Enviromental Sustainability

An Upcycled Giant Turtle - CE1/ Grade 2

As part of their unit of inquiry “How do we express ourselves”, students inquired into the different types of materials and explored the ways people manipulate materials to express their creativity. The students welcomed Mrs. Caroline Chaptini, an environmental activist and an upcycling artist, who broke the “Guinness” world record 5 times for her upcycling masterpieces, created from recyclable waste. Mrs. Chaptini explained to the students the importance of valorizing recyclable materials in order to avoid pollution and contribute to recycling.

Following this intervention, the students decided to take action and to contribute, with Mrs. Chaptini, to the construction of her new masterpiece: the largest sea turtle in the world, made from plastic bottles and plastic caps. This initiative aims at raising awareness on both the importance of waste upcycling and the importance of conserving the sea turtles in Lebanon.

To achieve this goal, our CE1 / Grade 2 students are currently collecting all kinds of plastic bottles and caps. Our learners will then meet Mrs. Chaptini in May in Amchit, to help her build the turtle from the collected plastic.