LEAF's UN Night Success

Here's a report from Naomi and Eva of LEAF GC on their successful UN Night campaign featured in an earlier post (1st Octber 2013)

".......We presented in assemblies, posted on grade walls on Facebook, wrote about it in EBrief and Dunia to make sure that students, faculty and parents were all informed about what was happening on the night itself. Because of this, the process of which we sold the corn ware products went swiftly and efficiently, thus letting our guests enjoy and take in more of joyful atmosphere that surrounded us all.

All the left over biodegradable cornware cutlery from UN Night
ready to be taken to a local recycling bin!

In the end, majority of the people had come back and returned the boxes and cutlery, and on top of that, numerous guests didn't even ask for the money back, giving us the money as a donation. With this money that we accumulated, we are now able to donate it to a cause we believe strongly in which is to plant trees in Ladakh. We think that this is a good cause because not only does it dispose of air and view pollution but also makes our lives more colorful and full of life. Without any of your help, this would not have been possible! So on behalf of the whole Leaf GC, we wanted to extend our utmost thanks to every one of you who helped make this dream a reality for our GC. Even though, we are a small GC and this may have been a small action that we took on, we all must realize and remember that even the smallest actions count, whatever it may be, small or big, as long as you did it for the better, every bit counts! So yet again, thank you for your contribution and thank you for enabling us to make a difference in our community. We hope that next year and the following years after that, we will be able to continue to make UN night  a successful plastic free event."

Completing the circle - real sustainability at UWC Dover

At last a story of genuine progress toward sustainability..not just being 'less bad' , but putting into practice the ultimate goal of sustainability - to mimic natural cycles by using waste to re-create resources.....

The Budden boys (L-R: Jochem, Sidd, Xander, Billy and Antoine) with their first home-made compost.

The Grade 12 Budden group (named after generous project sponsors and UWC parents, the Budden Family) have been turning vegetable scraps from Sodexho into compost, the nutrient-rich soil enhancer that is perfect for feeding plants on campus. With the help of Head gardener Andy Tan and a Grade 9 Service group, the boys have been converting as much as 50 kilos of food waste a day into valuable fertiliser and mulch. The first batch of the compost was recently delivered to the Rainforest Nursery GC where it has been used in place of expensive commercially-produced products. And the trees that like compost best? You might have guessed - the fruit trees such as Mangoes, Longans and Mangosteens that we have in the nursery.....which will of course eventually produce fruit whose scraps can be composted to provide fertiliser for fruit trees which will......you get the idea. We save money and resources and the boys get a good work-out and a real sense of achievement in helping the College achieve its mission. So all you Geographers, ESS students, Economists and DT kids looking for an example of a project that demonstrates  Economic, Social and Environmental Sustainability (The Triple bottom line), look no further than a corner of the Dover Campus. Well done fellas!

Getting down and dirty to produce Garden Gold!