27. Letter to aces

Dear Reinhard and dear aces team,

I am happy to let you know that we have just finished preparations for our project meeting within our aces trilateral partnership project, 126. "Volunteering Bells Ringing", and are looking forward to getting together in a few days.

It is about a summer camp in Montenegro from our Activity Plan.

"When ? 

July 2011 [from 19 to 26 July] 

What and how ?

Summer Camp. Students and teachers from all three schools will get together and work on achieving common goals: raising awareness on importance to save and preserve nature through composing volunteering slogans which would, by interaction with foreign tourists, be translated in as many as possible languages. Flyers with slogans will be spread, inviting all interested parties to take part in the competition „My slogan to save the Earth” which will be held during our Summer Camp. All participants will be invited to join our “ACES Partnership Facebook page” to be created and send their new ideas. We will have workshops and games.

Where ?

Montenegro [Budva/Montenegro]

Who participates ?

Delegations of students and teachers from all 3 partner schools [Scoala cu clasele I-VIII 'Matei Basarab" Targoviste/Romania, "Pavle Rovinski" School Podgorica/Montenegro and "Stevan Nemanja" School from Gornji Dragaljevac, Bijeljina/Bosnia & Herzegovina]

Who leads implementations ?

The coordinator from Romanian school [Elisabeta-Luise Mihalachioiu]."

We would be very happy if someone from the aces team could join us in Budva to work and have fun together, to enjoy the generous Montenegrin sun and landscape.

We also invite you to visit our project blog http://volunteeringbellsringing.blogspot.com and our project facebook profile http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002468740511

Best regards,

Luise

26. People at Budva summer camp meeting

The Romanian group taking part in Budva meeting
Elisabeta – Luise Mihălăchioiu, English teacher, project coordinator
Dan Popescu, Art teacher
Florin – Adrian Dorobanțu, student, 14 years old
Ovidiu – Andrei Mareș, student, 15 years old 


The Montenegrin group taking part in Budva meeting
Biljana Stamatovic, English teacher
Slobodanka Papic, Techniques & Informatics teacher
Iva Dujovic, student, 13 years old
Ana Zizic, student, 13 years old


The Bosnian group taking part in Budva meeting
Sladjana Vidovic, English teacher
Aleksandra Divcic, pedagogue
Slavisa Neskovic, student, 14 years old
Kristina Stevanovic, student, 13 years old  

25. Severn Cullis - Suzuki's fantastic speech

Severn Cullis-Suzuki's speech called "The 12-year-old girl that silenced the world for 6 minutes", given within United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 3 -14 June 1992.

She says: "We are a group of 12 and 13 year olds trying to make a difference...We've raised all the money to come here ourselves, to come 5000 miles to tell you, adults, you must change your ways...I am fighting for my future...I am here to speak for all the generations to come..." 

This fantastic speech, that you can watch on our blog as well as on YouTube, was very inspirational for planning part of our aces school partnership project on volunteering. A child speaking to adults trying desperately to get them aware of human beings destroying our world and asking them for help, to stop is an excellent starting point. 

Thank you, Severn, for your involvement. 

24. "WE ARE THE WORLD"

"We Are The World" - lyrics

23. "HEAL THE WORLD"

"Heal the World" - lyrics

22. Why Volunteer ?

Why Volunteer ?

21. European Year of Volunteering 2011

European Year of Volunteering 2011
Volunteer ! Make a difference !

20. European Commission - Environment

European Commission - Environment

19. Natural Environment

The natural environment comprises all naturally occurring surroundings and conditions in which living things grow and interact on Earth. These include complete landscape units that function as natural systems without major human intervention, as well as plants, animals, rocks, and natural phenomena occurring within their boundaries. They also include non-local or universal natural resources that lack clear-cut boundaries, such as air,water and climate.

The concept of the natural environment can be distinguished by components:

• Complete ecological units that function as natural systems without massive human intervention, including all vegetation, animals,microorganisms, soil, rocks, atmosphere and natural phenomena that occur within their boundaries.

• Universal natural resources and physical phenomena that lack clear-cut boundaries, such as air, water, and climate, as well as energy,radiation, electric charge, and magnetism, not originating from human activity.

As human population numbers increase and as humans continue to evolve, human activity modifies the natural environment at a rapidly increasing rate, producing what is referred to as the built environment. The potential of the natural environment to sustain these anthropogenic changes while continuing to function as anecosystem is an issue of major worldwide concern. Key environmental areas of interest include climate change, water supply and waste water, air pollution, waste managementand hazardous waste, and land use issues such as deforestation, desertification, and urban sprawl.

18. List of environmental events

This is a list of environmental events. These dates are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues.
  DAYS

• World Wetlands Day - February 2
• UN World Water Day - March 22
• Earth Day - April 22
• Arbor Day - Last Friday in April (each state also has its own observation based on best tree planting time)
• International Migratory Bird Day - May 3
• Greenery Day - May 4 in Japan (previously April 29)
• International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day) - May 22
• Bike-to-Work Day - Third Friday in May
• UN World Environment Day - June 5
• World Oceans Day - June 8
• UN World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought - June 17
• UN World Population Day - July 11
• International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer - September 16
• Clean Up the World Weekend - September 17-19
• Zero Emissions Day - September 21
• Car Free Day - September 22
• Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day) - September 23 in 2008, but receding
• World Rivers Day - every last Sunday in September
• UN World Habitat Day - first Monday in October
• International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction - second Wednesday in October
• World Planting Day - October 22
• International Day of Climate Action - October 24
• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict - November 6
• World Soil Day - December 5
• International Mountain Day - December 11
• Ozone Action Day - at certain times during the summer months
• eDay - variable date

  WEEKS

• Bike to Work Week Victoria
• National Clean Beaches Week - July 1 to 7
• Conservation Week
• European Mobility Week - September 16 to 22
• Bike Week - second week in June
• Recycle Week- 20 to 26 June 2011
• Green Office Week
• European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) - 9 days, last complete week in November
• No Car Day - China, week of September 22

  YEARS

• International Polar Year - 1882–1883
• International Polar Year - 1932–1933
• World Population Year - 1974
• International Year of the Ocean (IYO) - 1998
• International Year of Mountains (IYM) - 2002
• International Year of Ecotourism (IYE) - 2002
• International Year of Freshwater (IYF) - 2003
• International Year of Deserts and Desertification - 2006
• International Year of the Dolphin - 2007–2008
• International Polar Year - 2007–2009
• International Year of Planet Earth - 2008
• International Year of Sanitation - 2008
• International Year of Natural Fibres - 2009
• Year of the Gorilla - 2009 
• International Year of Biodiversity - 2010
• International Year of Forests - 2011

DECADES

• UN decade on water - 1981-1990
• International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction - 1990s
• United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development - 2005-2014
• International Decade on Water for Life - 2005-2015

17. Suggestion for Project Logo

16. Programme of aces Kick-Off meeting 2011 - draft

Programme of aces Kick-Off meeting 2011 - draft

15. Letter to students concerning Kick-Off meeting

Letter to students concerning Kick-Off meeting 

14. aces Awarded Projects 2011-2012

aces Awarded Projects 2011-2012

13. Slogans on protecting the environment

·         Clean and Green

·         Save Earth. We Have Nowhere Else To Go!

·         He Who Plants a Tree Loves Others Beside Himself!

·         The Earth is Yours. Save it!

·         Plant a tree, green the earth, clean the air, live happily

·         Save the Earth or Die

·         Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

·         Nature Saves Us, We Have to Save Nature

·         Don't Waste Water

·         Protect our Environment. Keep it Safe

·         To Print or Not to Print

·         Do You Need to Print?

·         Think....Before You Print

·         Buy Local

·         Go Green for Life

·         To Sit in the Shade, You Have to Save Paper First

·         Don't Waste Water

·         Save Paper, Save Trees, Save the Planet

·         Easier Saving Paper Than Planting Trees

·         Save the Earth, Plant a Tree!

·         There's No Planet B

·         Earth Allows You to Stand. Let the Earth Stand the Way It Is

·         Embrace the Green Revolution

·         Live the Green Dream

·         Keep Our Oceans Blue

·         Keep Our Forests Green

·         Eat Sleep Recycle

·         Go Green

·         Burn Calories Not Oil

·         Live Green, Love Green, Think Green

·         Keep Our Oceans Blue

·         Keep Our Forests Green

·         Join the green revolution

·         "Modern technology, owes ecology, an apology"