The document outlines an environmental project in Dyadkovychi, Ukraine aimed at educating and motivating the local community to be more environmentally friendly. The project's objectives are to create an environmental club to implement education initiatives, increase understanding of environmental issues and personal footprints, and create a cleaner village through community activities. Over the course of a year, the club organized various events like mapping littered areas, an ecological footprint seminar, presentations on plastic pollution, and community cleanups. They also engaged in fundraising, partnered with local NGOs, created educational materials, and planted trees. To sustain the project's impact, they propose forming an environmental union, continuing recycling campaigns, and incorporating environmental education into the school

1. Diadkovichy Environmental
Project
Think globally – act locally
Presented by:
Dima Mikhalchuk
and
Nataliia Gnatuk

2. Goal
To educate and change the behavior of the
members in our community concerning the
environment.
Objective 1
A newly created
Environmental Club in
Dyadkovychi School will
begin to implement a year-
long project focused on
education the community
about their ecological
footprint and will then
motivate the community into
action.
Objective 3
To create a cleaner and
more environmentally
friendly village through
activities involving the
entire community.
Objective 2
To increase the
understanding within our
community of the issues
facing the environment,
their personal ecological
footprint, and steps they
can take to help reduce
their ecological footprint.

3. Dirty Map
• Organized a group of students to go
through the village taking pictures of
the most littered places in our
community
• Created a map of our village and
posted the pictures to the map
• Posted the map around the village for
community members to see and get
involved in cleaning events
• Discussed the issue with the village
head and the steps he can take to
help keep our village clean

4. Dirty Map

5. Ecological Footprint Seminar
• Trainer from Rivne Environmental
NGO taught us about our
environmental footprint and to help
us calculate our individual footprint
• Played team building games
• About 30 students from three other
schools from the surrounding villages
also attended upon invitation

7. Plastic and Our Earth
• Created a brochure and
presentation about how
plastic is harmful to the Earth
• Presented information to the
school and community about
the dangers of plastic and
discussed the ways of how
community can get mobilized
to help

9. Recycling in Action
• Initiated a project which
encouraged students to bring
in old clothes to be recycled
into bags
• Trained students to sew
• Together we created bags to
be used at the local store
instead of plastic bags

11. Clean it Up!
• We encouraged the
entire village to come
out and help us clean
up the public areas
around our school
• Students, their
parents, and even
teachers came out

13. Plus many more!
• Fundraising
• Partnership with local NGO
• Created Environmental Education
Material
• PlantedTrees
• Constructed Birdhouses
• Specialized Environmental
Classes
• Village Ecological Project
Competition
• Final Event

14. How we grew

15. Sustainability
• Create the Environmental Union ofVillage Schools in Rivnenskyy Rayon that
will promote the environmental awareness in the communities and organize
appropriate events.
• Conduct Annual Re-Cycling Campaign
• Partner with local stores to use Stainable Bags on regular Basis
• Establish Peer-to-Peer Student mentoring program on Environmental issues
• Incorporated environmental classes into our school’s curriculum