Chile schools join global environment project
May 19th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANSSantiago, May 19 (IANS) Chile has become the first in the world to have all schools in the South American country undertake projects on global environmental issues and upload news about them on a new and innovative social networking website, Marketwire reported.
Chilean schools will work on projects locally to improve air, water, and earth while collaborating with schools across the world on a social networking website called “Project Earth”.
Developed by Ecology and Environment Inc., Project Earth - www.projectearth.net - would help schools around the world collaborate on solving global environmental issues.
Over 1,000 schools from 68 countries are members of Project Earth.
The site portrays text, photo and video components, and the projects range from local coastal clean-up activities to reducing energy use in schools to creating innovative recycling programmes.
Schools from around the world can review the projects and send messages to their peers globally.
Headquartered in the US, Ecology and Environment Inc. has completed over 50,000 environmental projects in 113 countries.
Chilean Minister of Environment Maria Ignacia Benitez kicked off the country-wide programme recently.
“We are very excited about this project, for it will allow our schools to share their environmental initiatives with the world,” said Benitez.
“Our children will work on projects to improve the global environment and collaborate with other schools worldwide. This will allow our students to learn how to be more sustainable, and share with many other cultures and countries that use advanced technology.”
Ecology and Environment Inc. president and chief executive officer (CEO) Kevin Neumaier said: “We are very impressed with the environmental leadership that Chile has taken. Chilean children are now collaborating and sharing knowledge globally on Project Earth while they solve problems like climate change.”
“Chile is leading an international movement to empower today’s children to be the problem solvers of tomorrow. Whether in Chile, Russia, the Middle East or the US, we are seeing the promise of a better and sustainable planet with the ideas and results students are documenting on Project Earth.”
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