Name of the School: Global International School, East Coast Campus

Address : 82, Cheviot Hill, Singapore 459663

School Leader: Vice Principal

Tel.: +65 64426670 Email: viceprincipal.ec@sg.globalindianschool.org

Story Title: Caution! Paper Overload !!

Mentor Teacher: Punam Gupta

STUDENT INFORMATION

1) Name: Swarnima Sircar

Age: 12 Grade: 8

2) Name: Sruthi Ravichandran

Age: 12 Grade: 8

3) Name: Varun Gupta

Age: 13 Grade: 8

4) Name: Panun Bali

Age: 12 Grade: 8

5) Name: Yahya Kamran

Age: 13 Grade: 8

The problem we identified was that people

are using much more paper than

necessary. This is depleting our trees,

indirectly leading to Global Warming,

droughts, soil erosion etc.

We imagined impacting people to save

paper. The ideas that came up after serious

brain storming were:

* Making and putting up posters in school,

neighbourhood, residential colonies

*Conduction awareness assembly in school

*Distributing bags made from used paper

* Installing paper recycle bins in school

*Start a CCA to teach children how to recycle

paper

*Use e-mail instead of paper circulars, letters

We implemented most of our ideas, even though we had only one week to take action. We conducted

a school assembly that included a rap song and skit about recycling and saving paper. We made

posters on old newspapers and put them up in multiple places. We distributed paper bags made out of

used paper and painted a message on the bags. We talked to our principal and new paper recycling

bins were put around the school campus. The whole school, including about 1000 students and 70

teachers, is now more conscious about using paper. The awareness spread to the parents through the

e-mail notification sent by the school to all students. The neighbourhood awareness also resulted in

highlighting the problem and its solution to a large number of people. Our friends now think twice

about wasting paper and our neighbours are paper conscious. We are happy to make a contribution to

making this a more sustainable world.

23-29 Aug 2010