Monday, April 05, 2010
WE HAVE MOVED!!!
WE HAVE MOVED ENO TREE PLANTING DAY WEBSITE!!!! THIS SITE HERE IS NOT TO BE UPDATED!
PLEASE FOLLOW HERE:
THE ADDRESS WWW.ENOTREEDAY.NET STAYS THE SAME!
PLEASE FOLLOW HERE:
THE ADDRESS WWW.ENOTREEDAY.NET STAYS THE SAME!
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Plant tree species of local origin!
Conserving and using sustainably local biodiversity, including trees
ENO-Environment Online project as a global virtual school and network has an excellent idea of promoting tree planting, good environment and sustainable development.
When trees are planted it is good to think carefully what kinds of trees and ecosystems are originally adapted and best to each locality, to each region. If foreign trees are planted, then the end results may be harmful to local species. Think e. g. Eucalyptus species. These are native species of Australia, but they can be succesfully grown in many other regions of the world. Many kinds of unexpected side effects have been found. Eucalyptus species often produce litter that is poisoneous to other organisms, they are too efficient of taking water from the soil, ground water may even disappear, small rivers may become dry during dry seasons etc.
Usually, the best option is to cultivate local tree species of local origin. During evolution life has diversified, organisms and ecosystems are different is each region. During prehistory and history local people have learnt how to best use vegetation sustainably for shelter, food, medicines etc. Even in the same country there may be big differences in genetical adaptation of species to local circumtances. The main principle is to keep and to learn sustainable use of local biodiversity. Learning to identify local species can be facilitated by using NatureGate Online Service: http://www.naturegate.net Many species or genera are cosmopolitan or circumpolar. IUCN recommends NatureGate Online Service.
NatureGate Ltd (University of Helsinki as one of the partners) is interested in collaboration to create local sister NatureGate Online Services to each country and region of the world.
Best wishes from a friend of ENO-Environment Online project
Prof. Dr. Mauri Åhlberg FLS,
Professor of Biology and Sustainability Education
(University of Helsinki).
Homepage: http://www.helsinki.fi/people/mauri.ahlberg
EMAIL: mauri.ahlberg@helsinki.fi
ENO-Environment Online project as a global virtual school and network has an excellent idea of promoting tree planting, good environment and sustainable development.
When trees are planted it is good to think carefully what kinds of trees and ecosystems are originally adapted and best to each locality, to each region. If foreign trees are planted, then the end results may be harmful to local species. Think e. g. Eucalyptus species. These are native species of Australia, but they can be succesfully grown in many other regions of the world. Many kinds of unexpected side effects have been found. Eucalyptus species often produce litter that is poisoneous to other organisms, they are too efficient of taking water from the soil, ground water may even disappear, small rivers may become dry during dry seasons etc.
Usually, the best option is to cultivate local tree species of local origin. During evolution life has diversified, organisms and ecosystems are different is each region. During prehistory and history local people have learnt how to best use vegetation sustainably for shelter, food, medicines etc. Even in the same country there may be big differences in genetical adaptation of species to local circumtances. The main principle is to keep and to learn sustainable use of local biodiversity. Learning to identify local species can be facilitated by using NatureGate Online Service: http://www.naturegate.net Many species or genera are cosmopolitan or circumpolar. IUCN recommends NatureGate Online Service.
NatureGate Ltd (University of Helsinki as one of the partners) is interested in collaboration to create local sister NatureGate Online Services to each country and region of the world.
Best wishes from a friend of ENO-Environment Online project
Prof. Dr. Mauri Åhlberg FLS,
Professor of Biology and Sustainability Education
(University of Helsinki).
Homepage: http://www.helsinki.fi/people/mauri.ahlberg
EMAIL: mauri.ahlberg@helsinki.fi
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Language packs already in 11 languages
ENO National Coordinators in different countries have translated instructions into their languages. At the moment we have them in 13 languages:
Arabic, Azerbaijani, Dutch, English, Finnish,French, Italian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Spanish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
More translations soon to come, find them here.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Stavanger, Norway
"International School of Stavanger (Norway) and their project SWEC (Show We Care) will be raising money to plant trees with 'Trees for Life' in Scotland. www.treesforlife.org.uk This is a project to restore the ancient Caledonian Forest thus helping the environment and helping to bring back the native wildlife to the area. So far SWEC have 'planted' 297 trees and we hope to fund at least another 150 this year. In addition we will plant a few tree in our school grounds again, on 21 May 2010."
ENO Tree Planting Day 21 May in Benin
Maximin Djondo: ENO Benin Coordinator:
This year BEES Environment Club will organise the event with its five new school partners in the central part of Benin and this will be assisted by the Benin national wood authority. The total 2062 trees to be planted represents the number of students registered to take part to that event
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
The International Year of Biodiversity
You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world.
You rely on this diversity of life to provide you with the food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. Yet this rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of human activities. This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability of the living systems, on which we depend, to resist growing threats such as climate change.
The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss. This is vital for current and future human wellbeing. We need to do more. Now is the time to act.
The International Year of Biodiversity is a unique opportunity to increase understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.
Please find more information here: http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/
You rely on this diversity of life to provide you with the food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. Yet this rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of human activities. This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability of the living systems, on which we depend, to resist growing threats such as climate change.
The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss. This is vital for current and future human wellbeing. We need to do more. Now is the time to act.
The International Year of Biodiversity is a unique opportunity to increase understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth.
Please find more information here: http://www.cbd.int/2010/welcome/
Instructions in different languages
Please find detailed instructions how to carry out this event. They will be here soon in different languages:
Arabic
Azerbaijani (by Irada Aliyeva)
Dutch (by Lieven Van Parys)
English
Finnish
Arabic
Azerbaijani (by Irada Aliyeva)
Dutch (by Lieven Van Parys)
English
Finnish
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Welcome!
Biodiversity is life -
To celebrate the international year of biodiversity 2010 , ENO Programme invites you to plant trees for biodiversity and sustainable future.
This big day will take place on the 21st of May 2010. It is a global event and reaches ENO schools in 150 countries, The first trees will be planted at noon in Oceania. Following the Sun, new trees will be put to earth in Asia, Europe and Africa. Finally this chain of trees will reach Americas. Globe has turned on its axis.
This day is also to celebrate the international day for biological diversity, 22nd of May. Let's reflect on our achievements to safeguard biodiversity and focus on the urgency of our challenge for the future. It is time to act.
Together with actual planting schools are welcome to play our play The Drops Of Life or sing our tree planting song, dance and celebrate.
This is an open call for any schools interested! How to get involved? Af first register your school/group online, by 1st of May 2010. You will receive a certificate for your contribution. Find instructions, more information and material for the day soon in this blog. Welcome to build a more sustainable future with us!
More information:
ENO Programme
info@enoprogramme.org
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
ENO Peace Book to celebrate 10th anniversary!
We aim to do a book about peace in the ENO Programme. This book would consist of 365 stories or fairy tales about peace, a story for each day of year. This book is for everybody who wants to start his/her day with reading a peace story: teachers, students, parents, children, world leaders.
Theme for stories or fairy tales is peace. Theme can be seen freely: it can be a short one but maximum one paper (A4). Writers are children from ENO schools, 6 – 16 yrs from all around the world.
This peace book is to be published in the general summit of UN 21st of September 2010 . In the same occasion books are given to world leaders there. Parts of it will be also published here online, to celebrate ENO Tree Planting Day and ENO 10th anniversary (2000-2010).
We will start to collect these stories immediately today 15th of November 2010. The ultimate deadline for submissions is 28th of February 2010.
1. ENO contact teacher at each participating school will ask their students to write peace stories. Each school will choose 3 stories, translate them into English and send them separately using this form.Stories can also be in Spanish or French but we hope that they would be in English
2. Authors (Mika and Esko-Pekka) will choose the stories for the book.
3. Some stories will be also available online by 21st of September 2010.
When the book is ready we aim to send an electronic copy to each school whose story was chosen to this book.
Theme for stories or fairy tales is peace. Theme can be seen freely: it can be a short one but maximum one paper (A4). Writers are children from ENO schools, 6 – 16 yrs from all around the world.
This peace book is to be published in the general summit of UN 21st of September 2010 . In the same occasion books are given to world leaders there. Parts of it will be also published here online, to celebrate ENO Tree Planting Day and ENO 10th anniversary (2000-2010).
We will start to collect these stories immediately today 15th of November 2010. The ultimate deadline for submissions is 28th of February 2010.
1. ENO contact teacher at each participating school will ask their students to write peace stories. Each school will choose 3 stories, translate them into English and send them separately using this form.Stories can also be in Spanish or French but we hope that they would be in English
2. Authors (Mika and Esko-Pekka) will choose the stories for the book.
3. Some stories will be also available online by 21st of September 2010.
When the book is ready we aim to send an electronic copy to each school whose story was chosen to this book.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Make ENO Tree Planters voice heard in the Koli Forum!
ENO Tree Planters has received an opportunity to join a high level forum with their opinions!
The Koli Forum on “Natural Resources – Solutions to Questions of Renewable Energy and the Mitigation of Climate Change” takes place from 22-24 October 2009. This first high profile Forum is hosted by the former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari. The registered participants of the Forum represent a wide range of European leaders from business and development organisations as well as administration, politics, research and the media.
Koli Forum 2009 considers the economic impacts of climate change and the prospects for increasing the use of renewable energy, while also keeping in mind the competitiveness of Europe. The forest sector is used as a case example.
Director of ENO Programme Mr Mika Vanhanen was invited to this Forum to represent ENO Programme! We kindly ask that at first you would take some time to see more about forum on its website ( http://www.koliforum.fi ) This site in in English. After exploring it come with your opinions and ideas and share them in the Forum Guestbook of ENO Teachers. We need comments from different parts of world and all the continents.
As the Koli Forum will start very soon I kindly ask your prompt actions.
The Special Questbook for the Forum can be found here:
http://users4.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g44-40171-71
Looking forward to your comments!
The Koli Forum on “Natural Resources – Solutions to Questions of Renewable Energy and the Mitigation of Climate Change” takes place from 22-24 October 2009. This first high profile Forum is hosted by the former President of Finland and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martti Ahtisaari. The registered participants of the Forum represent a wide range of European leaders from business and development organisations as well as administration, politics, research and the media.
Koli Forum 2009 considers the economic impacts of climate change and the prospects for increasing the use of renewable energy, while also keeping in mind the competitiveness of Europe. The forest sector is used as a case example.
Director of ENO Programme Mr Mika Vanhanen was invited to this Forum to represent ENO Programme! We kindly ask that at first you would take some time to see more about forum on its website ( http://www.koliforum.fi ) This site in in English. After exploring it come with your opinions and ideas and share them in the Forum Guestbook of ENO Teachers. We need comments from different parts of world and all the continents.
As the Koli Forum will start very soon I kindly ask your prompt actions.
The Special Questbook for the Forum can be found here:
http://users4.smartgb.com/g/g.php?a=s&i=g44-40171-71
Looking forward to your comments!
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Hi from Mauritius
We are from Ecole du Centre, Saint Pierre, MAURITIUS (Indian Ocean). All the students and teachers gathered together to celebrate this great event. Three endemic trees (Aphloia theiformis, Begonia salaziensis, Dracaena concinna) were planted in the school playground by a class of 11 years old students. The tree planting exercise helped our students understand the importance of our beautiful Mauritian flora and lead them to a greater appreciation of the importance of our environnement in our lives.
Tracy Ribet
English Teacher
From Izmir, Turkey
We are TR02 Hilal Necmiye Primary School from İzmir, Turkey. We celebrated the event with a little delay this year because of our holiday season for the Ramadan Festival. We celebrated the day on October 9th with a great participation of local authorities, TV stations and reporters, our new children and babies, our teachers, environment foundations. We were about 50 people on a erosion field near Bornova, the place we lived, in İzmir. It was really great. The same night we had our place in a TV program and the other day lots of newspapers again. We planted over 300 trees this year and total amount of the trees we planted recently in 5 years to the number of 13.000. We are very happy. And we also very happy to be a part of ENO family.
Friday, October 02, 2009
ENO Tree Planting Day Photo Albums
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