we breathe and the temperature. In my opinion those small
actions can make a big change if we all put effort into it.
1st July
Giorgia’s activity
Good morning! for today's action for the
environment, I propose turning off he lights as much as we can when we don't
need them. Saving as much energy as possible helps a lot to reduce our carbon
footprint, and our atmosphere will thank us! - Giorgia, Italy
2nd July
Giorgia’s activity 2
Hello everyone,
today's action to save energy was keeping the air conditioner at low power and
not leaving it on all day. Many people don't realize how high the impact of air
conditioners is on the environment, as they consume a ton of energy and pollute
the air, and thus contribute to climate change, creating a vicious cycle. It's
better to keep it low and use fans or dehumidifiers, as they have much lower
impact and are better for our health as well! - Giorgia, Italy
3rd July
Chiara’s activity
Hi! These days, instead of using the car, I'm
moving around by bike. I went to the bakery to buy some bread, I went out with
a friend of mine and last I did one of my favorite things: watching the sunset
while I was riding my bike. Bye!! Chiara
-Italy
I try to reduce my ecological footprint by buying clothes secondhand (preowned), it is a lot cheaper than buying new clothes. It is also a lot of fun!
If you have clean tap water, like I have here in Sweden, I recommend to have a reusable water-bottle filled with tap water to bring with you when you’re thirsty, instead of buying a bottled water.
If you have the possibility to grow your own organic vegetables/fruits/herbs I really recommend it, In the long term it is cheaper than stuff you buy in the store. It’s good for the local bees and insects, especially if you keep a messy corner in your garden where they can be left alone.
/ Sophia
Hello
Today I had tennis practise so instead of getting a ride from my parents I took my bicycle to the practise. When I got home, I discovered that my bike had a flat tire so instead of replacing the whole inner tube I took a sticker and put it over the hole. Later that day I had to go over to my family’s other property so instead of taking the car me and my father took our bikes and rode there.
/ Martin
Hello everyone!
Maria
“Today, i separated some clothes i don’t use to recycle them. Instead of throwing away my old toys i put them up for donations "
Hi everybody.
This week I traveled with my mom to Denmark with fast train. Which was a really good way to travel because it was comfortable and it doesn’t produce any carbon dioxide which doesn’t effect the environment. When I arrived we rented bicycles and then we thrift shopped.
Today, when i was going for a walk i saw trash and i picked it up and put it in the right container.
Hello everyone!
When I go to the beach I usually take my sandwiches wrapped in cling film, but considering that it pollutes the environment and is an unnecessary waste of plastic, today I opted to take them in a food container . For me, it's the same to take it in a food container or wrapped in cling film, but not for the environment. It's a good custom that I'm that I'm going to keep!
Goodbye!!
Let's be creative, there are many ways to be creative and be sustainable at the same time.Most of the time we eat, we have leftovers. With these leftovers and by adding a few more ingredients it is possible to create another good new meal.
"Today when i went to the supermarket, instead of buying 6 bottles of water i bought a big gallon of water.' " Maria
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