PHILIPSBURG:-- The Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation organized a field trip aboard the Celebrity Constellation Cruise ship on Friday December 19th, 2008 with Sundial school students and teachers.
The field trip focused on waste management and recycling aboard the cruise ship. The trip was organized as a thank you to the group of students that participated in the recent "ban the plastic bag" campaign that has been ongoing for some months.
Students participated in an informative lecture and visual film hosted by the ships' environmental officer showing how the ship separates and sorts trash items by aluminum cans, plastic bottles, paper/cardboard and food scraps as well as the various colored bins that each category of waste goes in to before recycling takes place.
The group also toured the ships kitchen and got a first hand look at how the cruise ship chefs, cooks and pastry chefs caters to it's 2449 guests on board weekly.
Students and teachers enjoyed a scrumptious buffet lunch on board in the company of the ships environmental officer Angela and the event coordinator Elena.
After lunch, Sundial school student Kimberly representing her school, presented a full report of the "ban the plastic bag" campaign in the form of an organized binder to the ships Environmental Officer.
Additionally, students received a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit the Navigational Bridge where officers explained how they use navigational computers and devices to steer the ship safely in open water as well as in and out of ports.
The Sint Maarten PRIDE foundation and the Sundial School teachers would like to thank Mr. Frank Bruney at SEL Maduro for helping orchestrate this field trip as well as the ships environmental officer and events coordinator for being such wonderful hosts.
