Final deliverables for the Recycling Boat event

Name : Float

Tagline: Get ur boat on

Venue: Langanside Belfast

Target Audience: 6th form students in Belfast

Brief: To raise awareness of the recycling issues the International Sustainability Event is to be hosted in Belfast in the summer of 2010. 

MY AIM:

The purpose of the event will be to establish recycling into our education system and make younger generations aware of the situation and for them to reflect the issue into their life at home, within the community and in the future jobs.

The event will be a recycling promotional boat race at the River Lagan know as the titanic quarters, its situated In Belfast beside the Odyssey Arena Ireland’s second-biggest indoor arena.  

The students will take their recycled boats to the water to race they will be made entirely out of recycled products. The event will be held annually were it combines environmental education with a dose of friendly competition to bring attention and awareness to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

To show participants and spectators alike how everyday items can find a second life in unconventional ways, students will race their boats and raced their sea-faring creations through a 50-yard course, competing against kids their own age.

The objective of the race is to build a people powered recycled floation device.  At least 70% of the materials used to build the watercraft must come from the waste stream(things that would normally be put into recycling or trash).  

The remaining 30% of the materials can be new (tape, nails, etc.)  The boats must be propelled by human or sail power, including oars or pedals.  The event is a way to have fun and learn about ways to help reduce waste and protect the environment.