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What is Sustainability? Dezeen. Recycling Fashion: Will.i.am,Coca-Cola launch new brand: The Coca-Cola Company. Global musical artist and producer will.i.am and The Company are collaborating with other iconic brands to inspire a global movement with the launch of EKOCYCLE™ -- a stand-alone brand initiative dedicated to helping encourage recycling behavior and sustainability among consumers through aspirational, yet attainable lifestyle products made in part from recycled material.

Recycling Fashion: Will.i.am,Coca-Cola launch new brand: The Coca-Cola Company

The EKOCYCLE brand initiative was developed to educate consumers about everyday recycling choices and empower their purchasing decisions as part of a social change movement. The initiative supports recycling by helping consumers recognize that items they consider waste today may be a part of a lifestyle product they can use tomorrow. EKOCYCLE Reduced, Reused, Recycled and Rocked 2014: The Coca-Cola Company. EKOCYCLE had an amazing year in 2014— connecting with millions through our shared passions for music, style and sustainability.

EKOCYCLE Reduced, Reused, Recycled and Rocked 2014: The Coca-Cola Company

We inspired people all across the country and world to reconsider wasteful habits, and to reimagine waste as a potential new source for creating things we all want and love. Our friends at Global Citizen were with us all year long, promoting our sustainability message and helping to connect us with motivated change makers online and in person.

Our collaborative #ADayWithoutWaste campaign has also delivered success in recycling: We helped to divert nearly 900,000 plastic bottles from landfills in 2014 alone. Save the ocean – one sip at a time. Kowtow Debuts Swimwear Made From Discarded Fishing Nets. Sustainable fashion is slowly entering the mainstream, thanks to labels such as Wellington-based Kowtow.

Kowtow Debuts Swimwear Made From Discarded Fishing Nets

25 Major Brands Are Going To Offer Products In Refillable, Reusable Packaging. World’s Largest Packaged Food Company Nestlé Bids Goodbye To Single-Use Plastic. 8 Companies That Only Sell 100 Percent Recycled Products – Green Business Bureau. Recycling is taking many different forms these days.

8 Companies That Only Sell 100 Percent Recycled Products – Green Business Bureau

From hiking gear to toys for kids, shoppers can find innovative items that are made from 100 percent recycled materials, like milk jugs, discarded fabric and all those plastic water bottles. As the following companies illustrate, manufacturers and retailers can use all kinds of materials to create stunning, if not luxurious, products for consumers. Together, these companies are reducing waste, lowering carbon emissions and keeping more plastic out of the ocean. These five companies are turning trash into treasure. Home Replas - Australia's Leading Recycled Plastic Manufacturer. What To Redcycle – Redcycle. Comparing the Engineering Design Process and the Scientific Method.

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Comparing the Engineering Design Process and the Scientific Method

If you leave JavaScript disabled, you will only access a portion of the content we are providing. <a href="/help/javascript">Here's how. </a> While scientists study how nature works, engineers create new things, such as products, websites, environments, and experiences. CEEOL - Article Detail. Author(s): Donovan A.

CEEOL - Article Detail

McFarlaneSubject(s): Social SciencesPublished by: SciPress Ltd.Keywords: science education; scientific literacy; curriculum; social activism; issues-based curriculum; action-oriented; environmental problems; mono-methodology; globalization; nature of science (NOS); nature of technology (NOT); philosophy of science (POS) Reasoning as a scientist: ways of helping children to use language to learn science: British Educational Research Journal: Vol 30, No 3. Developing Motivation to Teach Elementary Science: Effect of Collaborative and Authentic Learning Practices in Preservice Education: Journal of Science Teacher Education: Vol 11, No 4.

Kath Murdoch. Social and Emotional Learning in Science Class. You assign a group activity in your science classroom and within minutes, this scene unfolds: In each group of four students, two are talking to each other and semi-engaging in the task, one is entirely disengaged and is instead bending and reshaping a paperclip, and one is hurriedly completing the activity all alone, half-heartedly asking her peers to pass her the materials she needs.

Social and Emotional Learning in Science Class

Sound familiar? In science lessons, engineering activities can provide a great opportunity for students to collaborate and grow social and emotional skills in low-stakes, high-engagement environments. The creative, problem-solving nature of engineering encourages students to work together, try new ideas, and learn from their mistakes. 5Es Teaching and Learning Model. Family Lunchbox Survey. 100 of the Best Books for Children on Sustainability. Beyond The Lorax: Children's Books for Earth Day. Vermicomposting: How worms can reduce our waste - Matthew Ross. The Meaning of The Lorax (10 Eco-Lessons from the Dr Seuss Classic) To understand the meaning of The Lorax, you first need to understand that there is a war going on that started a long time ago.

The Meaning of The Lorax (10 Eco-Lessons from the Dr Seuss Classic)

And I’m not referring to the armed conflicts currently raging throughout parts of the Middle East and Africa. This battle is raging all around the world, from the biodiverse Amazon River basin to South Africa’s Kruger National Park, from the polar ice caps in the Arctic to the lush rainforests of Indonesia. On one side of this war are those people and corporations who would exploit Mother Nature’s natural resources for their own profit.

On the other side are the indigenous people and wildlife that call these areas home, who need those same resources for their very survival. This conflict is nothing new: Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Through his clever storytelling, Dr. I Can Make the Earth Happy. Guided Lessons are a sequence of interactive digital games, worksheets, and other activities that guide learners through different concepts and skills.

I Can Make the Earth Happy

They keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step. Guided Lessons are digital games and exercises that keep track of your progress and help you study smarter, step by step. The story "My Shadow" provides the backdrop for this guided lesson on the letters I, M and J. Learning to read letter by letter allows children to focus not only on letter recognition, but on the sounds that the letters make in context. This technique provides the building blocks for reading fluency to come in kindergarten and first grade. The story "My Shadow" provides the backdrop for this guided lesson on the letters I, M and J. Game: Shape Shadow Matching. Free Recycling Lesson Plans to Use in Your Classroom.