Corazón Verde

What is Corazón Verde & WHAT WE DO?

CCB Corazón Verde is the environmental program of the school, and it is integrated into the academic activities in classrooms as part of the teaching-learning processes. More than 90 students from primary and secondary sections work in the Corazón Verde environmental club, where they gather to share their knowledge and generate ideas for campaigns and projects to address environmental issues in the Community. Additionally, they aim to educate and prepare younger grades on environmental topics.

CCB Corazón Verde seeks to involve the entire CCB community in the human-environment relationship with the goal of minimizing environmental degradation and generating alternatives that promote eco-friendly attitudes, all while leading by example.

Política Ambiental

The Colegio Colombo Británico has been dedicated to responding to the educational needs of children, young people, and adults for more than half a century, recognizing the importance of protecting and preserving the environment for future generations.

The institution’s priorities include fostering the active participation of the entire educational community in caring for the environment and preventing pollution, with the aim of positioning itself as an exemplary school, committed to environmental management excellence. To achieve this, the institution’s top management has defined and implemented the following principles:

  1. Declare environmental sustainability as a daily practice through the rational use of natural resources.
  2. Provide the best possible training in knowledge, respect, care, and protection of the environment.
  3. Implement good environmental practices to minimize potential negative effects on the environment.
  4. Continuously improve the institution’s environmental performance.
  5. Promote the culture of the 6 Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink, Refuse, Respect) at each stage of education.
  6. Ensure compliance with all applicable environmental regulations.

Campañas

 Our current environmental campaigns aim to raise awareness among the entire CCB community—students, parents, teachers, and staff—about the importance of individual actions in caring for our environment. Below are the campaigns implemented by the Corazón Verde group within the institution:

Green Point: A designated area with containers for various solid and liquid waste. Each container corresponds to a specific CCB environmental campaign. Our institution has a green point in each section: High School, Primary, Early Childhood, Maintenance, and Cafeteria.

Capping Cancer: The goal is to recycle and collect plastic bottle caps generated both inside and outside the institution, preventing them from ending up in city landfills. These caps are donated to the Carlos Portela and Nuevo Amanecer foundations, which provide support to children with cancer and their families.

Stop, If You Throw It, You Pollute: The aim is to recycle and collect used batteries generated at the school and in the homes of students and staff, preventing this waste from reaching landfills and creating harmful leachate. These batteries are processed in France.

Used Light Bulbs: The goal is to recycle and collect used light bulbs generated at the school and in the homes of students and staff, preventing this hazardous waste from contaminating our environment due to improper disposal.

Blue Point: The goal is to collect expired medications generated at the school and in the homes of students and staff, preventing this hazardous waste from ending up in landfills or being resold. This waste is collected by the institution’s hospital route.

If It Goes Down the Drain, It Will Be a Nightmare: The aim is to recycle and collect used cooking oil (UCO) generated both inside and outside the institution. This prevents this highly polluting waste from entering the sewer system and allows it to be used for the production of environmentally friendly products.

Other Environmental Campaigns:

  • Recycling
  • Love Bottles
  • Turn Off the Tap and End Waste
  • Care and Maintenance of the Watercourse
  • Green Purchasing
  • Flora and Fauna: Max Konietzko Maya, an 11th-grade student, created a website to identify the biodiversity on our campus. Over 500 plant species, including flowers and shrubs, and over 100 animal species, with a particular focus on birds and mammals, have been identified. Max worked on this project for a year, aiming to show the entire CCB community that we are home to a diverse range of plant and animal species.
  • Gardens and Landscaping
  • School Environmental Project (PRAE)
  • Social Responsibility

Contact Us

To contact the environmental area, the following e-mail and contact numbers are available. We will be glad to assist you.

Karen Burbano – Environmental Coordinator
e- mail: ambiental@ccbcali.edu.co
3106609890
555 5374