PROJECT PLANNING

THEME: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, A RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL

PROJECT IDENTIFICATION

- You can identify the project basing on the problems in the community,
around your school and around your home area
- Attack a photo of the problem identified to act as the evidence

Examples

1. Over time, there have been long-term changes in temperatures and

weather patterns resulting in remarkable shifts in climate worldwide. Since,
1800, human activities have been the main drivers of climate change,
primarily due to burning of fossil fuels (like coal, oil and gas), which
produces heat- trapping gases and clearing of plant cover.

2. In Uganda, several households mainly use firewood and charcoal as the

main source of fuel and the trees are cut down. This resulted in the
accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as the trees are cut
down. This phenomenon has accelerated climate change in Uganda. This is
realized in general increase in temperature in the country, and changes in
rainfall patterns and amounts.

3. However, many local food markets and households release much food
wastes into the environment. Therefore, to cut down the usage of firewood
and charcoal, biogas production using food wastes, and potential faecal
wastes at the household level should be encouraged

4. In certain areas of Uganda and most likely across the world, there are many
people who have no access to clean water due to their water sources being

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 polluted with many things as a result of inadequate waste management,
industrial activities such as dirt, faeces etc. and these areas include Mbale,
Jinja, Mbarara so this is just to help them in filtering out the unwanted
substances so that they can boil their water and use it for domestic needs
such as bathing, drinking and cooking as well as washing.

5. Glass is a non-crystalline solid. Because its often transparent and chemically

inert, glass has found wide spread practical, technological and decorative
use in window panes, table ware and optics. Archaeological evidence
suggests glass making dates back atleast 3600 BC in Egypt, Mesopotamia or
Syria. Due to its ease to formalities into any shape, glass has been used for
vessels like bowls, vases, bottles, jars and drinking glasses used to package
food, beverages, cosmetics, perfumery and pharmaceuticals. Due to the
current lifestyle of Ugandans, alcohol consumption has risen and these
glass bottles have been littered anyhow causing harm to people and
animals and also soil. This project will help solve the problem of glass by
recycling.

6. The project was initiated to address the prevalent issue of students facing
challenges in understanding complex concepts taught in classroom. The
solution involves developing a self-study platform using advanced
technology.

7. With the high use of chemical fertilizer, soil is losing its fertility and value
due to the damaging chemicals that harm nutrients that help in the growth
and production of plants around the world.
With using organic material like decayed fruits or rotten food, you can
transform simple food wastes into manure that can help in the growth of
these plants. One can make money from selling this manure and can use
simple wastes to help maintain the soil nutrients

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8. In my school, I have noticed that many plastic bottles are being thrown
away after use and is littering the natural environment. By gathering this
bottles, I believe they can be recycled to create trash cans and be creative
thus solving the issue of pollution.
Furthermore, it will greatly reduce the carbon print and encourage eco-
friendly practices.

9. Every day, on the streets of Kampala and other busy areas in Uganda, you
will see people enjoying sugarcane and bananas. But after they are done,
the tough outer part of sugarcane and banana peels often end up thrown
into pits or dimply discarded. This waste not only clutters our environment
but can also make the soil less good for growing things. Thinking about this,
I got an idea. We could take these sugar can husks and banana peels, dry
them carefully, and turn them into something called biomass briquettes.
Biomass briquettes are fuel blocks made from plant wastes that can be
burnt to release energy. This project will show how we can turn what we
usually throw away into useful and eco-friendly product. By doing this,
we’re not just cleaning up our streets but also creating a new kind of fuel
that is better for our planet.

PROJECT TITLE. (7-25 WORDS)

The project title should answer the following questions
(i) What are you doing?
(ii) What are you using?
(iii) Which solution are you offering?
(iv) It should be between 7-25 words
Examples.
1. Biogas production from food wastes as an alternative to firewood and
charcoal, a household solution to climate change in Uganda.
2. Community-Driven Biogas Production initiative for sustainable
development in Uganda.
3. Transforming food wastes into biogas: a domestic strategy for mitigating
climate change in Uganda.

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 4. Empowering rural communities wither solar cookers: promoting
renewable cooking solutions in Uganda.
5. Interactive self-study application for students using AI and stream lit for
enhanced learning support.
6. Production of NPK fertilizer using beans residue, cabbage, bananas,
water, garden fork, container
7. Etc.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES
- Should be between 3-5 objectives
- Begin with To;
- Should follow the SMART acronym

S- Specific

M- Measurable

A-Attainable

R-Realistic

T-Time bound

Examples

- To produce biogas using household food wastes sufficient for cooking and
lighting.
- To reduce the amount of food wastes released by home steads into the
environment
- To reduce the rate of deforestation and amount of carbon dioxide.
- To raise awareness about benefits of sustainable energy and promote
environmental conservation.

PURPOSE (why)

- Reflects goal or aim the project intends to achieve

- Reflect the title and theme

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Example,

- To use household food waste to produce biogas for cooking and lighting to
replace usage of firewood and charcoal

JUSTIFICATION FOR YOU PROJECT

Example

The utilization of sugarcane residues and banana peelings, which are

commonly dismissed as waste for biomass briquette production presents an
innovative approach to waste reduction and energy recovery. This project
addresses the pressing need for economic and environmental benefit.

RESOURCE IDENTFICATION

What are you going to use?

- Sugar cane husks

- Banana peelings
- Cassava flour
- Homemade carbonize

Table of materials to be used and their purpose.

- Identify everything you are going to use and give their uses.
Material Use
Cassava flour It’s used as a binder
Charcoal dust It’s used as a filler and ignition
enhancer of briquettes
Sugarcane residues and banana They are used to generate the bio
peelings char
Moulder It’s used in shaping the briquettes
Charcoal stove It’s used for boing water

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 Budgeting
No Description Quantity Unit Total
Moulder Cylindrical 2 2000 4000
Cassava 2kgs 1000 2000
flour
Charcoal clay 1kg 4000 4000
stove
Charcoal 1kg 1000 1000
dust

Integration of different subjects

Should be able to integrate the different subjects’ i.e.
1. Biology
- Diversity of living things: While studying ecosystems, the role of biomass
and energy transfer could be discussed
- Nutrition in plants and animals: Discussing the energy cycle and how
biomass could be used as renewable energy source
2. Chemistry
- Carbons in the environment: understanding carbon cycle and how biomass
briquettes contribute to the carbon-neural process
- Fuels and energy: exploring different types of fuel, including the production
and use of biomass energy
3. Physics.
- Energy resources. Covering various energy sources and advantages of
renewable over nonrenewable ones like biomass briquettes
- Heat and temperature: this might include the study of combustion and
energy transformation, which are relevant to how biomass briquettes burn
4. Geography:
- natural resources and environmental conservation: discussion on
sustainability and alternative energy sources such as biomass briquettes
5. Agriculture

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- Soil and water conservation. High lighting the role of agricultural waste
that can be transformed into biomass briquettes
- Crop production. The relevance of crop residues in the production of
biomass briquettes.
6. Mathematics
- Ratio;
(i) Determining the optimal mix of materials for biomass briquette
production (sawdust to binder ratio)
(ii) Balancing the ratio of different types of biomass materials to achieve
desired combustion characteristics.
- Dimensions
(i) Measuring the dimension of the briquettes to ensure uniform size
and shape which affects burning time and efficient.
(ii) Measuring moisture content of biomass materials, as this impacts the
quality of the briquettes.
- Proportion
(i) Scaling up to the production of briquettes requires maintaining the
correct proportion in the recipe when increasing the volume of material
used.
(ii) Proportions adjusting the amount of pressure applied during the
briquetting process to maintain consistency in the product
7. Entrepreneurship
(i) Marketing.
8. ICT
(I) Logo design
9. Art

Drawing a logo

[Link]

_ Search about the history of briquettes

[Link]
-Poem

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PROJECT ACTIVITY/ PLAN

Activities undertaken.
[Link] order of the activities.

Date activity assignment Teacher

signature

(i) Collection of raw materials (sugarcane residues and banana

peelings) from local farms
In the evening, I visited a dustbin in Nyakyera and collected the
discarded sugarcane husks and banana peels that had been carelessly
tossed aside, by the end of the evening I had gathered these organic
material, separating them from the rest of the waste. I then placed
them into a polythene bag, setting the first step in my journey to
transform what most see as trash into valuable resources for Energy
production.

(ii) The material into combustine form

Project ideas under the theme “Environmental Sustainability, a

responsibility for all”
(a) Biogas production
(b) Making trays
(c) Solar cooker
(d) Smart garden using water bottles
(e) Trash bin using water bottles

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(f) Artistic work using the glass bottles
(g) Chicken drinkers the plastic bottles
(h) Chicken feeders using the plastic bottles
(i) Chair using plastic bottles
(j) Fences using plastic bottles
(k) Chicken cage
(l) Block Briquettes
(m) Door mats
(n) Pencil holder using water bottles
(o) Smart stoves from clay.
(p) Curtain out of plastics

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