More
Than 1500 Children Learned To Take Care Of
The Environment in Guanacaste
(InfoWeb Press) An electric bus in which
education about taking care of the
environment takes place visited Guanacaste
for the first time to bring 1759 children of
that province some teachings about
environmental conservation.
The effort was carried out by the Instituto
Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) and its
program “Green guardians of the planet”,
with the support and coordination of
Papagayo Peninsula, reaching communities
like El Coco, Guardia and Sardinal. The
children from 14 schools learned about the
use and saving of energy, avoiding the theft
of electric wire, diminishing vehicle
contamination, telecommunications, public
telephone care, amongst other things.
The electric bus is a means of education
that ICE has and it has an internal
laboratory with portable computers and
screens, with which they impart lectures and
teach the children the importance of making
an adequate use of the energy and natural
resources.
According to Milagro Obando, 4th grade
student of the El Coco School, she learned
how to save electric energy and take care of
the environment, since it is the means by
which we take the energy that is used on a
daily basis.
For Eunice Campos, teacher at the Pacifica
Garcia School, this activity was enriching
for the the children, since they learned
with games and activities, which facilitated
their comprehension of the subject.
Also, Elsa Bonilla, manager for Community
Relations of the Papagayo Peninsula,
explained that collaborating with
initiatives like this one from ICE, and
another one that was done recently with
Aqueducts and Sewage (AyA), allowed them to
teach good environmental practices to the
students; this adds up to the efforts with
talks that are given by representatives of
the program Growing Together in the 18
schools that they work in, that covered
subjects that were related to the planet’s
care.
Once the talks and activities were finalized
on the electric bus, the children were given
material that was related to environmental
education: books and stories for coloring,
pamphlets with information on
telecommunications and energy saving, also,
data about the electric vehicle, games and
others. Raffles were carried out for
carrying bags, to promote children to avoid
using plastic bags, also biodegradable pens
and anti-stress balls were given away.
The Growing Together program set promoting
friendly behavior with the environment as
one of its objectives for 2009, for which it
has made direct efforts, but also alongside
other government institutions.
At the beginning of the second semester some
talks about “Water Keepers” took place, and
were brought by the AyA, and educated about
the management, vigilance and care of water
resources. The objective of this workshop
consisted in achieving the reduction in the
consumption of water for educational
centers, to which 3646 children were
attending. In the country’s schools where
this has been given, a 20% average has been
achieved.
Aside from the lessons in water and energy
with the campaign “I am the pump, I take
care of my planet”, the collaborators of the
Papagayo Peninsula have given 70 lectures
related to the reduction of carbón dioxide
(CO2), recycling, wildlife conservation,
saving water and energy, and avoiding sonic
pollution. In November, there are still 46
lectures to give and with this the school
year is expected to conclude.
The campaign “I am the pump” has been
carried out since the end of 2007, with
positive message. Currently, the emphasis in
favor of the environment coincides with an
internal campaign for the project where
collaborators are stimulated with the motto
“Committed with a sustainable development”. |
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