MRS. SANDRA NOGUERA - SIXTH GRADE

SATURDAY'S ACTION :

Today you can help build a cleaner and safer world. Learn how you can help reach Millennium Development Goal number 7!

Things you can do to make a difference
1. Learn more about Goal #7 from the United Nations site just for kids. http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/mdgs/index.html

2. Learn more about our rainforests and all the amazing things they provide from medicines to rare species of insects and animals.
http://www.rain-tree.com/facts.htm

3. Find out 50 things you can do to help make the world a cleaner and healthier place. http://www.justgive.org/html/guide/50waysenvironment.html

4. If you want to learn about water: how we've made it dirty and how we can make it clean go to http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/ and find fun games for kids from kindergarten through high school that will tell you all about keeping our waters clean.

5. If you want a bottle of water, buy Ethos brand. They donate proceeds of the sale to clean water projects in developing nations. You can watch a video diary on Ethos projects in Kenya. http://www.ethoswater.com/

6. Have a party to educate your friends on the environment and show Vice President Al Gore's movie on global warming called An Inconvenient Truth. Visit the movie's website to learn more about how they made the movie, facts about global warming and ways you can make a difference.
http://www.climatecrisis.net/aboutthefilm/


SUNDAY'S ACTION:

You may not know it, but if you participated in even one "how you can make a difference" activity, you have made a difference.

The final goal is Millennium Development goal #8. It may not seem like something you can make a lot of difference in, but you can.

You may not have a job yet, but you have a voice and it's your voice that will make the world a better place. Start telling the world we need change and you can help reach goal #8!

Things You Can Do to Make A Difference

1. Learn about the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 that President Bush signed into legislation. This law makes rich corporate farmers richer and developing nations more impoverished. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ncpa.org/dpd/icons/env.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.ncpa.org/dpd/weekly/2002/pd081502.html&h=61&w=100&sz=3&hl=en&start=18&tbnid=cxp4-_VUw54-KM:&tbnh=50&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcorporate%2Bcorn%2Bfarm%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

2. Speak out against unfair child labor practices. Did you know the cacao in a Nestles chocolate bar or bag of M & Ms may have been picked by someone only 8 years old? See what your class can do to end the use of child labor. http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/fairtradeintheclassroom.html

3. Did you know 218 million children around the world are used as slave labor. Learn about World Child Labor Day held every June 12th http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/wdacl/2006/index.htm and Join S.C.R.E.A.M. (Supporting Children's Rights through Eaducation, the Arts and Media) http://www.ilo.org/public/english/standards/ipec/scream/index.htm

4. Find out what kinds of food you can buy with the Fair Trade logo, ensuring farmers in poorer countries get a fair amout of money for their product. http://www.globalexchange.org/campaigns/fairtrade/cocoa/retailers.html

5. Connect with kids from other parts of the world and find out what they think about these issues at http://www.chattheplanet.com/ This is for kids from all over the globe. It has blogs and weekly video meetings you can participate in and ways you can take action. Learning about your global neighbors is one of the best actions you can take.

6 This is a great site dealing with all sorts of environmental issues and wildlife. It has a blog, contests, games, a club you can join, it even can help you with your homework. Check it out, it's a lot of fun! stuff.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/climate/scientists/index.cfm

7. Send this link to a friend and let them know it's up to them to make the world a better place; and that they can by taking AN ACTION A DAY.
http://meetingthegoals2015.tripod.com