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Garbage to Greens

‘Garbage to Greens’ was designed to tackle two main problems in the city of León: malnutrition and large amounts of organic waste.  

The aim of the project was to collect organic waste from around the city and turn it into compost to be used on vegetable gardens in five schools.  

The students of the sixth grade (12 years old) were given the opportunity to learn how to manage a family garden, growing nutritious vegetables using organic methods.  The harvested produce was then sold to generate the money required to continue the project into next year at the participating schools.  

The students at each school received two classes per week, training them in how to establish an organic family garden.  They then had the opportunity to put what they had learnt into practice in the school garden.  Students all took the same test at the beginning and end of the project to determine what level of understanding they had before the project began, and what progress had been made.

To download the full report on this project please click here.