Colombia

As a society, we are aware that in order to achieve sustainable development, it is essential to make rational use of resources and generate processes that allow us to reuse the materials we produce. Internationally we have established within our goals to achieve sustainable production and consumption (SDG 12), additionally from the field of faith has developed what we know as integral ecology, a concept developed by Pope Francis, which motivates us to work for our relationship with our common home in the understanding that environmental impacts have direct social consequences. With this in mind, the idea of promoting environmental awareness, good practices and responsible consumption at the Unidad Social Center arose through the implementation of a good ecological practice in alliance with the organization Reciclando Ideas, SOLFAMI and Jóvenes por un Mundo Unido (Youth for a United World).

The project consists of encouraging sustainable consumption by promoting the practice of making notebooks from recycled material (printing sheets and notebooks used for parts). It is expected to leave installed capacity in the community so that after the implementation of the project they will continue to recycle and make notebooks on their own, either for the benefit of the children in the community or for a paid donation to benefit the families involved in the process.

Luisa Ramírez and Rocío Rada

Mission

Promote environmental awareness, good practices and responsible consumption at the Unidad Social Center through the use of reusable materials for the production of school notebooks that encourage the educational process of vulnerable students in the community.

Main Goals

• Raise awareness and educate the community on waste management and good practices for sustainable consumption.
• Train the community in the production of notebooks with reusable material.
• To produce notebooks that generate environmental and social benefits for the community.

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This project is part of the Seed Funding Program.