Fatih KURU- 19 Mayıs Atatürk Secondary School

Mehmet Learns to Be a Conscious Consumer

    Mehmet is a successful fourth-grade student. He is a child who loves reading books and searching for interesting information. One day, Mehmet, who went shopping with his family, saw the writing on the glass when he came to the front of the market. “Are you a Conscious Consumer?” was written. He had never heard of such a thing before. Curiously, she turned to her mother and said, "What does conscious consumer mean?" she asked.

Students: Berkay, Harun, Zeren, Zeynep, Nisa, Yağmur

Nurten İREN- Yunus Emre Primary School

Mother:

_Conscious consumers shop before they buy a product by thinking about whether they need it or not. It is not interested in products that are on sale or sold as fashion. It prevents waste by not buying more than it needs or by evaluating second-hand products. People who act responsibly, taking into account their own economy, national economy and limited resources are called conscious

Now, can you give an example of what I told you from your life, Mehmet? 

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Zeynep ERİM UÇAR- Atatürk Secondary School

I see mum. I do as you said, don't I? 

For example I make a shopping list first and I think about it whether it's my need or want. Then I reduce the amount of some items on the list by eliminating regarding of my needs, our family budget and our natural resources. 

I must talk this issue with my teacher and friends at school.

Students: Buğlem, Rabia, Erdem, Ata, Belinay, Masal, Yusuf, Eymen, Zeynep Su 

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The next day Mahmet went to school and in the first lesson he told the teacher and his classmates what he had learned yesterday. Many of his Colleagues did not fully understand the meaning of being a responsible consumer. The teacher decided that maybe they should do a project together to understand in practice why responsibility in this sphere is so important. This idea appealed to all the students. They got down to work...

Students: Aniela, Pola, Laura, Malwina, Basia 

Semra DEMİRARSLAN- Terme Secondary School

Mehmet's teacher explained that conscious consumers are individuals who consciously realize their consumption situation. She said that consumers should know how to determine their needs and they should do their shopping according to these needs. She asked her students to prepare a shopping list with their parents when they get home. Because the next day, they decided to go shopping as a conscious consumer.

Students: Zeynep, Ayça, Bilge, Ceylin, Fatma Berra, Sudenaz, Yağmur and Tuğra

Yıldız BEŞCAN SİLDİR- Atatürk Secondary School

Mehmet and some of his friends took the list of needs they prepared and went to the market after school,In their list, they gave priority to the ones that are cheap and of good quality. They bought products regarding their needs and they did not neglect to look at the expiration date.

Students: Berkay, Doğa, Enes, Alperen, Emircan, Efe Mert 

Parents, teachers but also friends of Mehmet speak about how important is to be a conscious consumer. How important is to save money and energy for you and the environment. That's why Mehmet decide to work with his friends and promote this idea be a conscious consumer! 

Students: George, Periklis, Anna Maria, Marilita, Mihalis

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Mehmet, with the permission of the school principal, hung an article and pictures on one of the boards in the school explaining what a conscious consumer is. In his spare time, together with his friends, he tried to explain the duties of the conscious consumer to everyone. Their teachers who see their efforts also helped them. One day while surfing the internet, Mehmet saw a program called eTwinning. They talked with their parents, friends and teachers and uploaded their ‘I Am A Conscious Consumer’ project to the eTwinning program. First, participation was low, but as time passed, their projects started to attract more attention

Derya ÖZDEN- Terme Secondary School

Mehmet and his teammates, who found partners from different schools and countries in the "I am a Conscious Consumer" project, which was started as an e-Twinning project in their schools, started to walk confidently towards their goals with these different studies. In this context, they started to carry out different studies together with the partners they found. This work, which was born as an idea, reached more and more students and families. Mehmet was very happy with these developments. Both his friends and other people were taking firm steps towards becoming conscious consumers. Other people who see these works congratulate Mehmet and his friends. They were asking what can be done to be informed and contribute to these studies.

Students: Taha Yavuz, Emre Gün, Ecem Su, İhsan Bera, Zeynep,

İhsan UÇAR- Atatürk Secondary School

This curiosity, which started with a sentence he saw and reached the level of being included in a project, was leading to a beautiful result. Mehmet now knew that if we consumed consciously, our resources would be more than ever. This project was one step, maybe different steps would be taken..

Students: Muhammet Talha, Sümeyye Betül, Bengisu, Ayda, Sahra, Ali Efe

Filiz ŞENER- Atatürk Secondary School

Thanks to the e Twinning project,Mehmet and his classmates learned very well how to be a conscious consumer.Moreover this project contributed a lot to both Mehmet and his friends.Mehmet would no longer think about whether he needed a product before buying it,also would not buy the products that give harm to the nature.Mehmet was a good example both at home and at school from now on and he would always volunteer to inform people.

Students: Adem,Öykü,Neslihan,Duru, Yağmur,Fatma İsra

Saliha SANCAK- Atatürk Secondary School