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Animal products and impact - vegan diet

I want to educate my household about vegan diet and impact of it on environment. I would like to change my family’s diet to be more healthy and to raise awareness of fisheries and livestock Industry. This change is important to both my family community and the world because a vegan diet helps health, including lower blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and heart rates, and can also reduce carbon footprint due to we will not consume animal products.

My aim is to educate and raise awareness of fisheries and livestock Industry and lead my family to consider following the veganism.

My target audience is my family members including dad, mom, brother and me. And I will need to build coalitions with my family members because my change applies to my family member.

The success will look like my family are fully knowledgable about the animal product and start to follow the veganism.
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My target audience, my family, was affected by learning about how animal products are affecting the environment and what action should be taken. They have started to take action which is a really big change to my community because my family usually ate animal products more than twice a day but now they don’t eat any now.

Challenges of my collaboration were to persuade my dad to be in part of the action because he believed humans need to ingest meat to be energized. I explained and successfully persuaded him to be part of the action at the end. Successes of my collaboration are overall most of the things I did because I get to educate my family with detailed knowledge and actually be able to encourage them to be vegans.

To be more successful, when I educate my family, I think it would have been more helpful for my family to better understand the topic if they have watched topic-related videos or documentaries as well as information I organized through research.

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Target: Create a study group to connect and help other students in areas of difficulties for subjects.

Research Question:
What steps/considerations are to be taken to prepare a regular and effective study session for high-school students?
Relevance:
As a grade 10 student asking friends throughout the days on how they’ve been doing, they all agree that managing their time becomes more of a challenge including the lack of motivation to get their classwork done on time. Since we are still students, we tend to procrastinate a lot and subjects such as Math are highly challenging to do by ourselves when the concept is too difficult to understand. Many students struggle with trying to manage their time therefore, they often forget what to do for each class which leads to a continuous effect of prolonged assignments to complete. To improve this situation, by creating a small study group limited to a couple of people, this will not only allow for students to connect but offer the opportunity to assess each other's strengths to help each other out. This form of collaboration can hopefully brighten everyone’s minds and we can work together.

Success: Every one had a good time. Environment was friendly. Everyone got along and asked questions when they needed help. Very productive.

EVIDENCE:

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(Kim) Aim- Reducing the use of single use plastics

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(Kim) Aim- Reducing the use of single use plastics

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Idea- Get reusable water bottles and reusable shopping bags
Why? Single use plastics are very polluting to the environment. They create a lot of trash and waste.
Who? My target audience is my family because, mainly my mom because she buys all the groceries and always forgets to bring a reusable bag.

How was your target audience affected? My mom liked teaching me how to sew. I hope that she now uses reusable bags every time she goes grocery shopping to reduce the amount of plastic bags being used.

What were the challenges/successes of your collaborations?  I didn't know how to sew or anything about sewing but my mom was willing to help me learn how. She was willing to help me with the project.

To what extent were you successful?
I was able to make a bag with my mom's help, maybe we'll have to make more because they're a bit small.

What would you need to do next to be more successful? I need to have some more sewing experience beforehand and maybe bigger fabric to make a bigger bag.

Evidence:

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Aim: Planting vegetables to
our garden.
Why? During covid times we cant predict if the cases will rise suddenly and a bigger lockdown comes.
May be one day when we need vegetables we cant go to the open vegie stors. Therefore I think If we plant vegetables, one day when we need them we can use them.
+ Vegetables are healthy and fresher.
Who? My target audience is
my family.
Collaborators: My mom loves gardening. It would be great to work with her.

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Aim: To feed/help those in need during covid
Research question:
How does providing service to those in need during covid bring people together and improve our community for the better in Vientiane?
Relevance:
This research question is relevant because when providing service to those who are struggling to feed and work for themselves during Covid, we can improve our community by coming and working together and improving the living circumstances. By also doing this we can spread awareness of the negative pandemic effects on those who are in need in Vientiane by sharing the experience on social media, hopefully starting a chain reaction to empower others in doing this service again.

Target audience:
My target community is the village Ban Eang Yai

My collaborators:

1. American Diplomatic Community (families)

2. Mabon

3. My parents

4. Village chief

REFLECTION:
1) How was your target audience affected?

-My target audience was positively affected by receiving a bag of food supposed to last about two weeks. My target audience was very happy and thankful for the service.

2) What was the challenge/success with your collaboration?

-The language barrier was the biggest challenge because it would have been a lot easier and faster if we could communicate and understand the Lao language.

3) To what extent were you successful?

-We were very successful and completed the service and everything went according to plan when delivering and giving the food.

4) What would you do next to be more successful?

-We only gave the really poor of the village the food and maybe we can do this again with another larger village.
Evidence:

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Target audience effected:
The plan is supposed to be an ongoing one, its current impact isn't really noticeable

Results:
Currently its not successful in causing any impact, however implementation was quite smooth.

Change:
The plan was put together during its implementation, so the changes where in the plan development.

Next time:
If I where to try this again, a bit more research into effective exercising routines would definitely benefit the fitness program.

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Tina (made a fabric bag for grocery shopping)

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Tina (made a fabric bag for grocery shopping)

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How was your target audience affected?
My target audience was affected positively, now we have no need to use plastic bags when we need to go grocery shopping, my family are also more aware and informed about how plastic is bad for the environment and understand why we had to switch to using fabric bags.

What were the challenges/successes of your collaborations?
A success is that I was able to cooperate with my mother to understand the specifications that the bag needed in order for it to be successful.

To what extent were you successful?

I was able to get my family on board with everyone but when ti came to the final product, my sewing machine wasn't properly working so I was unable to finish, so slightly unsuccessful.

What would you need to do next to be more successful?
Check the sewing machine for problems before use.

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Reflection:
I had a session with 2 people for 45 minutes. I did not plan enough beforehand, as was suggested, as I was waiting to communicate with Saakshi, but we had never agreed to work together. Because of this I quickly worked to plan a tutoring session with a few of my friends. As the most common subject people wanted to be tutored was math, I decided to use that as my topic. As we began, I realized I should have thought more about what we would do and what I would teach. I was planning to let the meeting be student driven, as was suggested by my sources, but I ran into a large problem. My sources talked a lot about connecting it to their class and what they are learning, but as it is the end of the year we aren’t actually learning anything in math. Many people have finished their final assessment and are done for the year. Neither me nor the students were well-versed in a mathematical topic for me to teach it to them without studying it first. At this point one of the students suggested physics as a topic, because one of the students was doing physics HL next year, but could use a better grasp on the math involved. As I had been watching a few videos, I first thought this was a good idea, but soon realized a strictly verbal communication would not allow us to solve mathematical equations or let them understand the visual side of physics. We drifted a bit, touching on a few different subjects and having discussion, and I think we all learned a bit. I would not say that this session was successful, and I did not plan it well at all. To be more successful in the future, I could create a lesson beforehand, so I would always have a general idea of what to teach, even if we didn’t follow the guide completely. I could also conduct it in the middle of the year, so we have topics to learn more about.

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Why? I want to provide fresh vegetables for my household during the Lockdown, to reduce going to the market and to keep our diet healthy.
Who? I will discuss with my household, research on the internet and then work with Mr. Tui our gardener to choose, plant, and care for vegetables (beans, eggplant and tomatoes) that are appropriate to the time of year and the space available.
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How was your target audience affected? My family really enjoyed growing and eating home-grown vegetables. They said they "tasted fresher", and it was "fun watching them grow".

What were the challenges/successes of your collaborations? The language barrier was a challenge when working with my Lao gardener. But body language was very useful, and we learned to use simple words.

To what extent were you successful? We grew enough beans for the whole summer and a few egg-plants. The tomatoes were not healthy. We went to the market less as we had more vegetables. I mostly achieved my aim.

What would you need to do next to be more successful? Get up earlier to avoid the heat when gardening. Do more research on how to grow healthy tomatoes.

Evidence: See picture of beans below

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Idea: I want to create a menu so that we don't eat similar things all the time, and so that we don't have to think a lot about what to cook everyday.
Collaborators: I will collaborate with my household to think about ideas for meals and if they would work or not, and also to make sure this is a good idea.
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Evidence: Based on my primary and secondary research I made a 2 week varied menu with my household: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1lCEXATvb1aGzhBir1CS3O_K0T6KxtveWIICRNMcTqW0/edit?usp=sharing_eil_dm&ts=60b498d9

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Issue: Inappropriate disposing of accumulated trash

Aim: Organize household in order to properly dispose of trash and reduce the possibility of it ending up in landfills.

Target audience: My target audience will be my family and I because although we have a compost and a small bin for PET plastic the majority of our trash ends up in the garbage trucks every Monday morning. So in order to reduce the amount of garbage that ends up in the landfills my family will need to reorganize our trash to send it off in more appropriate places that can deal with it.

Collaborators:
They are also my main collaborators as they are the ones that are changing their disposal habits. I will also work with Ananda as she has a similar issue regarding plastic consumption, meaning we can work together to share information and tips on how to change our plastic use. LoveLife Cafe you also be great collaborators as I know that they collect plastics, metals, and glass and therefore are knowledgeable about this issue. They could provide useful information on how to make a household more trash disposal friendly.
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For my project I decided to organize my household garbage and create different labeled categories to make sorting it easier.

How was your target audience affected?

My target audience was affected in both positive and negative ways. They now understand the importance of appropriate waste separation and disposal and are more aware of what they throw away and where. Unfortunately they are struggling a little as it is hard for them to change their habits so fast. I am sure over time they will sort their trash more easily and without thinking about it too much.

What were the challenges/ successes of your collaborations?

One challenge that I had with my collaborations was getting my whole family motivated and willing to make the change. They found that we were already doing enough with the compost and the plastic. Yet this collaboration was a success as I got everyone on board and aware of the new change happening in our house. Another successful collaboration was with Ananda, we were able to share information and sources which was helpful in helping me move forward in my investigation.

To what extent were you successful?

I was pretty successful because my family is now aware of the large-scale issues related to inappropriate garbage disposal and understand how our new categories work and are working to change their habits in order to adhere to the new changes.

What would you need to do next to be more successful?

In order to be more successful next time I would need to inquire more into the small local garbage collectors that pass by my house on their bike. I would ask them about what they collect and whether or not they collect batteries. I would also create more sustainable signs to guide my family in the separation process.

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Collected most of the trash I can find. I couldn't pick up micro plastic. Also with the help of my 2 lao friends who were kind enough to help me. I have seen a lot of trash in the mekong beach before, but I think a lot of it was washed away when the water rises.

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Why? Sleeping is important for everybody, from what I have heard of is that without sufficient sleep it will lead to many problems both physically and mentally. Examples of this could be a much more negative thinking process and stress, while sleeping is important to a person's growth and immune system.

Who? My father and one of my trusty friend. My father has always been a person who is organized in using his time, he is normally the one who would tell me to go to bed early. My trusty friends because I know them best and they are more supportive. Though I want to solve this issue in my family community, there is  some of my friends(including me) who are not prioritising sleep over entertainment or work.

What did you do?

I have created a presentation that explains the importance of sleep while also engaging the audience to give their own opinion. Other than the evidence below that shows me presenting to my social media friends, I had also presented in front of my family. This is done to spread awareness and educate people to see if people would remember and act.

How was your target audience affected?

For now I have very little evidence that my audience is actually affected but there was one claim that someone had slept for 9 hours which made me very happy. A quiz to test if people remember was given and it seems that there was quite a small number of people who actually remembered the presentation information. More information gathering will be required to fully confirm the effect on the audience.

What were the challenges/success of your collaboration?

Talking to both my friends and family to create a coalition that would encourage sleep seems to be the biggest success. They were supportive and my father made sure to keep a strong reminder for me to go to sleep.

To what extent was it successful?

There seems to be a lack of active people in the social media group during the late night which is a good sign of people going to bed. The extent of which the campaign was successful is very debatable because not many people actually remembered the facts. The goal of the campaign is to make people remember these facts.

What would you have to do next to be successful?

I would be much more prepared and more encouraging during my presentations, try and "force” people to remember the important information on the presentation.

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Why? Because during lockdown it's quite easy for us to eat junk food and have an unbalanced diet which isn't healthy.
Who? My target audience is my family because it's easier and also because my parents are the ones who buy groceries and cook food.

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Aim: Keep running everyday during covid times.

Why: I think running can improve our physical fitness and make us stronger against covid. If we have covid.

Who: my target is teenagers under the age of 18, because minors cannot be vaccinated, so we need to improve their physical fitness against covid.

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Aim: to be able to clean the house everyday within the same week, mon,tue,thur,fri: washing dishes wed, and weekends clean the house and sweep the front yard.

why? to keep the house and where i live a clean place so that it wont succumb to bacteria and germs.

community: Me and my mom, it as in current time in lao where we are stuck in our houses we must keep things clean, i wont be the only one doing it but also my mom will be in charge of cleaning minor things but also paying a allowance.

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Zaizai thinks it's time to become a Farmer

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Zaizai thinks it's time to become a Farmer

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Idea?
Create a green house or garden patch.
Why?
Lack of vegetable variety/Why not and I need lemons.
I'd like to have lemons to make lemonade with, and to cook with since it's a common ingredient in a lot of recipes and perhaps my mother could include it in some of her dishes or my father who often makes (NON-ALCOHOLIC) drinks.
Collaborators?
My dad likes to build things and so I would like to create the garden patch of green house with him.
Success?
I have a garden with plants
(Provided with a image of a garden patch or green house.)

What did you do?

Created a Garden Patch with my father in order to create a sustainable method of obtaining vegetables.

How was your target audience affected?

Me and my father collaborated over the construction/creation of the garden patch and expanded our approaches to issues,  as we discussed counter solutions to instead of having to purchase wood and what not, and we instead worked with what we had at home. Rubbish such as Styrofoam or food waste are used as garden patch and food waste is used in compost.

What were the challenges/successes of your collaboration?
Using different materials and 'approaches' in order to build/create, heck, I had no idea we could/should use things like Styrofoam and food waste in those ways.

To what extent were you successful?
I had reached my goal, and managed to "3 birds one stone"

What would you need to be more successful?

Document my work

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Aim: Planting vegetables to
our garden.
Why? During covid times we cant predict if the cases will rise suddenly and a bigger lockdown comes.
May be one day when we need vegetables we cant go to the open vegie stors. Therefore I think If we plant vegetables, one day when we need them we can use them.
+ Vegetables are healthy and fresher.
Who? My target audience is
my family.
Collaborators: My mom loves gardening. It would be great to work with her.

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(saakshi) Aim - Create a Study Group for my classmates 

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(saakshi) Aim - Create a Study Group for my classmates 

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why? During online learning it makes it harder to communicate with people therefore assistance and help is often needed.

who? my target audience would be my classmates (close friends) in particular knowing that alongside myself, they would also need help so setting up a schedule to when we can meet to discuss about subject matters.

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Issue: There's a lot of plastic thrown away in the mekong when people go down and have a picnic.
Aim: Collecting trash on the side of the mekong river and put the plastic in the bin.
Target audience:
not sure
Colaborator: My Lao friend living right next to my house.
Success:
The Mekong area in front of my house will be clean. (No plastic)

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(Kim) Aim- Reducing the use of single use plastics

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(Kim) Aim- Reducing the use of single use plastics

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Idea- Get reusable water bottles and reusable shopping bags
Why? Single use plastics are very polluting to the environment. They create a lot of trash and waste.
Who? My target audience is my family because, mainly my mom because she buys all the groceries and always forgets to bring a reusable bag.

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Why to do?
In my household we consume lots of fruits for any meals or for snacking as it is very beneficial and appropriate for our diet. In our garden there 's a lack of common fruits in our garden and a variety of essential herbs which we would need to buy from the groceries which is potentially dangerous for our family in this time of covid-19.

What to do?
My goal is to grow a selection of fruits and herbs for my family in my vacant home garden. Will have to research about multiple plants, Ph levels, compost, humidity, temperature and other gardening specifications for these fruits that are very HARD TO GROW.

Who to do with?
My mama

What did you do?
In photo below I planted mint tub. In my greenhouse I planted various vegetables and made compost. I am currently trying to grow roots from pineapple and currently in search for strawberry and blueberries. I learnt the process of gardening with my gardener and family to understand how I can grow my own fruits and herbs.
How was your target audience affected? They will be able to walk a few steps from the back door outside and pick up mint and other fresh herbs, soon hopefully we can get fresh fruit in as well. This means we don't need to go out to buy vegetables as it often allows us to avoid covid.
What were the challenges/successes of your collaborations? Choosing the correct plant because I learnt that it is very hard to grow in lao’s hot climate therefore I need to create appropriate conditions for my plants to grow which is very hard with inexpensive equipment.
To what extent were you successful? Process incomplete What would you need to do next to be more successful? First I have to finish the project and carry out the rest of my plan.

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Aim - Reducing the use of plastic bags (Malaika)

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Aim - Reducing the use of plastic bags (Malaika)

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Why? the use of plastic bags has increased during the lockdown period as people have been ordering food due to which they use plastic bags which is very harmful for the environment

Who? My target audience is my family because I have to work together with my Family to be successful

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Issue: Inappropriate disposing of accumulated trash

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Issue: Inappropriate disposing of accumulated trash

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Aim: Organize household in order to properly dispose of trash and reduce the possibility of it ending up in landfills.

Target audience: My target audience will be my family and I because although we have a compost and a small bin for PET plastic the majority of our trash ends up in the garbage trucks every Monday morning. So in order to reduce the amount of garbage that ends up in the landfills my family will need to reorganize our trash to send it off in more appropriate places that can deal with it.

Collaborators

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Aim- Aim- To reduce the amount of takeaway we order in our household.

Why?
At the moment, there is takeaway entering our household at least once a week. This can be deemed both as unsafe and unhealthy.

Who?
My target audience is my family, since they are the people who live in my household.

Success will be achieved once my family comes together to cook meals. A consistent schedule would help achieve this further.

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Issues: Reduce the use of plastic bags.
Why? The quantity of plastic waste is increasing rapidly nowadays especially since lock down.
Who? My target audience is my family's members. My family uses a lot of plastic bags in the house and when we go to the supermarket.

What did you do?  Influence my family’s opinion about the use of plastic and getting reusable bags.

How was your target audience affected? I hope my family will be more aware of the plastic pollution and they will use plastic bags when they go to the supermarket.

What were the challenges/successes of your collaboration? It’s quite a challenge to change the way they behave and believe that if only one person does it, it’s not going to change too much. However, I was successful because my family was willing to listen to me.

To what extent were you successful? I was successful because my family is now more aware of the plastic waste, every time we go to the supermarket we use a tote bag instead of plastic bags.

What would you need to do next to be more successful?
To be more successful next time I would collaborate with my friends or my neighbor to make it more efficient.
Evidence:

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Aim- tutoring students to help them in school

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Aim- tutoring students to help them in school

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Why? When students aren't doing well in school, it can lead to high amounts of stress. Also, many people have not been very social, and interaction with a peer can be very good. Overall, I believe that this will help students' mental health a lot.
Who? My target audience is students that need help in school. Most likely they will be from this grade, but if this continues, students from other grades may be helped as well.
I will learn more about how to tutor and help people effectively so that they learn more easily, and are inspired to work hard.

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Aim: separate food waste from regular waste, something along the lines of a container next to the bin for food waste, with a worm bin or compost bin outside for it.

Why: it's mainly for the waste and for it to not go to landfill, rather than for the benefits to the garden.

Collaborators: Parents could help out with both the funding for this, and having them as collaborators will make it easier to convince them to use the food waste container rather than the bin

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Aim - Reducing the Consumption of Animal Products (Anezka)

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Aim - Reducing the Consumption of Animal Products (Anezka)

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Why? There are many environmental benefits to reducing the amount of animal products one consumes and there are often healthy alternatives to the products. I think the health benefits associated with a more vegan diet will also be good for everyone in the family.
Who? My target audience is my family, mainly my mom as she does the most cooking.  Because of this, she will also be my main collaborator.

What did you do?

I held a meeting with my family to discuss our diet. I told them about how switching to vegan alternatives in our diets would positively impact the environment as well as our own health. I provided some statistics and helped them understand how important this cause is. I then told them about some possible changes we could make to our day to day diets and offered suggestions on where to start. I showed my mom a few vegan recipes to begin with and we are going to start implementing vegan meals into our diets more often.

How was your target audience affected?

My target audience was affected because they now have a better understanding of the positives of a vegan diet and why it's important that we reduce our consumption of animal products. Though my community does not plan on becoming fully vegan, they are more aware of their choices and their impacts, and now make a conscious decision to consume plant-based alternatives when possible.

What were the challenges/successes of your collaborations?

The success of the collaborations was relaying my information to my parents. I was easily able to explain what impact vegan products make on the environment and they understood the importance of the change very quickly and seemed eager to try new things. However I felt that the biggest challenges were trying to convince my parents to switch out foods they really like such as beef. It’s difficult to have self control, but I hope that the information sticks with them and they try to consume it less in the future.

To what extent were you successful?

I think that I was successful in this project as my main goal was to inform my community on the benefits of a vegan diet so we could apply the information to our lives. I was able to share my research with my family as well as suggestions and a few recipes, and we have been working to begin using them daily. I have noticed that my parents now try a little harder to replace the animal products we buy and though it’s a slow process, our community is willing to work towards this change in diet.

What would you need to do next to be more successful?

I think that in order to be successful moving forward I should also learn how to cook vegan meals. I think that up until this point I have been quite active in making suggestions of alternatives to buy and recipes to make, but because I’m fairly new to cooking, I haven’t been making the meals myself. I think that would be very helpful to my mom and if we had two people who knew how to make vegan meals in the family, then it would be easier to incorporate them. I have also noticed that my mom has come to me with a few suggestions of new ingredients and meals so I think to be successful I should encourage all members of the community to continue to communicate so we can all be satisfied with what we’re eating.

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Issue - Accumulation of plastics and non biodegradable objects that can be harmful to the environment.
Aim - Reduce the use of non-biodegradable items and find sustainable solutions for necessary items.
Why?
In this time of lockdown, it is easy to stop thinking about things such as environmentally harmful items and greatly increase one’s use of environmentally harmful materials.
Who?
I will be working with my family in order to reduce the use of environmentally harmful items, and find healthy solutions for the necessary non biodegradable items in our household.
Success
I plan to create space in our household for recyclable items, specifically, bins to separate plastics, glass and cans, but also a friendly space to keep things that could be reused in our household for crafts. To add on, I will be having a discussion with the community involved, my family, to reduce overall use of harmful items.
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What did you do?
I set up a space for the two labelled bins, and I cleared out some space to keep reusable plastics and other materials. Additionally, I found some solutions, such as the use of glass bottles instead of plastic, and the use of milk bottles as plant watering
How was your target audience affected?
Through this solution, my target audience now has a space to keep recycled materials, and has options that explain things that can be done to reuse plastics and overall reduce their use of said plastic.
What were the challenges/successes of your collaboration?
I was able to collaborate successfully with my community, as they agreed with the project. This helped increase the efficiency of the project, as they were all willing to help, and they are all excited to take part in the solution.
To what extent were you successful?
Judging by the extent of the project, and the collaboration within the community, I would consider this project successful. I believe that to a great extent I was successful, because I was able to bring about a teaspoon of change, and struggled through issues with my family and collaborators.
What would you need to do next to be more successful?
In order to be more successful, I would have to find a way to completely eradicate the use of plastic in the household, however, at this time, I don’t believe it would be possible, specifically due to the area. However, I feel we have reached a good point considering the time and global situation.

Evidence:

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BEN Aim - Plan and execute an entertaining online event for the VIS community.

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BEN Aim - Plan and execute an entertaining online event for the VIS community.

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Why? Over lockdown, the VIS community will obviously be more distant and less connected socially. However, it is still important to maintain the morale of the student/staff population.
What? The VIS Student Council will be planning an online VIS Got Talent event which all students and staff can take part in; either through an act or simply watching.
Collaborators? Mr Lucas Clarkson, Co-presidents, Secretary, The Student Council team, Teacher judges, Participants.
Success? If the video live stream of the event is effectively shared with the entire student body and the engagement is high.

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Issue: Body Dysmorphia due to increase of social media use 

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Issue: Body Dysmorphia due to increase of social media use 

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What's the issue? With more people staying home during lockdown there is an increase of phone and social media use. It seems to be the default option when someone is bored and this has both positives and negatives. During quarantine it can be easy to get stressed and overeat or eat cause you're bored. Then, when you go onto social media to see all these "ideal" figures it can cause something that's called body dysmorphia. Basically, when you obsess and worry about what your body looks like.

Aim: I want to advocate that all bodies should be accepted. This doesn't mean promoting bad eating or not exercising either. It means that people shouldn't judge others for how they look. Everyone is going through their own thing and we shouldn't shame them for it.

Target Audience: My target audience is teenage girls from the ages 13-18. I'm aware that other ages and boys also experience this but based on what I've seen in the media, I want to focus more on people who I think are most affected by this.
(Gabi)

Collaborator: Stick To Change (an instagram page dedicated to raising awareness on certain issues around the world)

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Jiyeon Animal products and impact - vegan diet

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Jiyeon Animal products and impact - vegan diet

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I want to educate my household about vegan diet and impact of it on environment. I would like to change my family’s diet to be more healthy and to raise awareness of fisheries and livestock Industry. This change is important to both my family community and the world because a vegan diet helps health, including lower blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and heart rates, and can also reduce carbon footprint due to we will not consume animal products.

My aim is to educate and raise awareness of fisheries and livestock Industry and lead my family to consider following the veganism.

My target audience is my family members including dad, mom, brother and me. And I will need to build coalitions with my family members because my change applies to my family member.

The success will look like my family are fully knowledgable about the animal product and start to follow the veganism.

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JAY                                        Aim- creating a compost for the plants.  

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JAY                                        Aim- creating a compost for the plants.  

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Why?  Well because every time that my mom or I would cook we would always throw away organic minerals that we could have used to make compost such as fruit peels, small amounts of leftover vegies and such .
Who? everybody in my house hold will be forced to follow this rule. yes it will become a rule that everyone who set foot in this household has to follow :)

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Why? Sleeping is important for everybody, from what I have heard of is that without sufficient sleep it will lead to many problems both physically and mentally. Examples of this could be a much more negative thinking process and stress, while sleeping is important to a person's growth and immune system.

Who? My father and one of my trusty friend. My father has always been a person who is organized in using his time, he is normally the one who would tell me to go to bed early. My trusty friends because I know them best and they are more supportive. Though I want to solve this issue in my family community, there is  some of my friends(including me) who are not prioritising sleep over entertainment or work.

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Issue - Excessive Use of Plastic Bags. (Dhong)

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Issue - Excessive Use of Plastic Bags. (Dhong)

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Aim: Reducing the amount of plastic bags usage or even remove plastic bags entirely.

Idea: Having one big bin instead of small bins around the house.

Collab: My Family.

Goal: The bin should last longer and ultimately reduce our family's usage of plastic bags.

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Issue - Heavy use of plastic bottles (Mireu)

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Issue - Heavy use of plastic bottles (Mireu)

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Aim
My aim is to educate the members of my family about the use of plastic bottles and how that influences the planet. This idea can be taken further into encouraging them to reuse the bottles in elsewhere... such as gardening, cooking, etc.

Target audience/Collaborator
My target audience is the members of my family because I will eventually educate them about the issue about the use of plastic bottles. At the same time, they are my collaborators because we will work together to find new ways to recycle plastic bottles.

What does success look like?
Recycling plastic bottles in many appropriate ways in our household. Everyone in my family being equally informed about the use of plastic bottles.

Evidence

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When my mom goes grocery shopping, sometimes she has to resort to using plastic bags because they're bigger and more convenient. And with lockdown, when my mom does go grocery shopping, she has to do a big haul in order to prolong the next time she has to go to the market. In order to be more sustainable, I want to make sure that when grocery shopping, my family won't use plastic bags.

I will have to work with my mom because she is typically the one who goes shopping and I'll have to find out how much she buys in order to estimate how much space is needed in the bag. I also need to check with her if she would rather have a really big bag or two grocery bags.

Success: The bag can actually contain most of the groceries and is used frequently.