Ice breaking activity

Teacher:

It is important to get participants interacting right from the start as early as possible during the session therefore this icebreaker is set to facilitate discussions on topics relating to sustainable development and green issues, and to generate ideas for solving some of the identified issues.

Duration: 30 minutes, including a 5-minute break

Goal: By the end of the icebreaker session, participants be able to comment on what they ....should have identified one sustainable thing they do at home and something that isn't quite sustainable. Participants spend 2 minutes to say what they do at home that is or isn’t sustainable? This is an icebreaker that should get participants talking about green issues and thinking about their impact on the environment.

Format: Split into pairs, introduce yourself and discuss one thing you each do at home that you consider sustainable, and one thing you each do at home that could be done more sustainably.  Rotate pairs and repeat (like speed dating).  Bring back to the group and feedback.  For the less sustainable things, ask what could be a more sustainable alternative?

Short quiz: To get participants thinking more about environmental issues, run a short online (or paper-based) quiz about statistics. For instance, “how many trees are cut down every day for toilet paper?” source:  https://medium.com/the-green-space/flushing-our-forests-fc59fbfec743