Blackboard erasers made from textile waste | DIY | ecoDesigns Graduation Countdown 22

Green greetings Steemians,
We're currently engaged in a countdown to our graduation on the 28th of March 2021 with our principal goal of the countdown being to raise awareness about our social enterprise as well as raise funds to support the graduation ceremony, pay rents and purchase items for our hub.
Today we talk about Blackboard erasers but before we do, why not take a look at who we are, what, we do and some of our major achievements in the posts below.

You can learn more about the graduation announcement and the meeting resolutions here; https://steempeak.com/graduation/@thegreens/the-women-and-girls-textile-recycling-project-or-graduation-graduation-graduation

Countdown Day 1: What is ecoDesigns? https://steempeak.com/needleworkmonday/@thegreens/countdown-to-ecodesigns-graduation-28-what-is-ecodesigns

Countdown Day 2: Major achievements of ecoDesigns 01 https://steempeak.com/fundraising/@thegreens/major-achievements-of-our-textile-recycling-and-fashion-designing-project-ecodesigns-or-countdown-to-ecodesigns-graduation

Countdown Day 3: https://steempeak.com/fundition-4ntdcyf3f/@thegreens/countdown-to-ecodesigns-graduation-26-we-re-educating-women-and-girls-in-textile-recycling-and-fashion-designing

Countdown Day 4: https://steempeak.com/fashion/@thegreens/diy-or-we-re-making-garments-from-textile-offcuts-or-ecodesigns-graduation-countdown-25

Countdown Day 5: https://steempeak.com/recycling/@thegreens/we-re-recycling-textile-waste-into-pillows-or-diy-or-ecodesigns-graduation-countdown-24

Countdown Day 6: https://steempeak.com/fundraising/@thegreens/we-re-upcycling-textile-waste-into-dolls-or-diy-or-ecodesigns-graduation-countdown-23

The Chalkboard Eraser (Blackboard Duster) Problem

In most schools in Cameroon, pupils and students use their hands, a piece of cloth or piece of paper or toilet paper to clean the chalkboard (Blackboard).

This has been happening for decades and every time students are called up to clean the blackboard, they put on a moron face because cleaning the board makes their hands dirty and soils the uniforms with chalk dust. The pieces of cloth or paper they use to clean the board always makes their classroom dirty and every day, they have to search for a new piece of paper or fabric to use to clean the board.

Why are most schools not having Chalkboard Erasers?

The chalkboard eraser crisis may be common in all most all Nursery, Primary, Secondary and High Schools in Cameroon and It will be surprising for you to know that even in some universities, students use their palms or pieces of toilet tissue, fabric or paper to clean the chalkboard. Why? When we checked in the market, we realized chalkboard erasers are expensive and sometimes cost about $2 - $5 with most of them being imported. At this cost, it’s very difficult for schools or teachers to purchase chalkboard erasers.

The Ecodesigns Chalkboard Eraser Solution

At @ecodesigns, we are crafting simple, effective and cheap chalkboard erasers from textile waste. 100% made from textile waste, five (05) of our chalkboard erasers weigh 2Ibs and cost $1. These are very cheap and very environmentally friendly because we are repurposing textile waste which could have been burned or ended up in the landfill to make products that are facilitating education in our country.
One of our goals is to train students and pupils in schools on how to craft these chalkboard eraser so that we can rapidly solve the chalkboard eraser crisis in our community.

Mindful of the fact that for every 1 pound of textile waste spared from disposal, 3 – 4 pounds of greenhouse gases are saved from the environment; @ecodesigns is saving 6 -10 pounds of green house gases for every 5 blackboard dusters they make.

You can learn more about our needs and support us by here; https://steempeak.com/graduation/@thegreens/the-women-and-girls-textile-recycling-project-or-graduation-graduation-graduation

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The Greens is a grassroots environmental organization that strives to educate, inspire and engage young people to take action to combat climate change and be at the forefront of biodiversity conservation and waste management.