Dow Philippines, Philippine Business for Social Progess (PBSP) and Center for Integrated STEM Education, Inc. (CISTEM) partnered to work together on Plastic Sustainability Education to empower the next generation of environment champions.
Dow digital-learning tool for Plastic Sustainability Education
Not a simple waste problem
In the Philippines, both the public and private sectors are working on strategies and projects to reduce plastic waste. Circular economy and plastic sustainability are a solution to return those post-consumer plastics to the production stream and help add value to those plastics waste, generating economic value for society and the community and improving their well-being. However, it will need to start with people’s behavior to segregate their waste before putting them into the trash bin.
The Plastic Sustainability Education project aims to reduce plastic pollution by raising awareness and improving the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of teachers and learners in middle school on how to use plastics sustainably with the circular economy plastics principle.
Dow Philippines and PBSP engaged CISTEM to develop digital education modules consisting of Solid Waste Management, Waste and Impact on the Environment, Plastics and Climate Change, Plastics Circular Economy Solution, and Roles and Responsibilities to Prevent Plastic Waste and Pollution.
The modules will be uploaded and maintained in a Learning Management System. Teachers and learners can also access the training platform from any location in the Philippines and around the globe.
Partners for environment sustainability
The project engages experts on education and plastics sustainability to ensure the credibility, relevance, appropriateness, and timeliness of the modules that will be developed under the project. CISTEM, with its track record of advancing integrated STEM education through curricular innovations, learning resource development, teacher upskilling, and government-industry-education partnerships, has been chosen to carry out this critical component of the project. In addition, the project will also engage DepEd, Commission on Higher Education, and other educational institutions and industries to sustain the training of teachers and learners on plastic sustainability. Learn more about the project.