jigme losel primary school: “journey from the kitchen to the garden”
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JIGME LOSELPRIMARY SCHOOL
2015 DFC “STORY OF CHANGE”
“JOURNEY FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE GARDEN”
FEEL
At Jigme Losel School, we FELT bothered by how the earth’s environment is not being looked after.
For as our lives and the ecosystem are primarily dependent on nature, it is of utmost importance to take care of nature for the future generations, so that plants and animals can survive on this earth.
IMAGINE
Our DFC members wanted to carry out a project with the theme, “The Journey from the Kitchen to the Garden”, which would include the management of degradable waste, which we would use for our garden.
That way our work could be one of the solutions to helping our environment.
DISPOSABLE WASTE THAT IS ABOUT TO BECOME COMPOST
DO
To carry out our Story of Change, students and teachers:
* brought in their food wastes for compost * Consulted with the school’s Agriculture Club
on how to make compost.* Used the compost in our School Garden.
The students learn a lot of skills, such as keeping to a schedule to water and manure their plants, and caring for the plants.
SHARE
• Upon generating the waste, the waste is shared amongst all the teachers, who then share it with their students.
• The students use the manure for nurturing their flowers and other kinds of plants that they raise in pots and other recycled items such as containers
Caring for plants in the garden develops within the students the concept and value of care, as well as appreciation and observation skills.
SHARE
The students also develop a love for nature as the growth of their plants take place, and they ultimately understand the importance of organic farming and the advantages of eating healthily.
SHARE
As we see the great impact that making the best use of our kitchen waste has, we will encourage the school to work on the project as a whole.
We would further like to showcase the outcome of the project to Thimphu schools, so as to give a message that The Journey from the Kitchen to the Garden is a solution.
TASHI DELEK!
JIGME LOSEL PRIMARY SCHOOL
THIMPHU, BHUTAN