Dated: 2010-06-01
“The Green Mile”
In 2008 all Public FET Colleges in the Western Cape committed themselves to going green campaigns. As front runners, Boland College won the MACE Award for their “Go Green” campaign in the same year. In keeping with its commitment continuous interventions are launched. Read further for an update on one of the initiatives:
Boland College (Stellenbosch Campus) is (still) going green ... with passion! All students from Level 2 to 4 participated in an awareness campaign during the entire first term. This formed part of the English First Additional Language Programme and all documentation, skills and knowledge gathered, tied in with this. Students committed to:
* keeping their campus clean,
* living and eating healthy,
* collecting and recycling plastic and cans.
Their enthusiasm was inspirational and guest speaker, Mr Johan van Taak, First Technician Disposable Waste from Hermanus, couldn't believe the energy he encountered in the hall. The sea of green-clad students watched his slide show in awe. To them the highlight of the event was the announcement of the winners of the cash and other prizes for the Collect-a-Can and Logo competitions. Sponsors were pleased to see the results in the form of exceptional logos.
Projects such as these, encourage the students to accept responsibility for more than just the here and the now, for more than just themselves.
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