A NATIONWIDE campaign to educate and raise student awareness of littering has been visiting schools on the Southside.
Students from De La Salle, Churchtown and Colaiste Eoin, Stillorgan participated in the
‘Bin It!’ workshop last week.
The
‘Bin It!’ workshop is an innovative education campaign that features an actor-led workshop visiting secondary schools across 28 local authority areas.
The workshop is geared towards first year students and explores littering and social responsibility.
The workshop tour is supported by a website www.chewitbinit.com along with games and quizzes for students, lesson plans, teachers’ notes, posters and activity cards to help integrate the themes into the school curriculum.
This is the eighth year the
‘Bin It!’ campaign has taken place in Ireland and to date over 30,000 students have taken part.
The theme of the 2012 – 2014 advertising campaign.
‘Bin It Your Way’, features a series of professionally choreographed and highly innovative dance moves which communicate the responsible disposal of gum litter in an engaging way.
‘Bin It!’ is a key element of the Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) environmental awareness programme which also ran a mass media campaign, including outdoor poster, TV and online advertising, from May until September this year.
The campaign hosts a dedicated website www.gumlittertaskforce.ie, a Facebook page www.facebook.com/binityourway and a Bin It Your Way gaming app is available free to download from the App store and Google Play.
The chairman of the GLT, Paul Kelly, said:
“The Bin It! programme is one of the most important elements of the national campaign and one from which we receive overwhelmingly positive feedback.
“It encourages students to take an interest in current issues and play an active role as responsible citizens in public life.
“Our goal is to have a significant and sustainable impact on behaviour and a schools education programme is an excellent tool with which to achieve this.
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The 2014
‘Bin It!’ tour will visit 28 local authority areas over a six week period from until November 21 that will include Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, and South Dublin county councils.
Schools can download a free copy of the
‘Bin It!’ programme materials by logging onto www.chewitbinit.com