SUSTAINABILITY TEAMS

Hippo

Human Rights – Racism

Racism is the belief that characteristics and abilities can be attributed to people simply on the basis of their race and that some racial groups are superior to others. Racism and discrimination have been used as powerful weapons encouraging fear or hatred of others in times of conflict and war, and even during economic downturns.

Your challenge:

Your group needs to setup a scenario in which racism occurs and highlight how you would go about addressing it.

Johari’s Window: Deriving from the Theatre for Development – in common currency throughout Africa and South Asia – this image-based analytic procedure shows how community reality is organized in layers: that which is known to us and them, that which is seen only by them, that which is known only to us, and that which is effectively hidden from both them and us.

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Hyenas

Environmental Challenge

People don’t get all the connections. They say the environment is over here, the civil rights group is over there, the women’s group is over there, and the other groups are here. Actually all of them are one group, and the issues we fight become null and void if we have no clean water to drink, no clean air to breathe and nothing to eat. —C. Tucker2

The Challenge:

Create a series of body images that shows how impacts neighbourhood health and adds to the cumulative burden of environmental justice communities.

Rashomon: Based on the central premise of Akira Kurosawa’s eponymous film, the same scene is played from multiple-character viewpoints. This is particularly useful in developing a sense of the complexity surrounding efforts to determine the environmental causes of disease, political strife over efforts to address an nd the cumulative effects of multiple health and social stressors on life in environmental justice communities.

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Lions

Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurs drive social innovation and transformation in various fields including education, health, environment and enterprise development. They pursue poverty alleviation goals with entrepreneurial zeal, business methods and the courage to innovate and overcome traditional practices. A social entrepreneur, similar to a business entrepreneur, builds strong and sustainable organizations, which are either set up as not-for-profits or companies.

Your Challenge:

Real to Ideal –

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Elephants

Animal Rights

Rhino-related matters are complex; there is no quick-fix to the current rate at which our rhino are being poached.

Your Challenge:

You have to demonstrate the impact poverty has on Rhino poaching.

Johari’s Window: Deriving from the Theatre for Development – in common currency throughout Africa and South Asia – this image-based analytic procedure shows how community reality is organized in layers: that which is known to us and them, that which is seen only by them, that which is known only to us, and that which is effectively hidden from both them and us.

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Kudu

Human Rights – Womens Rights in the workplace

Despite many successes in empowering women, numerous issues still exist in all areas of life, ranging from the cultural, political to the economic. For example, women often work more than men, yet are paid less; gender discrimination affects girls and women throughout their lifetime; and women and girls are often the ones that suffer the most poverty.

Your challenge:

Create a scenario in which some women are discriminated in the workplace – show us how this would occur and what can be done about it?’

Rashomon: Based on the central premise of Akira Kurosawa’s eponymous film, the same scene is played from multiple-character viewpoints. This is particularly useful in developing a sense of the complexity surrounding efforts to determine the environmental causes of disease, political strife over efforts to address Animal Abuse and the cumulative effects of multiple health and social stressors on life in environmental justice communities.

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Cheetah

Environmental Rights

The effects of plastic bags on the environment are really quite devastating. While there are many objections to the banning of plastic bags based solely on their convenience, the damage to the environment needs to be controlled.

There is no way to strictly limit the effects of plastic bags on the environment because there is no disposal method that will really help eliminate the problem. While reusing them is the first step, most people either don’t or can’t based on store policies. They are not durable enough to stand up to numerous trips to the store so often the best that citizens can do is reuse them when following pooper scooper laws.

Your challenge:

Students will create a “circle sculpture” and perform as “spect-actors” in a performance about a topic on the impact plastic has on the environment.

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Leopard

Social entrepreneurship

Your Challenge:

Inside / Outside Image, represents the difference between reactions shown to the world and hidden, inner effects of living with the problems of environmental justice communities. Two actors are sculpted in close relationship to one another, showing how what is externally displayed may be different from what is really felt.

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Rhino

Conservation

Your Challenge:

Rashomon: Based on the central premise of Akira Kurosawa’s eponymous film, the same scene is played from multiple-character viewpoints. This is particularly useful in developing a sense of the complexity surrounding efforts to determine the environmental causes of disease, political strife over efforts to address Animal Abuse and the cumulative effects of multiple health and social stressors on life in environmental justice communities.

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Buffalo

Human Rights – Rights of Indigenous People:

There are approximately 370 million indigenous people spanning 70 countries, worldwide. Historically they have often been dispossessed of their lands, or in the centre of conflict for access to valuable resources because of where they live, or, in yet other cases, struggling to live the way they would like. Indeed, indigenous people are often amongst the most disadvantaged people in the world.

Your challenge:

Johari’s Window: Deriving from the Theatre for Development – in common currency throughout Africa and South Asia – this image-based analytic procedure shows how community reality is organized in layers: that which is known to us and them, that which is seen only by them, that which is known only to us, and that which is effectively hidden from both them and us.

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Giraffe

Environmental Rights

Your Challenge:

Inside / Outside Image, represents the difference between reactions shown to the world and hidden, inner effects of living with the problems of environmental justice communities. Two actors are sculpted in close relationship to one another, showing how what is externally displayed may be different from what is really felt.

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Zebra

Social entrepreneurship

Your Challenge:

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Meerkat

Animal Rights

Your Challenge:

Inside / Outside Image, represents the difference between reactions shown to the world and hidden, inner effects of living with the problems of environmental justice communities. Two actors are sculpted in close relationship to one another, showing how what is externally displayed may be different from what is really felt.

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Springbok

Human Rights

Xenophobia in globally manifests itself in a number of ways, ranging from derogatory name-calling to harassment and physical attacks. As these incidents show, that foreigners in particular are blamed for persistent social and economic problems: the high crime rate; the spread of HIV/AIDS; and the lack of jobs.

Your challenge:

Inside / Outside Image, represents the difference between reactions shown to the world and hidden, inner effects of living with the problems of environmental justice communities. Two actors are sculpted in close relationship to one another, showing how what is externally displayed may be different from what is really felt.

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Penguins

Environmental Rights

Your Challenge:

Pairs & Fluid Sculptures: Pair fluids are kinetic sculptures using actor duos that embody both sides of an issue, or probe complex feelings relative to the issues. These sculptures are effective in representing blockages to effective action: excuses, misgivings, cynicism from previous failures to achieve positive results from environmental justice campaigns.

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Blue Crane

Social entrepreneurship

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Badger

Animal Rights

 

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Warthogs

Human Rights

People around the world face violence and inequality – and sometimes torture, even execution – because of who they love, how they look, or who they are. Sexual orientation and gender identity are integral aspects of our selves and should never lead to discrimination or abuse.

Your Challenge:

Create a scenario in which you highlight the plight that teenagers from the LBGT community faces. What do they have to deal with, how do they face it and what should our response be.

Pairs & Fluid Sculptures: Pair fluids are kinetic sculptures using actor duos that embody both sides of an issue, or probe complex feelings relative to the issues. These sculptures are effective in representing blockages to effective action: excuses, misgivings, cynicism from previous failures to achieve positive results from environmental justice campaigns.

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Wild Dogs

Environmental Rights

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Giselle

  • Social entrepreneurship

    Johari’s Window: Deriving from the Theatre for Development – in common currency throughout Africa and South Asia – this image-based analytic procedure shows how community reality is organized in layers: that which is known to us and them, that which is seen only by them, that which is known only to us, and that which is effectively hidden from both them and us.

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Sable Antelope

Human Rights

 

You Challenge:

Pairs & Fluid Sculptures: Pair fluids are kinetic sculptures using actor duos that embody both sides of an issue, or probe complex feelings relative to the issues. These sculptures are effective in representing blockages to effective action: excuses, misgivings, cynicism from previous failures to achieve positive results from environmental justice campaigns.

 

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Afrika Tikkun Sports

This service project focuses on creating sports activities that are not traditionally played in Diepsloot. The service project focuses on skills development and understanding the sports activity, such as basketball and volleyball.

Project Needs:

  • Team players who understand basketball, volleyball, volleyballs, basketballs, bibs, and cones.

Community needs:

  • Knowledge and understanding rules, skills and drills of basketball, volleyball.
  • Enough players to make two teams.