GFDD/Funglode and its ReCrearte program were on the scene in the Dr. Rafael María Moscoso National Botanical Garden on Friday, September 1st to offer support to the recipients and individuals present during the award ceremony for the 2017-2018 academic year Eco-Schools environmental certifications.
From 9:30-11:30 a.m., a cohort of companies, foundations, and educational centers assembled to witness the award ceremony in which 31 Dominican schools received the Foundation for Environmental Education’s (FEE) Eco-Schools certification. During the ceremony, local student Astrid Aquino Seno directed words of thanks and praise in the name of the awarded educational centers and underlined the knowledge they have acquired from workshops and lectures imparted by organizations such as ReCrearte.
Eco-Schools is an internationally-recognized environmental certification granted to schools which attain high standards of environmental education. The program involves students, teachers, directors, and community members in the development of activities geared towards protection and conservation of the environment. It is coordinated internationally by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and within the Dominican Republic by the Institute of Environmental Law of the Dominican Republic (IDARD).
The following 14 recipients of Eco-Schools certifications have also held ReCrearte workshops: Escuela Colonia Japonesa, Escuela Básica El Tanque, Escuela Ismael Miranda, Escuela Básica Higüero Abajo, Escuela Básica La Gina, Escuela Primaria Miguelcho, Escuela Básica Perantúen, Escuela Batey Esperanza, Escuela Manuel Emilio De Los Santos, Escuela Vitalina Mordán de Cruz, Escuela Profesor Juan Bosch, Escuela Básica Punta Pescadora, Colegio Dominicano, and the Politécnico Eugenio De Jesús Marcano Fondeur.
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 strengthens individuals and communities alike.
More Information:
www.recrearte.org
http://globalfoundationdd.org
Niños y adultos desbordaron un amplio salón de FUNGLODE, para seguir las instrucciones de Bertha Santana y Moses Ros, sobre creaciones con botellas plásticas y cartones desechados.
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