Nida Adjotor has created the project "Plastic and Paper Pathways: Documenting Waste Across Cultures" in Class2Class.org
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Plastic and Paper Pathways: Documenting Waste Across Cultures
What is this project about?
Students explore and document how waste (plastics and papers) is currently managed in their own communities, then share photos, interviews, and observations with partner classrooms worldwide to compare approaches. They create a shared digital map or ...
- Age of Students
- 16-18 years, 18+ years
- Project Duration
- 4 weeks
- Starting Month
- January 2027
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to identify and describe how waste management practices differ across their local community and partner classrooms worldwide, recognizing cultural and environmental perspectives.
Students will be able to apply digital tools to document and map waste realities across multiple countries, demonstrating critical analysis of global waste management approaches through collaborative international exchange.
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Waste in Our World: Local Mapping and Stories
Students explore waste management in their own communities through observation, photography, and interviews with local stakeholders. They document current practices, challenges, and cultural attitudes toward waste, creating a detailed local profile that will later be compared with partner classrooms.
Research and Document Waste Realities
Students conduct in-depth research on waste management systems in their region, photograph real examples of waste handling, and conduct interviews with community members, businesses, or environmental organizations. They organize findings into a structured digital portfolio that captures the local context before sharing globally.
Global Exchange and Comparative Analysis
Students receive documentation from partner classrooms and analyze how waste management, cultural attitudes, and environmental practices differ across countries. They work collaboratively to identify patterns, contradictions, and innovative approaches, using shared digital tools to build a comparative map or gallery that visualizes global waste realities.
Collaborative Solutions and Reflection
Students synthesize their findings to propose culturally informed solutions for waste reduction and reuse that respect local contexts worldwide. They create a final presentation or action proposal that reflects on what they learned about global perspectives and commit to one concrete change in their own community.