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| Aryan, Harry, Indra and Hannah celebrate with chocolate |
Yesterday Harry, Aryan, Hannah and Indra joined the Doing More with Less Team. Aryan (11) came to the City of South Perth Ambassadors meeting to discuss how he got his Dare to Lead project up and running to plant trees. He talked about how his project needed " to make a positive change in society" and that he had to keep working at it to get someone who would help him reach his goal. Evetually after many knock backs Aryan and 6 friends planted 43 trees in 45 minutes on the foreshore in Salter Point, with assistance from MK and the City of South Perth. The team came up with a ten things to keep them on track:
1. Brainstorm and come up with an idea.
2. Choose your best option.
3. Contact people who can help you.
4. Have a back up plan.
5. Stay positive.
6. Strength comes in numbers.
7. Dont wait to long to do it.
8. Prepare for your activity.
9. Take action.
10. Celebrate with chocolate.
So after Aryan's talk Cat introduced the Doing More With Less Program and talked about the Two Hands Project. She had noticed a whole lot of cigarette butts outside the meeting room. So the team put the ten ideas into action - and voila - 452 butts in ten minutes! The kids simply saw the problem and took action for ten minutes.
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| 452 butts in ten minutes! What could you achieve? |
The team will now go back to their schools and put some ideas into place. Let's see what they get up to.
According to the Clean Up Australia Day 2011 Rubbish Report, cigarette butts were on the top of their items list. Even though they are small they leach nasty toxins into the environment. Well done for cleaning these little nasties up!
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