In April, Sustainable Smiles put on a program to teach 30 high school students about recycling and environmental issues Thailand is facing. The students were at a three week camp put on by Peace Building and Integration in Andaman, which brought students of different ethnic and religious backgrounds together to learn various things about themselves, nature, arts, meditation, equality, and the power of teamwork.Our first activity introduced students to environmental problems Thailand is facing. Students were surprised to learn that only 15-17% of Thailand remains as natural forest. The other 83-85% has been cut down for agriculture, plantations, resource extraction, and rural and urban develpment. Students worked in groups of 4-5 to create environmental posters which represented environmental devestations and sustainable practices which they presented to the class at the end of the activity. 
We also taught the students about the effects littering has on the environment, and the importance of reducing wastes and recycling. In the end, the students participated in a recycling race and decided that they didn't want to have lunch until every recyclable material was in the right bin. We all had a lot of fun!! 
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