Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Creative Action, Environment and Youth

Check out this page for some action ideas, quick facts and more...great lesson plans too, if you need to convey some environmental concepts!!

Creative Action

http://www.creativeaction.org/fast_facts.htm

World's Youth in Concert for Global Healing

Earth Day, April 22, 2007
Reverence for Life - Music for Life is planning a global wave of music with the Global Youth Service Days and the Earth Day Network. More than 20 concerts and events are confirmed on six continents.
http://www.reverenceforlife.org/reverence/index.html

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Interactive IPY event for all!

Celebrate the International Polar Year and join us for Live from IPY with the BEST Expedition in the Arctic!

Interact with PolarTREC teacher Maggie Prevenas and science educator Robyn Staup live from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter, Healy, from someplace in the Bering Sea! Ask questions and view photos! Anyone can register for these events and participation is free!

For more information about the BEST expedition or to register for live events, visit www.polartrec.com

Or contact Katie Breen or Janet Warburton or call the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) at 907-474-1600

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Live Event Information
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You may register for live events below at: http://www.polartrec.com/applications/ipy_webinar_app.html

There are two upcoming events:

Event 1: Tuesday, 17 April 2007

Time: 12:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (10:30 a.m. HDT; 1:30PM PDT; 2:30 p.m. MDT; 3:30 p.m. CDT; 4:30 p.m EDT).

Duration: ~ 45 minutes

Event 2: Thursday, 26 April 2007

Time: 12:30 p.m. Alaska Daylight Time (10:30 a.m. HDT; 1:30PM PDT; 2:30 p.m. MDT; 3:30 p.m. CDT; 4:30 p.m EDT).

Duration: ~ 45 minutes

For these events, we will be using the webinar interface, HorizonWimba, which allows presentation of PowerPoint slides over the Internet during a conference call, and includes other useful functions such as online chat and polling features. To take full advantage of the webinar you will need telephone and Internet access. If you do not have Internet access, however, you can simply join the conference call.

The webinars will be archived online after the completion of the live sessions. Instructions on how to view an archived events will be posted on the PolarTREC website and emailed to all registered participants.

For more information, contact Katie Breen or Janet Warburton or calling the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) at 907-474-16

Fill planet earthwith music (Asia)

Fill planet earth with music
Asianjournal.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
This must be the message behind all the feverish preparations for Earth
Day 2007 by nongovernment and government organizations.
It will be a heady mixture ...