Country: Turkey School/ organization: Robert College Delegation leader/ teacher: Erol Şahin Students: Aslı Çelik, Tuna Cengiz, İlayda Koca, Ayşegül Şahin Project title: Public Water Fountains In Turkey, water from household taps is not fit to be drunk. Drinking water is therefore purchased. Water companies distribute their products by unsustainable means, emitting great amounts of greenhouse gas in this process. For this reason, a changeover in the commercial distribution of water should take place in order to better our industry, transportation, and environment. Bringing water with pipes directly to households is not a viable solution in this regard because the pipes are not near qualified to carry drinking water. Moreover, the water pipes are chronically fractured due to rapid urbanization and their weak composition. Building water reservoirs throughout large cities could be a rather plausible option, however. The reservoirs will be built near population centers and contain a sufficient amount at all times to satisfy the demand of water. Water will be brought by water companies to these reservoirs from their water plants. Our project aims to substantially decrease carbon emission in the transportation sector and decrease plastic usage both in 5 gallon sized (for a typical household) and in daily used water bottles. For the latter, these reservoirs will also be used as public water fountains, providing for people while disincentivizing purchase of plastic water bottles. Thus, tackling the enormous amounts of gasoline consumption due to water distribution and the excessive plastic usage in such commercialized water containers are the two focal points of our project.

Country: TURKEY School/ organization: Notre Dame de Sion and Saint Michel French High Schools Delegation leader/ teacher: Seval Erol, İnci Kimyonşen Students: Aslı Ünlüer, Zehra Zor, Mert Çağdaş Partner organization: - Project title: NATURAL FOOD WORKSHOPS Nowadays, because the access to natural organic products is difficult and the city life encourages people to consume processed products, natural nutrition habits are decreasing day by day and the diseases are increasing rapidly. It is very difficult for us to reach such organic products because we live in a big city like Istanbul. So as Saint Michel and Notre Dame de Sion French High School environmental clubs we decided to produce our own organic products. Our first workshop was about making some healthy pickles. We used some organic products like cabbage, radish, carrot, cauliflower … Then we produced cheese and kefir which are really important for our body and our immune system. Finally we ate our cheese and drank our kefir. They were really delicious. Our third workshop was making a natural vinegar workshop. We used natural apples but vinegar can be made from many fruits such grapes and citrus fruits. We put the apples in the glass jar. We added drinking water, some sugar and chickpeas. We left our jars closed with cheesecloth on a dimly lit atmosphere. The natural fermentation process in vinegars lasts about 2-3 months. Natural Vinegar has also been successfully completed. After all of that we made natural soap which cleans the acidic structure of the skin. We used honey, natural olive oil soap, glycerin, olive oil and lavender / rose essences. They smelled so good. Within the scope of the Permaculture (Sustainable Living) project, we have gained the habit of making and using healthy, clean, cheap products and we have added natural cream and toothpaste to the workshops where we aimed to protect the natural environment. Today's conditions are not easy to create a healthy diet. Cancer, allergy, obesity and other diseases are increasing in people who especially eat GMOs. Natural nutrition is very important for the people in the cities to lead a sustainable life. For this, sustainable agriculture should be done in the villages.

Country: TURKEY School/ organization: Notre Dame de Sion and Saint Michel French High Schools Delegation leader/ teacher: Seval Erol, İnci Kimyonşen Students: Lara Makal, Mehmet Barış Avkovan , Aysu Köse, Mehmet Hamza Ulutaş The development of agriculture and the industrial sector is a key element for self-sufficient societies. Agricultural products pass through many stages from field to city. Therefore, sustainability in agriculture affects the sustainability of the cities. Many factors such as energy efficiency, waste management, environment and food safety are effective in the sustainability of cities. Last September we went to Adana, Çukurova to participate in the cotton harvest. We saw cotton in its natural habitat and joined the cotton harvest.We collected cotton, filling sacks and taking them to the factory. We saw the separation of cotton from its fibers witnessed its transformation into fabric in the factory. Cotton with high economic value is used in many areas. Global warming also have on direct effect on agriculture, therefore planting areas are decreasing day by day. Researchers indicated that long term storage and distribution process may have hazardous effect on the product itself, thus potentially cause health issues on consumers As we have seen the difficulty of the whole harvesting process of cotton and its voyage to our daily lives we had to take an active role in our school to raise the awareness among our friends. Therefore, in the name of sustainable cities. We started a campaign for recycling our used textiles. We collected those at school and gave it to authorities for recycling.