Treasure hunt

MOTTAINAI






INTRODUCTION

Have you ever heard of the Global Mottainai Movement? It has to do with promoting making the most of limited resources and using them as efficiently as possible: as represented by the "3Rs": to reduce waste, reuse finite resources, and recycle what we can.
Shall we take a closer look?




QUESTIONS

What does the word Mottainai mean?
Where does Mottainai come from?
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and why?
Who set the Mottainai campaign in motion?
What are the most representative events and activities in Maathai’s life and work?
Can you give three examples of end-products that the Mottainai project promotes?




The BIG QUESTION

Do you think that a similar approach would be successful in our country?


LINKS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mottainai
http://greenbeltmovement.org/w.php?id=59
http://greenbeltmovement.org/a.php?id=384
http://mottainai.info/english
http://mottainai.info/english/topics/
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14054262
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/takingroot/
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/takingroot/timeline.html

ASSESSMENT

In groups, students collect material and do background reading. Each group collects material, ideas, pictures, etc. and decides on a format for their presentation: a poster, a chart, a quiz, a Powerpoint presentation, etc. They prepare it and present it. The presentations can be recorded too, and the teacher can use these recordings for follow-up work in class at a later stage.
The project could be extended through students exchanging ideas and information with other students around the world using email or the Internet.
The final aim of this task is to increase environmental awareness.