Nexus International School (Singapore)

For this year’s UN Sustainable Development Goals, learners and staff at Nexus dedicated the week of 13 to 19 September to acknowledge and highlight the goals they’d like to accomplish in a school-wide journey to building a better and more sustainable world. It started with the 100k Deeds Challenge that was led by Sai of Year 12, which was taken to the classrooms where learners presented their personal targets and solutions for their chosen Sustainable Development Goals.

For one of the Sustainable Development goals of Responsible Consumption and Production, the school’s IB learners collaborated with Soles4Souls, a non-profit organisation, to run a month-long donation drive on campus to collect unwanted shoes and clothing. The collection is kept from going to waste and put to good use, including for disaster relief or supporting homeless children.

IB learners at Nexus also stepped forward to propose a Cycling to School campaign in their environment systems and societies class; Years 10 to 13 are encouraged to take up cycling (in manageable distances) rather than taking car transportation to school. Through this campaign, they hope to see a reduction in the school’s carbon footprint.

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