The ReCrearte Program participated in the International Conference of the Americas (CILA) 2014, last October 30th. CILA is a student event on important global issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is coordinated by Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo (FUNGLODE) and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development (GFDD).
Led by ReCrearte Coordinator Bertha Santana, the activity began with a presentation of the environmental programs that GFDD conducts in the Dominican Republic, and then focused on the origins of ReCrearte, which was created in 2012. Teachers from the schools that were represented in CILA 2014, which took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Punta Cana Convention Center in the Dominican Republic, participated in the event.
During her presentation, Santana explained in detail how a variety of ReCrearte workshops and lectures have been brought to the various communities and sectors that have showed an interest in collaborating with the environment. After her presentation, the public asked questions and offered comments and showed a high degree of interest in learning more about these programs.
Santana explained that the goals of the project include encouraging creative recycling as a teaching strategy of "learning by doing" for environmental education at all levels.
The ReCrearte Program works to educate the public on the three golden rules, or the 3Rs, for the proper management of solid waste: reduce, reuse and recycle. The workshops demonstrate and underscore the idea that recycling waste and transforming it into art can strengthen both the individuals and the communities alike.
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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