One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of Gambia (Millbrook Picture Books)

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Explore a world of innovative ideas to upcycle, recycle, or repurpose plastic into usable items or beautiful artwork. Ifyou do want to take any of these liquids in your hand luggage you need to make sure of a few things: up to 10 kg of meat, potatoes or dairy products from Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. You are not allowed to bring this type of food into the UK from any other country; up to 2 kg of fruit and vegetables for your own use or for family and friends. They must be carried in your personal baggage and be free from pests or diseases;

All Done Monkey * Crafty Moms Share * Educators Spin on it * Growing Book by Book * Imagination Soup I’m Not the Nanny * InCultural Parent * Kid World Citizen * Mama Smiles * Multicultural Kid Blogs * Spanish Playground One Plastic Bag is the story of how one woman cleans up her community, inspiring friends and neighbors to help create plastic, recycled purses, and reduce the trash in her village. Author Miranda Paul and illustrator Elizabeth Zunon tell the story of Isatou Ceesay in this poignant and inspiring picture-book biography, chronicling how the Gambian woman came up with a solution to the mounds of plastic trash strangling her small village. Although she had noticed the growing problem of plastic waste while walking through the village, it was the death of one of her grandmother's goats - strangled by the plastic bag it had eaten - that inspired Ceesay to begin working on the problem. Collecting the bags, she came up with a way to rework plastic into thread, which she and a group of women used to weave purses. This recycling effort was initially met with ridicule, but eventually it proved successful, not just as a means of using old plastic bags, but as a source of income for the women. Many good things would eventually come of this project...On YouTube there is a video of Isatou Ceesay showing how to make the purses with recycled plastic bags. This could be viewed and then the students could make their own. This would be most appropriate for Grade 4 students (or older). This two-per-sheet graphic has cut and fold dotted lines so that students can print, cut, and fold to make their very own One Plastic Bag bookmark!

One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia is an excellent biography about the events that were happening in Gambia and the impact made my Isatou Ceesay and the other Women of Gambia. Plastic has been creating a negative impact on the worlds environment. The story of Gambia is a real account of this issue. In a small country, where the people would drop their plastic bags on the ground and would just continue on with their day. Isatou was tired of seeing the negative impacts on her country, and was determined to find a solution. This is a great topic to bring in the social studies unit, the idea of how people can have positive and negative effects on the environment. It is also a chance for students to look at how one person made such an impact. This could be an opportunity for teachers to encourage students to find a problem in their school and create and action plan to create a solution. This is a moving real story about how one persons idea and motivation can be turned into a movement, and can make a huge impact on the country. This story can also be included into the math unit. Teachers can create story problems out of story of the recycled purses Isatou and the Women made. Students can think about the profit the Women made how they used the money. This book can be used in many ways in a 3rd grade classroom and can be connected to many different subjects. This book was a WOW book for me because the environment is something that I worry about and this book is encouraging to think that one person can create a huge movement for a country. I hope students would find the same encouragement in the book and would push them to be change in their own school. The following table outlines what medicines and medical equipment you can take in your hand and/or hold luggage. Luggage restrictions on medication Item The bag has to be able to close and be sealed – overstuffed plastic bags will not be accepted and you can’t tie or knot the top of the bag This PDF document includes statistics about plastic trash in America and beyond, as well as action ideas for kids to help the earth.

This tour is hosted in partnership with Women Initiative the Gambia, a charitable organization. A special thank you to Lerner Publishing Group for donating books for several villages and schools. People thought I was too young and that women couldn't be leaders. I took these things as challenges; they gave me more power. I didn't call out the problems -- I called out solutions." -- Isatu Ceesay One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia tells the inspiring story of five women who creatively dealt with their village’s plastic trash problem. Despite limited resources and ridicule, Isatou and her friends persevered for more than a decade, eventually realizing economic empowerment through their recycled plastic purse project. The book also includes bonus information such as a Wolof language glossary, timeline of actual events, and photos of the women of Njau. This presentation features slides with bulleted information about climate, school, food, language, and aspects of everyday Gambian life. Also includes photos and additional links. Good to know: Make sure you leave plenty of time for your doctor to write a note as it can sometimes take a few weeks and might incur a cost.

Classroom: This story gives teachers the perfect opportunity to incorporate science into literature. In the 3rd grade standards particularly, students begin learning about recycling and being responsible environmentalists within society. I would first read this book to students and then go into a short lesson about recycling and reusable materials. With this knowledge given to students, I will ask them ways to eliminate plastics in their own life. Students will then create an “Environmentalist Stanly” (I hope you are familiar with flat Stanley). They will create their environmentalists and then be asked to take pictures of the doll with the ways in which they will reduce plastic usages. This will create a fun activity that students can do both at school and at home if they so wish. Students will be given time in class to complete these projects and parents will be notified as well about their project. At the end of the project, I hope to have another conversation with students on how to reduce plastics and the things they realized about themselves participating in the activity. large electrical items such as laptops or tablets can be taken into the cabin, but must be removed from hand luggage at the search area and placed in the tray Animal lovers may be disappointed to find out that most airlines in the UK do not allow pets to travel in the cabin with their owners and there is a charge to bring your pet in the hold. Exceptions are made for service animals, like assistance or guide dogs which will travel with their owner free of charge. Isatou Ceesay's weaved basket breaks as she is carryng fruit. She finds a plastic bag and carries her fruit there instead. Isatou likes her bag but notices that they accumulate more and more on the ground, causing serious damages to the soil and animals that roam. An idea is born. What if she could reuse these bags in a way that they would not end up thrown on the floor? Isatou begins sewing bags together into purses and thus an envronmental hero is born.

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