ISD team of ‘trash busters’ join RheinCleanUp effort
ISD worked alongside a number of local community organisations on the Rhine’s shores, including:
Judo Club Kaiserswerth
- Kinderhaus Kaiserswerth
- Große Kaiserswerther Karnevalsgesellschaft
- KG Düsseldorfer Nordlichter
- Theodor-Fliedner-Gymnasium
ISD staff members, Laura Maly-Schmidt and Beatrice Caston, coordinated ISD’s sizable team of volunteers. “Our students and community enjoyed working together with our neighbours to help protect the environment.” Collectively, we managed to pick up over 100 bagfuls of trash from the banks of the Rhine in the Kaiserswerth area.
“We are genuinely passionate about making a difference and doing the best to build a more sustainable future,” Ms Maly-Schmidt said. “We know that every single year, millions of tonnes of rubbish enter our oceans via rivers and waterways. RhineCleanUp has come to play a critical role in raising awareness of this issue by mobilising communities along the Rhine’s banks, from the source to the mouth.
“The Rhine River is in ISD’s backyard, and we’re committed to doing our part to preserve the amenity of this beautiful natural resource.”
The event has again been carefully organised this year to allow for cleanups to proceed under COVID conditions.
[ENDS] 11 September 2021
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Founded in 1968, the International School Düsseldorf (ISD) is a non-profit, independent, co-educational day school located in the heart of the international community of Düsseldorf. As one of the oldest and largest international schools in Germany, ISD offers national and international qualifications to around 950 students from more than 53 countries. All income is reinvested in the school and benefits the students.
The school has a proud history of helping young people realise their dreams and ambitions in all walks of life and in all parts of the world. ISD provides an outstanding education that prepares students to succeed and inspires them to make a difference; an education that equips them with the skills and abilities to meet the global challenges they face. ISD strives to provide each student with the individual support they need to thrive, discover joy in learning, become autonomous and intrinsically motivated, and ultimately become the architect of their own future.
The school is proud to be the only school in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region that is authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation (IBO) and fully accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The school is also a member of the Association of German International Schools (AGIS) and the Educational Collaborative for International Schools (ECIS).
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