Mr Andres' Trip to Japan

Friday, July 18, 2008

Could there really be a town with no trash?

The BBC reported on the Japanese town of Kamikatsu which has no trash pickup. Residents have to compost their green waste and recyclables are sorted into 34 different categories at the recycling center. Residents are responsible for disposing of all their trash.

Read: Living in a world without waste - BBC News

Make sure you look to the right of the article for other related articles.

Enjoy!

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Other Teacher's Blogs

As part of my follow on plan I will be having my 8th grade students read some of the other blogs that teachers produced during this years trip to Japan. We will be looking for patterns and doing further research on specific topics. We will also be talking about the different perspectives we notice from each of the blogs. To check out other teachers blogs for yourself click on one of the names to the right. Enjoy.