Barahona - More than 35 students between 10 and 14 years old and 5 teachers gathered, Monday, March 20, at El Tanque School, in Barahona, for creative recycling workshop organized by ReCrearte to learn about environmental responsibility.
ReCrearte, an initiative of GFDD/Funglode, coordinated by Lucia Marte, focuses on the three R’s of sustainability- reduce, reuse, and recycle. Workshops concentrate on repurposing discarded materials into new objects that can be sold for income. In this case, participants experimented creative recycling through the repurpose of old clothes.
The activity, carried out in collaboration with the EcoScuelas project of the Institute of Environmental Law of the Dominican Republic (IDARD, for its acronym in Spanish) with the purpose of raising awareness about the importance of protecting the environment.
About ReCrearte
The ReCrearte program works with the most disadvantaged communities, who receive training in the art of recycling and creating new objects from waste and simultaneously learn to develop an alternative source of income. The program revolves around the “three golden rules” (or 3Rs) for the proper management of solid waste: reduce, reuse, and recycle. The workshops demonstrate and emphasize the idea that recycling waste and transforming it into art and objects for daily use strengthen individuals and communities alike.
More Information:
www.globalfoundationdd.org
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