WEEE Man : Education - starting early

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	Education: starting early

Education: starting early

Learning through the WEEE Man | Understanding the footprint process |

Visit the WEEE man

If our children understand the importance of sustainability from an early age, they will be better armed for the decisions they make in the future.The WEEE man is a fun opportunity to teach children about the importance of looking after the environment - from activities to support sustainable development education teaching, to a visit to the WEEE man, to follow-up activities to round off the learning experience.


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FURTHER INFORMATION


	Eco-schools programme is a free award scheme designed to help schools involve pupils in action to make their schools more sustainable.
	Education for Sustainability includes lesson-planning materials and resources (mainly KS2 and KS3) on many aspects of waste management www.e4s.org.uk
	Wastewatch runs Schools Waste Action Clubs and has a list of educational resources and information sheets on waste topics.
	Cash for Cans tells you all you need to know about aluminium recycling, and how to use this to raise money for your school.
	WWF Learning www.wwflearning.co.uk
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	The WEEE Man Images of the WEEE man installation at Eden Project from 7 June 2005. SEE MORE IMAGES

LEARNING THROUGH THE WEEE MAN

Access a broad range of activities for 11 to 18–year-olds. Introductory activities such as ’belief circles’ and ’line ups’ will introduce them to sustainable development issues and can also help teachers prepare their class for a WEEE man visit. Follow-up activities encourage the class to reflect on what they have learned.
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UNDERSTANDING THE FOOTPRINT PROCESS

We all have an individual impact on the earth, which is probably a lot greater than we realise. Imagine how much energy goes into producing and cooking all the food we eat in a life time, or the amount of energy and resources we use up with the clothes we wear, the hobbies we choose and the work we do. One way of measuring our personal impact is a process called footprinting. It shows how much land each of us uses to provide for our personal mobile phone and PC usage alone.
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VISIT THE WEEE MAN

After its tremendous success in London, the RSA WEEE Man is now moving to the Eden Project, Cornwall, where it will remain on display throughout the summer. Visit him from 7 June 2005 at the Eden Project.
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