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"Sustainability for Educators Day Camp" by Temasek Polytechnic 22 November 2024

Type:

Workshop

Dates:

22 Nov 2024

Partners:

Temasek Polytechnic

We were excited to contribute as speakers to the "Sustainability for Educators Day Camp" organised by the Temasek Polytechnic Learning Academy. The camp was a two-day training programme for educators from MOE Schools and Polytechnics and structured around the USER framework - Understand, Strategise, Empower, and Reflect - to equip participants with practical tools for integrating sustainability into their teaching. In our session, we shared with the participants existing practices and new ideas for sustainable consumption in schools and discussed the roles of school leadership, teachers, parents and students in driving change towards a greener education system. We also presented key insights from our recent sustainability study with SMU-X students (2023/24) and highlighted findings from over 3,000 parents and students on the reuse, repurposing, and recycling of preloved school uniforms. This sparked thoughtful conversations about practical steps toward sustainability in education. As a practical, hands-on component, we invited the participants to showcase their hand-sewing and repair skills. Each participant received a little plushie owl and was asked to stitch buttons onto the owl's eyes, giving the owl a "vision." This engaging task highlighted the power of education in guiding sustainable choices. The plushies were made from repurposed uniforms by a client from Singapore Association of Mental Health (SAMH) and added a meaningful social impact to the activity. The session concluded with a quiz and key takeaways by the participants to promote sustainability within their schools.

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