EnvironACT at the American Corners Romania

To the environmentalist's three "R's" of "reduce, reuse, and recycle" high school students in Iasi, Romania added "repurpose." Students from two high schools turned an American Corner-sponsored rubbish cleanup activity into a fun competition to see which team could best create useful objects - "repurpose" them - literally turning trash into treasure. They also had fun in a race to plant flowers along a formerly littered school walkway and performed original skits and songs about keeping Romania clean.

The event was American Corner Iasi's contibution to the US Mission-supported EnvironACT projects aimed at involving Romanian youth in action-oriented civic projects, focused on environmental awareness. Counselor for Public Affairs Judy Moon, who participated in all the activities, met with Iasi city officials and the media to promote the project.

EnvironACT in other cities: Bacau  |  Baia Mare  |  Bucharest  |  Cluj  |  Constanta  |  Craiova  |  Iasi  |  Timisoara

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Photos

Iasi students collected rubbish in an AC Iasi EnvironACT project.	Counselor for Public Affairs Moon discussing with one of the students. Students and teachers from Garabet Ibraileanu H.S repurposing paper.
Students from the Tourism High School created Heron's fountain from repurposed plastic bottles and tubing.	The entire creation team.

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