EARTH DAY 2008

Julia Morton-Marr, IHTEC President

www.ihtec.org
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 PEACE & ENVIRONMENT
GREEN SCHOOLS
ILLINOIS, USA – Legislated all schools as ‘Green Schools’.
HAWAII, USA – Legislated ‘Hawaiian Peace Day’
CA, USA – Climate Change Curriculum MANDATED

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 EARTH DAY FOUNDER
• John McConnell
• www.earthsite.org
Spring Solstice
• Date: March 21, 1970
• Born: March 22, 1915
– 93nd Birthday 2008
• UN Sec General
• U-Thant
• United Nations Peace
Bell rings

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 EARTH DAY FOUNDER

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 EARTH DAY STAMPS

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 HISTORY OF PEACE PARKS
CANADA / USA BORDER - 1929
• Peace Arch Park
• www.peacearchpark.org
• 1929
• Border BC and
Washington USA
• Annual Sculpture
Competition

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 INTL. WATERTON-GLACIER
PEACE PARK CANADA / USA - 1932

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 INTL. PEACE GARDEN
MANITOBA / NORTH DAKOTA -1932

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 IIPT – LOU D’AMORE
PEACE PARKS ACROSS CANADA

• Peacekeeping
Monument and Peace
Grove – Ottawa
• October 8, 1992
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 INTL. PEACE GARDEN
FOUNDATION USA..CANADA

• Paula Savage
• Ottawa
• Tulip Festival
• Ambassadors
• May 12, 1998

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 HUMANS HAVE A PROBLEM
• The Blue Planet - Earth is sick

• What are the solutions?

• Part of the solutions are

– ‘Schools in Bloom’
– ‘Communities in Bloom’
– Evergreen Foundation
– Roberta Bonda’s Curriculum

• BUT THE PROBLEM IS GLOBAL

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 HOT PLANET POD
OZONE BIODIVERSITY
DEPLETION LOSS
POLLUTION

CLIMATE CHANGE SPECIES LOSS

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 What are the Problems?
• Water is LOST when it reaches the OCEANS
• The Oceans are 75% damaged
• Melting Glaciers on land = Sea Level Rise
• Water reduction – heating the planet
• Forest removal – lungs of the earth
• Species Loss of between 30,000 and 100,000
annually.
• All species including Humans are at risk.
• Ecological Footprint is too large

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 COOL PLANET POD
PATH OF PEACE
WEB
OF LIFE ENERGY

WATER PEACHY
PLANET

FORESTS

PLANTS

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 PROTECT THE WEB OF LIFE
Biodiversity

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 KEEP WATER ON LAND

www.RiverMurray.com
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 KEEP ALL FORESTS
PLANT NEW ONES

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 KEEP VEGETATION

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 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Solar
Oven

Solar
Rocks
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 IHTEC INVITES YOU TO JOIN

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 PEACE GARDEN CONCEPTS
Conflict Resolution
Friendship Benches

Life Zones Food Security

Biodiversity

Solar Energy Species Support

Substance Accounting
for Eco-Systems

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 WHOLE SCHOOL PLAN

PLAN PLANT
IHTEC INVITES YOU
TO RE-DEDICATE
EVERY YEAR ON
UNITED NATIONS DAY
WEBSITE
REGISTER www.ihtec.org

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ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURE

Every child
draws their
own plan.

Landscape
Architect
develops
final plan.
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 CLASSROOM LESSONS

Model before planting

Discuss, Write, Plan

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 PEACE IN SCHOOLS

Peace Rock with

ISPG Logo.

Whole School
Involvement
with class discussion.

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 PEACE TREES

Each country has its own

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 PEACE IN OURSELVES
Friendship Benches

Canadian
Story Book & Values

Australian Gum Tree

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 PATH OF PEACE
Working with Local Governments and Organizations

Secondary School created the ‘Cultural

Bridge’
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 PEACE SYMBOLS

• 50th Anniversary 2008

• Semaphore letters for
– Nuclear Disarmament

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 PEACE SYMBOLS
CREATE YOUR OWN

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 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PEACE
GARDENS AROUND THE WORLD

USA
AUSTRALIA
MEXICO
HE RS
Y OT
MAN CANADA

ARGENTINA
PANAMA

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 International School Peace Gardens –
Award and Pins

• Plant an ISPG – Every type of garden

supports the planet.
• 40 hours service
• Send IHTEC your achievements.
• School Awards
• Communicate with whole school &
community – Media, Newsletters.
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 A CULTURE OF PEACE
THROUGH TOURISM
INVENT THE FUTURE

YOUR TURN

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 CAN WE SOLVE THE PROBLEMS?
YES – RAP WITH ME

IT IS NOT TOO LATE

THERE IS HOPE

WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER

INTL. SCHOOL PEACE GARDENS

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 YES

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