National Youth Upcycling Movement 2021
Food Packaging: Don’t Throw It, Upcycle It!
Welcome to the National Youth Upcycling Movement (NYUM) 2021!
NYUM is aligned with the national drive towards environmental education and focuses on preparing students to be responsible global citizens. The objectives of the NYUM are:
To educate youth on the threats facing the natural environment
To inspire youth to take action in promoting a culture of sustainability through upcycling and green consumerism
The NYUM empowers each team to design and create upcycled household items using waste materials with guidance from experts and consultants in the industry.
This webpage contains the NYUM Enrichment Package.
Here you will find 3 modules that will help you understand more about food waste & composting, design thinking methodologies and upcycling tips! For each of the module, there are informational videos and accompanying worksheets. Students can download the worksheets and complete them during or after watching the videos.
After going through the NYUM Online Symposium and/or NYUM Enrichment Package, teachers please download these worksheets to conduct a post programme reflection with the students. Afterwhich, the reflection responses will need to be submitted to the organisers.
FOOD WASTE & COMPOSTING
This is the key module in this package. In line with the NYUM 2021 theme of “Food Packaging: Don’t Throw It, Upcycle It!” The enrichment package provides information on food waste, climate change and composting techniques. As the students watch the video, they can complete the worksheet attached.
Food Waste & Composting - Student’s Activity Sheet (Click Here)
Understanding Food Waste in Singapore
Composting Techniques & Creating your own Eco-enzymes
DESIGN THINKING
This enrichment module focuses on design thinking methodologies. After watching the video, teachers can guide students using the worksheet to use design thinking methodologies to identify and solve problems in the school.
Introduction to Design Thinking
upcycling tips
This enrichment module shares tips for upcycling, including the common tools used during upcycling and how to create clear and concise instructions for upcycling. The accompanying worksheet serves to help students reinforce the learning from the videos.
Understanding Upcycling - Student’s Activity Sheet (Click Here)
Learn about Upcycling Tools
Tips on Creating Upcycling Instructions
