Lesson plan – Waste is resource

In this part, we will introduce some action plan to apply the topic “Zero-waste lifestyle” into educational activities using the above methods. Trainers and teachers can change the plan according to their participants and condition.

ON-CLASS LESSON

Waste is a production resource that is used to help trainers and students to discuss ideas together for solving the problem of waste, especially agricultural and daily waste.

Learning objective

• Participants have knowledge about the value of trash in agriculture • Participants have a more positive attitude about the value of garbage • Participants take concrete actions, get ideas for small projects that lead to a zero-waste lifestyle. Form: Lecture combined with visual aids and experiential activity Duration: 90 minutes

Agenda

NO CONTENT DURATION

1 Warm up 5-10 minutes Game: artisan How: Make products from thrash - Trainer prepare scrap items: newspapers, scrap cloth, paper cores, crayons, scissors, tapes, old magazines, A4 cartons, etc. - Ask groups to make toys, decorations from the given materials ... - Note: make it quick, what important is the idea, no need to be beautiful. Try not to generate extra waste from this activity Ask questions: What do you think of this game? scrap cloth, paper cores, crayons, scissors, tapes, old magazines, A4 cartons, etc.

DETAILS LOGISTICS

2

The situation of agricultural waste 20 minutes

3 Solution 45 minutes

4 Summary 10 minutes Use brainstorming, ask question: What do you see from agricultural waste? - Encouraging students to bring up international, Vietnamese and local issues; - What are the opportunities associated with agricultural waste? - What will students do with this opportunity? - Break into groups, discussion about what they can do. - Trainer provides more solutions - Challenge: 07 days zero-waste Watch video: Sweden turned 99% thrash into money https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=2zBCE8vkc2E

- Sum up main points - Sum up action plans of participants Color paper Pens

- Stationery - Slide introduced some more models and solutions - Video Sweden turn 99% waste into “money”

PRACTICAL EXERCISE

This activity will help students to better understand the specific solutions to utilize waste. Students will directly practice and give sharing from this experience. .

Form

Trainers can choose among the following exercises to practice: • Household waste treatment by mobile garbage lid; • Treating agricultural waste with red worms; • Make the dishwashing liquid from the garbage in the market. Encourage teamwork.

Duration

30 minutes to practice and 4 – 12 weeks to harvest the result

Learning objective

• Give students more ideas of “zero-waste living”

• Students has experience of handling waste by themselves • Has a group/personal plan after the exercise Direction of agriculture waste treatment by red worms

Tools and materials

• Red worms biomass: 10 kg • Stray or pot • Fruit scraps: watermelon Practice in groups: Trainer can divide groups following types of food for red worms, such as: • Group using rotten straw • Group using fruit from the market: watermelon, apple, banana peel,… • Group using water hyacinth • Group using banana trunk

Steps:

1. Introduction about red-worms 2. Guidance to grow red-worms in stray or pot at home 3. Guidance to use agriculture scrap: straw, sugarcane… as food for red-worms 4. Guidance to take care and make use of red-worms

Brainstorming questions:

1. Is it the first time you grow red worms? If not, when was that? 2. Do think red worms can bring a bright scenario?

How to submit:

Students can submit: - Photos of working process - Journal

DATE OF

FEEDING

WORMS PERSON WHO FEED WORMS FOOD WEIGH (KG) TEMPERATURE BIOMASS HUMIDITY BIOMASS PH NOTE

-- Personal experience

Evaluation

Give feedback, exchange ideas and comments for participants who did the exercise.