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Kokrobitey Institute & the GSB Education and Training Recycling & Waste Management Job Creation & Social Entrepreneurship Education Learning Together The GSB initiative is rooted in education; the project began with 1 1/2 year residential training program. The school bag is a symbol of the importance of the Keep Ghana Green Movement and the need to take the message to the children. Innovation / Collaboration Kokrobitey Institute fosters innovation by integrating design and technology with Green principles for creative product solutions and sustainable development. Job Creation Managing Waste can create jobs and generate income. Maintaining a clean, healthy environment provides career opportunities. Our goal is to be a center that links waste management with creative innovation, and for A Recycled Bag for Green Industry and job creation. Africa’s Children

Creative Experimentation Waste as Material Waste as Product Waste as Industry Innovative Design inner tube treated bottle-cap jewelry inner tube earings + necklaces recycled glass for bead-making inner tube hand bags like kente lamps from plastic bottles cow horns, seeds furniture made with fmexi inner tube with embedded materials recycled aluminum jewelry and scrapwood clothing from fmour sacks

GSB: Ghana School Bag An Education and Training on Recycling, Waste Management, Job Creation, and Social Entrepreneurship Initiative Webbing The School Bag is a symbol of environmental sustainability & education Inner tube African Print Fabric Flexi advertising banner PVC pipe Aluminum beverage can Inner tube or webbing GSB is more than a bag, it is a movement Upholstery fmexi Aluminum Cans Inner Tube used to line the bags durable material from billboards create the African Star logo strong rubber lining

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Media Campaign Towards and Beyond Earth Day GBC spots, radio jingle, billboards throughout Accra 10 Billboards to be placed throughout Accra in April 2013