Fun + Meaning2 = 2030 finals

Canvas School

Today it is vital not only to educate children, but also to show them that the environment should to be protected, and that living green is a norm with lots of advantages. It is also important to show kids another way of living, another way of thinking, another way of doing business, and so on. The alternative that is healthier than the reality today is of a great importance as well. So, Canvas School can help in this initiative. The CS tries to attain lots of aims, but the most important is to improve educational environment, starting from Irkutsk, Russia, and then spread our idea throughout the world. In this paper, we have developed the investment opportunity profile, analyzed the market, found out all the necessary requirements for schools, forecasted future data, and prepared Excel model for computing project financials. Relying on what have already been done, it can be concluded that the project is promising and might be executed in reality.

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Fun + Meaning2 = 2030 semi finals

"Canvas School"

People are accustomed just to live without thinking about their environmental footprint, which now is so terrific. The technology and the society are evolving fast, but nature doesn’t evolve on a level with them, and there is gap. Unsustainable use of the planet resources now creates a real threat not only for further generations, but already for ours. The famous expression of Madame de Pompadour “After us the deluge” doesn’t work anymore. It is obvious that we are to change the situation right now. The most efficient way is to improve school system. We suggest creating a new school for all comers. Our idea is to found the “Canvas School”. The “Canvas School” is a special kind of school. This school will be different from up-to-date schools in lots of aspects, such as architecture and design, the way of generating energy, wastes recycling, and valuable contribution to the nature renewal. As the “Canvas School” is still a school, there will be an educating program with curriculum and extra curriculum activities. The “Canvas School” offers four-sided education program consists of science, art, ecological activities, and physical growth and development. The main resources that will be necessary for realizing the project of the “Canvas School” are land, money, and willingness. We’d like to start the project here, in Irkutsk, Russia, and if it succeeds, move on to other countries. As Russia is huge, acquiring land will not be a problem. In the project there will be involved local governments, non-governmental organizations, and charity which will be the main sources of financing the project. All of them are stakeholders together with parents, students, and society. The third resource, willingness to execute the project, we already has. The project of the “Canvas School” seems to be beneficial. However, there might be some risks which are to be managed. For mitigating the risks it is necessary to use such functions of management as planning and controlling as well as the market research. We believe that such kind of school not only will educate children, but also will show them that the environment should to be protected, and that living green is a norm with lots of advantages. It is really great to show kids another way of living, another way of thinking, another way of doing business, and so on. We all now need the alternative that is healthier than the reality today. And such a school can help us in this initiative!

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