Drop after drop...Let's fill up the reservoir of life!

“Drop after drop ... let's fill up the reservoir of life!” is a project on how we can reduce water consumption. It is a project developed and managed by the students of the school to learn about the value of one of the most precious natural resources and at the same time to promote more sustainable strategies on water use.

Throughout the school year the students of the school actively participated in the project, exploring the theme of water in all its aspects and developing the most diverse strategies to reduce water consumption through.

The project supervisor Carla Antonioli hosted “Drop after drop ...... let's fill up the reservoir of life!” at the “Science Under 18 Pescara” event in "Sabucchi park". During the two-day event, the students told the project and presented the work done to the many students invited to the event and coming from other schools in the Abruzzo region or by participating live from other cities in Italy (Rome, Florence, Trento).

GBC Italia team staff (Eleonora, Maurizio and Clevan) played the role of support and sponsor, bringing together the supervisor and teachers for training and helping to facilitate the success of the project.

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Students attended

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Staff attended

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Additional Volunteer attended

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Students will be impacted this year

Intended impact of project

Reduced environmental impact
Increased environmental & sustainability literacy

Impact of project

Energy and/or water conservation
Educated on sustainable skills and practices
Educated on sustainability knowledge
Improved student/staff health and wellness
Improved environmental & sustainability literacy

More impact of project

The project that involved the students of the school was very successful with a positive impact on the class, because historical research and restoration techniques for the recovery of the ancient water tanks used in southern Italy in past centuries, have been used as a tool of knowledge. Thus, the study of history as a testimony and knowledge of sustainability strategies used in the past for water recovery and the need to reduce water consumption in the future, through the recovery of ancient water tanks.

Professor Patrizia Maranò explained, with the help of slides, the research she carried out, on the recovery of water tanks in the municipality of Grottaglie, in Puglia.