Part 3 – Challenge of the Month – My Family’s Green Plan

Step 1

Discussion and audit –

Discuss with your family members and sit together to do a mini-audit of your family's habits. As part of this, answer questions such as:

How often do people have bath with a bucket compared to a shower?
Do you throw clothes in the wash when they could be worn again?
Do you leave all your appliances plugged in?
Do you use indigenous food products/home appliances/clothes or are they made abroad (example: USA, China, Korea, etc.)?
Do you use reusable shopping bags?

Step 2

Discuss how your family can adopt greener and more eco-friendly practices. Make a list of changes that could be implemented going forward and display it in a prominent place in your house. Encourage your family members to adopt these new practices for the next 7 days.

Step 3

Option 1 - Make a short 1-minute video that includes:

Introduction -Why you are doing this activity
Explaining to your family members about the activity
Family members brain-storming and making a list about how to make your home greener
A shot of the location in which the list is placed.

Option 2 - Design helpful reminders along with photographs, and put them up in your building for all your neighbours to read. Following are a few examples that you can choose from, or you can create your own one-liners:

Power down the computer when you are done.
Don’t forget to turn off the lights.
Buy local and support your community.
Take a grocery bag to the store.
Carry your own water bottle.
Say no to straws.

Explain your posters to as many neighbours as you can. Ensure to photograph them along with your poster and put it up on social media.

Step 4

Post the video (if you chose Option 1) or the photo collage (if you chose Option 2) on your social media page and encourage your friends to follow similar practices at home. Tag @deshapnayen and #IAmAnACTIZEN and share a screenshot of your post.

Submission Date – On or Before 15^th July 2021

Themes – Mental Health, Food and Nutrition and World Environment Day

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