This document summarizes the activities of the 3rd Makedonitissa public kindergarten on the topic of recycling and reducing ecological footprints. Some of the key activities discussed include: puppet shows and fairytales about recycling for the children; math lessons involving packaging recycling; grouping recycled materials; a recycling contest between classes; and making new paper by melting newspaper. The kindergarten also collaborated with the local municipality and other schools on related projects and events. Parents were invited to learn about sustainable development and research was conducted on their ecological footprints. The overall goal was to educate children and parents on the importance of reducing waste and preserving the environment.

1. Recycling and ecological
footprint
3rd Makedonitissa public kindergarten
“Stylianos Lenas”
Cyprus
Head teacher: Charita Palate
Teachers: Vicky Kayia
Andri Oikonomidou
July kalatha
Despina Ioannou

2. Fairytales
• “Mr. Ben, Mou and the garbage”
• “Help trash save us”
• “Once upon a time in the neighborhood garbage”
• “The Mayor rubbish”
• “The recycling Lady and her friends”

3. Mathematics
• The ladder of recycling
• Solve problems in the little shop with various
empty packages with prices

4. Group packages
with the same material

5. Puppet Show
• The paper plate cant decide what will be
transformed after recycling
• The fairytale that denies to be recycled

6. Science
• “They observe if the plastic and paper are
altered when they are into the soil and water"
The objective: To prefer paper packaging
rather than plastic.

7. Melt the newspaper add some glue
and flour to make a new paper.

8. Useful Websites
• Video showing the process of garbage
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQpzVyTNZj
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• Recycling electrical equipment
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS54FMM-
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• Ecological footprint animation
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP1nzCqoT9
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9. Cooperation with local authority
• A city hall employee informs children about renewable sources
of energy and recycling.
• The children sent an invitation to the Mayor to visit the
exhibition of creations with recyclable materials made by the
parents of the school and the children.

10. We announce recycling contest among the three classes for
batteries, plastic and paper. The winner is the class that collects
the most recyclables. All three classes managed to get a prize.

11. Contest of artcrafts made by recyclables. Winner
are all the parents and children that made all
that magnificent artcraft.

13. Journalists will cover the event of the exhibition and
make a publication at the municipality’s journal.

15. Cooperation with the primary school
• The primary school visits the exhibition.
• The primary school invites us to watch the
theatre play about sustainable development.

16. At school we recycle
• Lids recycling. Cooperate with a medical
centre to raise money for the purchase of
wheelchairs.
• Collect clothes for the Charity shop

17. Collect oil

18. Composting

19. Plastic, paper and batteries

20. Parents were invited to attend children’s classroom
course on sustainable development.
• The children watched the video “plastic planet”.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73sGgmZoMBQ
• There was a discussion with the children and then
developed the subject emphasizing on literacy tasks.
• Objective :Through the children's statements to inform
parents of the planet is in danger and to reflect to change
habits.

21. Good practices
• The children were given:
Eco bags to put their drawings and for shopping

22. •Energy saving ticket blocks. Every time they save o
save power energy they cut a ticket as proof and ask
their parents 50cent. The winner is the one who
manages to cut all the tickets and gathered the most
money.

23. •Poster for their room that reminds
them to turn off the lights.

24. •They learn to write the 3 R :
Recycle , Reduce, Reuse
.

25. Observe the helicopter with solar
panel. The propeller spins when it
accumulates solar energy

26. They put stickers on the walls with the
sign “Turn off the lights”

27. They draw and write their own
ecological fairytales

28. Research for parents’ behavior
on their ecological footprint
• To see how big is the ecological footprint of our school parents
there were 4 groups of questions:
• Food (if they eat meat every day, if they throw what is left, if they
buy local products)
• Travel (The distance they cover with the car, if they prefer their
country for vacation, how they go to school, how many cars they
have)
• Housing (how big is their house, what sources of energy use, how
much electricity they waste, how much water they use, if they
have a swimming pool, if they do recycling & composting)
• Members of the family (how many brothers they have)

29. Results of the research
• We disseminated 75 questionnaires and they returned
only 32.
• 62.5% of respondents have a large ecological footprint.
That means that If everyone behaves like them we will
need more planets in to meet their requirements
because the natural resources are not enough.
• 37.5% of the respondents have moderate ecological
footprint and their presence on Earth is detrimental.
• None of the respondents has the appropriate ecological
footprint that suggests that they respect the planet
Earth.

30. To reduce our ecological footprint we
signed an agreement to:
• Save energy
• Prefer renewable sources of energy
• Reduce shopping
• Recycle and reuse
• Eat healthy, eat vegetables and local products.

31. Plant seeds, bulbs and small trees

32. Protect animals

34. Beautiful places of Cyprus
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqAQQv
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