my clean school - english

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My Clean India

My Clean School

WORKING TOGETHER

THE CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS

THE EYES OF MCI

My Clean Indiawww.mycleanindia.com

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The Common Theme for My Clean India (MCI) & My Clean School (MCS)

PROSPERITY AND BEAUTY THROUGH

COMMUNITY

Nainital Uttarakhand 2007

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My Clean India acknowledges the

champions and creates visions.

MCIMy Clean India

My Clean School investigates

the environment of the community

My Clean SchoolMCS

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My Clean India

My Clean India (MCI) promotes cleanliness of the environment

It acknowledges the champions in the community It operates to the values of My Clean World Inc..

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My Clean India (MCI)Focuses on community

achievements (not problems) to inspire & create sustainable change.

Uses Appreciative Inquiry to:Identify the best of what is; andPursue dreams & possibilities of what

could be.

My Clean India – acknowledges & pursues dreams

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My Clean India nurtures the good things

MCI uses Appreciative

Inquiry to look for strengths,

passions and life-giving

forces that promote inspired

& positive change in the

environment.

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Traditional ways, which identify; Problems; and Missing resources

Fail to maintain community support when the funding stops (dependency and no responsibility for the problem.) Appreciative Inquiry shifts focus from problems to positives eg. achievements, community strengths & skills.

Why use Appreciative Inquiry?

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The 4 Components of Appreciative Inquiry

1.Discover

&appreciate

2. Dream

3. Design

4. Destiny

to sustain

What might it

look like

What action is necessary to make it happen

What tasks & by when to achieve

What is working& why

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My Clean India acknowledges those making a difference

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Provides the scholastic insights for My Clean India

Creates the opportunity for My Clean India to act as champion for those who contribute.

My Clean School acts as the eyes for My Clean India

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Sponsors for awards, printing, prizes. Join Clean Up the World

(www.cleanuptheworld.org) and associated activities.

Enrol the nagar palika, associations & groups.Liaise with schools in your communityFind the champions in your community and

acknowledge them!

What can you contribute?

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Clean Up the World Day in September

A community eventto celebrate & acknowledge!

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My Clean School

MCS

promotes champions investigates

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MCS supports UN Agenda 21, Chapter 25

25.1. Youth comprise nearly 30 per cent of the world's population.……

25.2 …In addition to their intellectual contribution and their ability to mobilise support, they (the youth) bring unique perspectives ……..

25.4. Each country should … establish a process to promote dialogue between the youth community and Government at all levels ……

My Clean School provides

for effective dialogue

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What My Clean School means for the students?

UN encouraged Role model & Empowerment

Progressive Inquiry

Having a say on the environment in the spirit of United Nations Agenda 21.

Schools as role models for wider community & students able to explore, interact and practice leadership and innovation.

Undertake three step Progressive Inquiry to identify what could be done.

Leadership

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My Clean School is the eyes for MCI with its 3 steps of Progressive Inquiry

The 3 Step Progressive Inquiry

2. What we don’t like1. What we likehappen

3. What needs to

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My Clean School and My Clean India

Progressive Inquiry

My Clean India uses Appreciative Inquiry which focuses on the community's achievements. It acknowledges and inspires into action.

My Clean School uses Progressive Inquiry which reviews the community in terms of: what is, what isn’t, and what could happen.  

Progressive Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry

Complements

The schools driving the inquiry process

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Progressive Inquiry is an opportunity for leadership

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Opportunities for community interaction by schoolsUndertake surveys of community issues and possible solutions. Promote community-signed agreements and oaths to keep areas clean.

Awareness building with banners, competitions etc. about the environment

Elect street marshals (supervisors) for cleanliness and reporting.

Promote Cleanest Street awards (with sponsorship).

Use Acknowledgement Certificates for people that make a difference.

Promote the sponsorship (eg. by hotels) of litter bins.Create media releases such as about school surveys, studies and awards & prizes.

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Other steps for the schoolsInterschool poster competitions and prizes with sponsorship.

Essay or poetry competition

Create and use banners.

Collect and dispose of rubbish as part of Clean Up the World.

Plant trees.

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Talk with the schools Enrol (talk with) the schools & encourage a

teacher and one or more students to be Facilitators /representatives.

Create a School’s Committee from schools representatives and elect an Area Representative .

Plan for action eg. a Progressive Inquiry, annual cleanup day in September etc. (eg. join Clean Up the World).

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Each school may elect a teacher as School Facilitator plus one or two students.

School Facilitators to convene meetings to:Plan events & activities.Find sponsors & donors.Liaise with the My Clean India

facilitator in your town/city.Create a web page for My Clean

School region

School networks in action

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Clean Up the World Day in September

A community event

to celebrate & acknowledge!

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Schools in action!!

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Large problems can be solved through community spirit

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Clean Up Nainital Day led to Mission Butterfly

And... in Australia, Butterfly Bags

knitted from plastic shopping

bags!

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This book showed how small things can create a Tipping Point (big shift) in society.

My Clean India is about creating a Tipping Point and becoming a beacon to the world.

Creating a Tipping Point!

From little things BIG things grow!

Paul Kelly

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My Clean School

MCS provides a pathway for

the youth to be self-

confident & engaged with

the community

Linking nations

To BE the change

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Prosperity and Beauty through Community

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Young people CAN make a difference – worldwide!

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UN Earth Summit Conference (Severn Suzuki 1992)

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