Page 13 - Eco-Schools Newsletter - Spring One 2024 - English
P. 13
Innovative Solutions
Climate change is a global problem so, to try and address it, people
around the world are devising global solutions. The way we grow food is
very important, but it is also important to look at the whole cycle of food
production and how we can maximise every opportunity to benefit our
planet.
Can you imagine ‘silk’ made from orange
peel?
‘Cotton’ created from unwanted banana
skins?
Discarded pineapple leaves reinvented into
‘leather’?
Well, there’s no need to imagine since innovative
individuals and companies across the globe have
already made them a reality!
Taking inspiration from cycles in nature, where
nothing gets wasted, all these by-products from
our food industry have been manufactured into
beautiful fashion items, that don’t negatively
impact our planet, and simultaneously maximise
the resources that are already being used in food
production.
Many of the global solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises have
been developed from wild imaginations and some fantastical ideas. We
know that young people have limitless imaginations and brilliant ideas! We
invite you to share any of your inventions, pictures, designs, and visions of
solutions for a sustainable future. We would love to share them in our next
newsletter so please get creative and send them over to us at eco-schools@
keepwalestidy.cymru.