International School Peace Gardens Slide Show

Hi again

We have made the ISPG slide show and recorded the sound in Audacity. Next we linked the MP3 file to the slide show in Talking Communities, followed by uploading the file into the TC archives, so that we have a .url

Look for ISPG Slide Show as an audio mp3 file on

Just audio
http://ihtec.podbean.com


With slides
http://talkingcommunities.com/wm/archives/rsa90853355ad1/Ispgbasic1/


Cheers
Julia

Climate Change & Energy - Scientific Wisdom

In September 2007, top scientists from the 'Global Issues Project' met in Ontario Canada. They worked on ideas for people in the world, so that they could stop the Climate Change and Energy problems. Their suggestions are called the 'Wasan Action Framework". http://www.pugwashgroup.ca/

They are asking us to take them to our parents, teachers, Principals, Mayors, and parliamentary representatives at State, Provincial, and Federal levels of government. Here are their suggestions:

• Preserve forests especially rainforests everywhere, as these are the earth's lungs.
• Help plant a forest with all the other plants that help the forests to grow.
• Only buy what you need. Think about what you throw away as there is "no where to throw away to".
• Make your own toys. Waste nothing. Recycle everything.
• Have only two children when you grow up.
• Keep farming land for food not for fuel.
• Use solar, wind, geothermal, hydro electricity, ocean energy, to power your buildings, factories and cars.
• Keep oil for other products that your grandchildren will need.
• Be WISE...Use current technology so that it reduces your carbon footprint. http://www.carbonfootprint.com/ Calculate your footprint http://calculator.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
• Check that women and girls are included 50% with men 50% at places where decisions are made that effect the web of life and all species.
• Know you rights and responsibilities. Read the Earth Charter.
• Keep the peace ... never buy war toys.
• Use only water that you need in small amounts.

Please talk to your family members and take this to your school.

Cheers
Julia

CLIMATE CHANGE IN YOUR SCHOOL

HELP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE IN YOUR SCHOOL.

Welcome to International School Peace Gardens (ISPG) blog. Granny Julia want's to share ideas her own grand-children, and all the children that I have taught on planet earth. These children were in South Australia, Darwin and Alice Springs in the Northern Territory, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Germany, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, many children in the USA, especially in Hawaii, California, Vermont, Florida. Hallo to all schools who have a peace garden. To find peace garden information go to www.ihtec.org

You may have called your gardens different names. You may have created your garden with Evergreen Foundation in Toronto, a memorial gardens, friendship garden, reconciliation garden, biodiversity garden, solar garden, a children's garden, musical garden, and all these gardens help the planet with solving climate change and energy especially if they support your local biodiversity.

You can join all these gardens with a 'path of peace'. Here is a TO DO list. In your school, have small teams of students allocated to work on your garden every day. Sit on your Friendship Benches and think of others things you can do to help the planet.

• Draw a plan of your peace garden. Invite all your friends to draw their peace garden plan.
• Plant trees, bushes and foods that are native to your area. Ask your local park what these are.
• Plant foods for migrating species.
• Clean out the weeds around the trees so that they can breathe.
• Feed the birds.
• Sit on the friendship bench to make friends and solve problems
• Collect and plant original seeds.
• Walk to school if you are close.
• Make your school a Green School.
• Re-cycle waste, pick up garbage using tongs or a stick.
• Create your own blog and send me the link.