QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS

Minimalism

• Do you think owning fewer things would make life easier or harder for you? Why?
• What’s the most useful item in your home that you use every day? How would life change without it?
• If you could make one simple rule about buying new things, what would it be?
• Do you think having fewer items would make cleaning your home easier? Why or why not?

Global Waste Management

• What do you think happens to your garbage after it leaves your house? Where does it go?
• Have you ever seen litter in your community? In the streets or in parks? Who leaves them there?
• What kind of waste do you notice most?
• If you were in charge of waste in your city, what’s one thing you’d change to make it better?
• What do you think is the biggest challenge for managing waste globally? Why?
• What’s one way you can help reduce the amount of waste your family creates?

Compost: A Way to Tackle Waste

• Do you or your family compost? If not, what’s one reason why you haven’t started?
• What’s one thing you throw away often that could be composted instead?
• If you had your own compost bin, what’s the first thing you would put in it?
• What do you think is the hardest part of composting, and how would you overcome it?
• Do you think schools or communities should teach people how to compost? Why or why not?