• This video showcases a bicycle recycling project called Maya Pedal, which is based in Guatemala. 
• Students will see how Maya Pedal uses old bicycle parts to create fuel-free mechanical devices for simplifying tasks, such as threshing grain, fetching water, or powering a blender. 

Positives

• This innovative recycling project makes use of discarded bicycle parts while providing people with a fuel-free machine that increases productivity.
• The video description provides more information about Maya Pedal.

Additional Prerequisites

• The video is in Spanish with English subtitles.
• Ads may play before the video.
• The link to Worldwide Cycling Atlas in the video description does not work.

Differentiation

• Students could watch this video in a Spanish language class to practice vocabulary related to nature and climate change and to practice receptive listening skills.
• Students could plan a recycling project to take commonly discarded objects and use them to make something useful for the community.
• Other resources on this topic include this video on a nonprofit that recycles e-waste, this video on creating a circular economy, and this video on avoiding single-use plastic.

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