Day against Global Warming

In the 23rd of March, the Portuguese students from the Secundary school of Póvoa de Lanhoso celebrated the Day against Global Warming.

For that, the clima SOS students organized a conference with the presence of students, teachers and important guests. There where about 70 people in the classroom.

The students discussed environmental issues, having the colaboration of the Concillour of the environment and also of a Professor from the University of Minho.
In this activity the students had the oportunity to make a video-conference with Cyprius and to think about what we can do to Reduce Global Warming!

Climate Week in Hungary

KLÍMA 7
The ClimaSOS team of Kölcsey Gimnázium, Zalaegerszeg has organised a whole week devoted to the environment between 23rd and 28th March. The program has included various activities, e.g. poster and photo exhibitions and a video conferencing (Mon), building from waste materials (Tue), waste collection competition (Tue), a quiz for 15 teams (Thur), and even a hiking tour (coming tomorrow, Sat). The main topics are climate change, pollution and waste, and a healthy way of life. There were ppt presentations made by the ClimaSOS team in the long break every day. We also showed environment related utube videos, including our own song. Go and listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NmrF9OkpAU

Many of the 800 students have taken part in the program. The picture shows our Principal in the opening, and the team members wearing the ClimaSOS shirts. Some more pictures of other programs: videoconference with Llerena, building from waste

ClimaSOS is an eTwinning project

ClimaSOS students made a video to promote the eTwinning.

Others productions can be seen in:
- YouTube (this video was presented in Annual Conference eTwinning in Prague - 13 - 15 February 2009).
and
- Secondary School of Póvoa de Lanhoso Blog

A little Christmas present for planet Earth

Inês Barros, 12ºB

Christmas is the time of joy, peace and friendship. It’s the moment of reunion with family and jubilation…but it can also be considered a month of waste! And I’m not talking about the time that we spend in the supermarket or in the counters where there are ladies that try to waste the largest quantity of paper they can. I’m now referring to the waste of fantasy paper, cardboard boxes and even electrical tools.
So, at Christmas don’t forget to give a little present to our beloved planet Earth, by protecting it.
For that, you only need to have some imagination and originality to transform your Christmas into an environmental friendly celebration.

Here there are some tips:

• You can make your own packages using day-by-day materials, such as magazines, newspapers, etc. If you are original, you can make real works of art!
• Try not to damage the fantasy paper too much, in order to re-use it in the next year.
• If you have a fireplace, you can re-use the paper that resulted from Christmas presents to help the wood burning. If you don’t, recycle.
• You should recycle, just as you do in the rest of the year.
• Your old electronic stuff can already be collected or you can put them in a specific container that exists in certain malls.
• As you can see in the picture you can make a beautiful decoration with used materials (see the original in http://www1.phillyburbs.com/christmas/greenchristmas.shtml)
  
  Did you follow these examples of good practices? NO?!
  Think a bit and try to apply these advices next year…soon Easter will come and, if you usually give presents at this time of the year, don’t forget our Planet!
  Thank you.

Animals Save the Planet

Everyone involved in this project knows how important it is to take a good care of the Earth.
Not just because it is the place where we live, but also because it is the home of an enormous variety of animals.

We can't only think about us; we must protect the animals!

Take a look to http://www.animalssavetheplanet.com/ and you will see that they are doing our job!

Video: a simple bottle

WWF and IUCN made an interesting video about the consequences that our actions have in the environment.

Next time you do something, just make shore it doesn't damage our planet!

You can see the original video in http://www.youtube.com/

Climate Change Conference in Poznań, 1-12 December 2008

The United Nations is promoting a meeting in Poznan, Poland, between 1 - 12 December 2008, to discuss the Protocol of Kyoto and ways to reduce the emissions of gas with greenhouse effect.
We hope that nations understand the importance of our behaviour to help our HOME – the earth.
We can follow the meeting in the official site >>>>>