DeforestACTION
Aims:[1]
- To halt deforestation;
- Restore a full rainforest ecosystem;
- Provide a sustainable livelihood for the local community;
- Create global awareness of deforestation;
- Create a safe and permanent home for endangered orangutans.
In March 2010,[2] 12 schools and 90 students from the Asia Pacific region were invited to Singapore for Microsoft’s Regional Innovative Education Forum. This was the birthplace of DeforestACTION, originally titled “The High Noon Project” after Jean-François Rischard’s book High Noon, 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them.
Students and teachers decided they wanted to tackle one global issue – as a pilot – and they chose deforestation. They agreed on the name DeforestACTION, and launched a global collaborative project with, for and by students around the world. Over the course of 8 weeks, TakingITGlobal moderated online learning activities and project planning webinars, where students and teachers took a collaborative approach to global problem solving. They formed student action groups and designed plans to address deforestation in their local communities. Using an online voting system, the students selected a number of key approaches
In October of that year[3]
The Rise of the Eco Warriors[4]
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-reese-halter/indonesias-protected-rain_b_2944815.html
ABC interview with Cathy Henkel, documentary maker and adjunct lecturer Queensland University of Technology and Ben Dessen, wildlife defender
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lifematters/eco-warriors/4422250
World Tessellation Day is a celebration of all kinds of tessellations, held on 17 June, the birthday of M. C. Escher.[5][6] Emily Grosvenor, an enthusiast for tessellation and author of the picture book Tessellation!, was one of the initial instigators for the day, though the hashtag #WorldTessellationDay was rapidly taken up on Twitter, especially in Europe and then North America.[7] Observance of the holiday spread quickly through Internet, social media, and grassroots celebrations. The Escher Museum, Escher in Het Paleis, tweeted its celebration of the day,[8] asking which tessellations were readers' favourites.
Tweets were mostly those with photographs of tessellations found in the environment, and activities with children creating tiling patterns. A number of blogs gave advice on celebrating the occasion, for instance John Golden's math hombre blog[9] listed his top ten favourite kinds of tessellation. Emily Grosvenor, who outlined 23 ways to celebrate the day on her blog[10] ran a library workshop for children on the day.[11][12] An event organised in Minneapolis involved participants in creating large-scale tiling on pavements, and using pattern blocks to created tiling patterns.[13] The Balearic Mathematical Society invited readers of its website to send in images of tessellations.[14] The Catalonian Federation of Mathematics Teaching of Organisations proposed sharing ideas related to tessellation: found images of tiling patterns, mosaics and classroom activities.[15]
References edit
- ^ https://vimeo.com/54347305
- ^ http://dfa.tigweb.org/about/
- ^ "Microsoft, the Smithsonian Institution and TakingITGlobal Announce Worldwide Program for Teachers and Students to Use Technology to Address Global Environmental Issues". Microsoft News Centre. 26 October 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- ^ http://www.ourworldtoday.com.au/news/article/action-time
- ^ "2, 4, 6, 8, It's Almost Time to Tessellate | Blog on math blogs". blogs.ams.org. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ País, Ediciones El (2016-06-17). "Homenaje a Escher: todo lo que puedes aprender de geometría mirando las aceras". Verne (in Spanish). Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "#worldtessellationday hashtag on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Escher in Het Paleis on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Math Hombre: World Tessellation Day One". mathhombre.blogspot.fr. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "23 Simple Ways to Celebrate #WorldTessellationDay #WorldTessDay". Tessalation!. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "World Tessellation Day Party". Mcminnville Oregon. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "Tessellation celebration". newsregister.com. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "World Tessellation Day (Twin Cities)". allevents.in. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "17 de juny: dia dels tessel·lats. Participa-hi! - SBM-XEIX". www.xeix.org. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "World Tessellation Day | Feemcat". feemcat.org. Retrieved 2016-06-19.