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Spring 2010 News

Root & Shoots Trashion Show Saturday April 24 at 4:30 in the PAC

The Roots & Shoots Trashion Show will be held Saturday April 24 at 4:30 in the PAC.  Please come watch your fellow students and teachers strut the runway in hand-made fashion made of recycled and reusable materials.  Price is 20 kr, payable at the door. Live music will be provided by students, and light snacks and drinks will be served. A special guest model will make an appearance on the runway.  All CIS students, teachers, staff, and families are welcome!

Update on the Green Flag

CIS has submitted its application for a Green Flag for embedding sustainability throughout the school curriculum.  We are hopeful to hear good news soon, so watch this space! 

Greenhouse Construction Begins!

What better way to welcome Spring than to build a greenhouse?  Go on Green is building a greenhouse out of plastic bottles similar to this photo! Our aim is to have the greenhouse ready by Earth Day April 22. 

We would like to ask everyone to please bring in empty 1.5-liter plastic bottles for the greenhouse.  There is a collection box at the bottom of the stairs in the Primary School.  Samantha Fern has also graciously made available her office for bottle collection and storage until construction begins.  If bringing them to school is difficult, Isabella Smith at Books and Company has also agreed to take our bottles!

Thanks in advance for your bottles and look for the greenhouse in the coming month as it takes shape outside of the pre-K classrooms!

Greenies Team up with MYP Buddies to Collect Recyclable Paper

Now that we are doing a good job of separating our reusable and our recyclable paper, we needed a team to collect recyclable paper to put in the school's recycle bin.  A big green THANK YOU to the Greenies led by Simon Watkin and their MYP buddies led by Daniel Cooper who collect our recyclable paper every Thursday at lunch time! 

Student Personal Project Video "Earth in Transition"

Check out Alexander Hougaard's 10th Grade Personal Project video "Earth in Transition", a provocative look at why he thinks COP15 was unsuccessful.

Bjorn Stigson visit April 9

Since 1995, Bjorn Stigson has been president of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a coalition of some 200 leading international corporations.  He now serves on the boards of or on committees advising the Chinese government, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative. 

CIS was honored to welcome Mr. Stigson to a special assembly on April 9.  Click here to read about Mr. Stigson's presentations in 2 special assemblies for grades 8-11 and grades 4-5!