A team of 10th grade students at the Ibn Khuldoon National School in the Kingdom of Bahrain launched a school-wide campaign to tackle e-waste. “The Forgotten Fortune” campaign aims to create awareness about the dangers of e-waste on the environment and how to reduce it. To study the issue, students visited the Bahraini Supreme Council for the Environment and the national e-waste management and recycling company. They also invited representatives from the public and private sectors to their school to discuss solutions. With the support of their teachers, the students are actively working on raising awareness by engaging their peers and communities through social media, competitions and events. For example, they are currently running a school-wide competition to collect e-waste, older students are teaching younger students and younger students are creating art out of the collected e-waste. By working collaboratively and creatively, the students are leading the way to a greener and more sustainable future.
