Kids for Earth

Climate change week is finally here, happening on the 19th June. Our official Billy the Plastic Bag book will be launched along with the opening of our ‘Bring Kids For Earth to your school’ Workshop. If  you want to take part, contact me at raphaelletseng@kidsforearthasia.com. You have to get a team of 4 or 5 kids from the ages 10 to 15 to come. 19th June is a Saturday and the workshop/launch will start at 11.00am. Hope to see some of you guys there!

Oh yeah, there is also going to be an eco bazaar running throughout most of the day. Kids For Earth will be selling bags and books there.

Yesterday, Lions and Leos distributed 500 green bags at the Sunday market.
That was a big success too ! One of the winning poster was used for the
leaflet given out along with the bag.
Some pictures here!

Think you’re to young to make much of an influence? Well maybe this will make you change your mind! A 12 yr old girl called Jennifer entered a competition to design an eco friendly house. Her plans contained solar panels and floor switches. It was such a fantastic design that Jennifer not only won the competition but Redditch Low Carbon Co-operative have decided to build 2 houses using her designs! They should be finished  around 2011 Summer.

Kids save apes is an initiative started by Haley Stern. It concentrates on raising awareness about the dangers we pose to apes, and how we should react to them.

One of the main threats to apes is deforestation for palm oil plantations. To reduce the palm oil used, KSA has contacted airlines to encourage them to reduce the palm oil they use in their foods. The reason KSA chose airlines over other food companies is because airlines will have an easier job not using palm oil.

This initiative is great; though it is focused on apes, reducing the number of palm oil plantations will in fact save a large number of animals and plants.

I will try an contact KSA. Who knows, we could do a joint project? But that will be for later, unless there is a plastic related problem to palm oil plantations as well?

Enlighten me.