SPM26CC Youth Congress : How to Make a Greener School

This activity focuses on environmental awareness, sustainability, and civic engagement, encouraging students to reflect on how their school environment can become more sustainable. Through collaborative and project-based work, students explore real environmental challenges and design practical solutions that can be implemented at school.

Students work in small groups to analyse current environmental practices and identify areas for improvement, such as waste management, energy consumption, or awareness-raising initiatives. Through discussion and brainstorming, they share perspectives, compare ideas, and agree on realistic and impactful proposals. This collaborative process helps them develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills while learning to respect different viewpoints.

Each group designs a clear and structured proposal aimed at making the school greener. Students are encouraged to justify their choices, assess feasibility, and consider the potential impact of their ideas. They then present their proposals to their peers within a simulated “Youth Congress,” developing oral communication skills by defending their ideas and responding to questions. The overall objective is to select 10 feasible measures from all the proposals : the following are selected school garden with composting, paper reuse box in every classroom, solar panels on roofs, sensor taps, clothes swap, save energy, gardening club, natural lighting use, waste collection club and roof waste refrigerator.

The activity concludes with a collective voting and feedback phase. Students evaluate the proposals presented, highlight the most creative and feasible solutions, and provide constructive feedback. This final stage promotes peer learning, reflection, and shared responsibility.

Through this experience, students gain a deeper understanding of sustainability issues and the importance of environmental responsibility, while strengthening teamwork, communication, and civic engagement skills.