Circularity is bananas!
On Saturday we had the opportunity to finally introduce our Eco Club to the students of Fr. Agnel High School, Pilar. After deliberating on what we should focus on and how we should deliver it while keeping it informative and interesting, our co conspirator, Vishal, thought of the perfect idea - bananas. Everyone loves bananas, everyone eats them, everyone has them at home.
Slides from our Eco Club presentation: from left to right, "How would you use a banana leaf?" and "Have you eaten a banana flower before?"
We started off with a short introduction to the Eco Club, and then proceeded with our banana session. We first distributed locally sourced bananas as a snack to everyone, then asked them questions like 'How can you eat a banana?', 'What are the different types/ colours of bananas?', What do you do with the other parts of a banana plant?', etc. Anyone who gave the most interesting answers got a banana sapling as a prize. After everyone was done with their banana snacks, we collected them all in a basket for composting.
Vishal did a demonstration of how strong banana fibre can be by playing tug-of-war with one of the students. They all wanted a chance to best it, but unfortunately the banana fibre prevailed.
The event ended with the planting of the saplings won by the students.
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