Dr. Jane Goodall continues to emphasize the critical importance of conservation and the need for urgent action to protect the planet.

She believes that young people have much to learn from their elders and seeks to inspire them to take responsibility for the future.

Goodall warns that unless we act now to protect the environment and shift investment from fossil fuels to sustainable technologies, the future will be bleak.

Her core message to all is that each individual matters and has a role to play in shaping the impact humans have on the world.

She highlights the interconnectedness of humanity and the natural world, stressing that our survival depends on the health of ecosystems.

When Jane Goodall addresses audiences, her words command silence and attention, illustrating the respect she commands in the conservation community.

To university students, she insists the most important takeaway is to never give up hope, noting, “We still have a window of time.”
She stresses that hope is essential to motivating action and preventing despair in facing environmental challenges.

Goodall recognizes that today’s youth are more aware of environmental issues than previous generations, yet acknowledges the difficulty in shifting entrenched beliefs.

She advocates for engaging with compassion and understanding rather than simply overwhelming skeptics with facts they resist.

Goodall’s early experiences at the London Zoo shaped her approach to communication, teaching her to appeal to people's empathy to inspire change.

She now harnesses this lesson in her global advocacy and outreach.

The Roots & Shoots program, founded by Jane Goodall, empowers young people to engage in hands-on conservation projects, foster problem-solving skills, and connect with nature.

This youth-led initiative demonstrates how students and community members can collaborate to effect significant positive change for local and global ecosystems.

Innovative grassroots projects, such as accessible water quality monitoring initiatives, embody the spirit of Root & Shoots by making conservation tangible and inclusive.

Goodall believes that fostering individual action can collectively transform communities and help preserve the planet for future generations.

Her continuing efforts encourage civil discourse and personal responsibility in safeguarding habitats and improving the treatment of animals.

Jane Goodall’s ongoing influence on global conservation stems from her tireless advocacy for environmental protection and ethical treatment of animals.

She continues to engage communities worldwide through grassroots action, education, and awareness, most notably through her Roots & Shoots program, which empowers young people in more than 60 countries to undertake projects that benefit people, animals, and the environment.

Roots & Shoots emphasizes the interconnectedness of all living things and encourages students and communities to develop local solutions for issues such as habitat preservation, waste management, and biodiversity loss.

Goodall’s approach is pragmatic, focusing on inspiring hope and personal responsibility, believing that every individual can make a difference in creating a sustainable future.

Her message highlights the importance of supporting local economies and sustainable livelihoods, as reflected in agricultural programs that enhance income and introduce technologies like water-saving methods and greenhouse cultivation.

Ensuring social stability and economic well-being through such initiatives is an essential part of effective conservation, as it allows communities to prioritize habitat and species protection while meeting basic needs.

In regions prioritizing conservation, programs and incentives have been put in place to increase employment, improve income, and provide financial assistance, underlining the link between human welfare and environmental health.

Goodall draws attention to the global nature of conservation challenges, recognizing that international cooperation and action are crucial as factors like climate change, extreme weather, and emerging diseases continue to affect both human and animal populations.

She supports high-tech solutions such as recycling and sustainable resource management, stressing that the integration of innovative technologies is key to reducing environmental impact and protecting habitats.

Through her outreach and educational initiatives, Jane Goodall promotes civil discourse and encourages young people to participate constructively, emphasizing listening, empathy, truthfulness, and collaboration when discussing conservation issues.

Her philosophy inspires a generation to take practical, compassionate steps to protect the natural world and to engage respectfully and openly when addressing the complex ethical, economic, and environmental aspects of conservation.

Jane Goodall’s ongoing influence is evident in her commitment to conservation and her ability to inspire action across generations.

Goodall empowers individuals to recognize the significance of their choices, especially regarding how they affect the natural world and the future.

Her method champions courage in facing the unknown, encouraging people to pursue thoughtful change for the benefit of the environment.

She showcases, through example, that personal decisions have major consequences and can open new opportunities for positive environmental impact.

Goodall’s advocacy highlights the essential role of moral and wise choices in shaping communities and conserving habitats.

Her story underlines the idea that steadfast advocacy, even in the face of adversity, can trigger significant shifts for the greater good.

She places value on heritage—literary, artistic, and natural—and projects that work to preserve them are central to her ethos.

Goodall acknowledges that the arts and literature have a critical part in promoting sustainability and championing environmental causes.

She emphasizes the need for creative and innovative thinking—through arts, education, and science—to confront modern challenges such as overconsumption and economic shifts.

Her example demonstrates that inspiration derived from nature, heritage, and intergenerational learning are vital for conservation.

Goodall’s approach includes hands-on action: nurturing and protecting land, learning from nature, and understanding that investment in the environment yields long-term benefits.

She draws lessons from firsthand experiences with the land, advocating for resilience and patience in sustainable practice.

The Roots & Shoots program, founded by Goodall, connects young people globally to undertake projects that protect people, animals, and the environment, exemplifying her belief in youth-driven change.

This program fosters imagination, symbolization, and empathy, harnessing the creative potential of children and young adults for conservation efforts.

Roots & Shoots empowers youth to become leaders and agents of positive, practical change in their own communities.

Goodall’s philosophy inspires others to value reflection, daily action, and creative expression in pursuit of conservation goals.

She urges educators and learners alike to think broadly, cultivate curiosity, and nurture a sense of responsibility toward the earth.

Her ongoing work stresses the necessity of involving younger generations and leveraging education, creativity, and civil discourse to build a sustainable world.

Asia’s first “Jane Goodall Primary School” is set to open in Taiwan, further spreading Jane Goodall’s educational legacy in the region.

The Hope Project in India builds connections between young people and nature through workshops, fostering greater understanding, awareness, and engagement in environmental action.

Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots initiative is globally active, encouraging youth to participate in meaningful conservation activities.

Students from Ming Tao Secondary School participated in the International Virtual Science Conference and received the highest rating of four stars, demonstrating the high level of engagement inspired by these programs.

Research results from participating students are published on the official website, making their findings accessible to other students internationally.

Membership in the GLOBE Program allows students to engage in events like the International Virtual Science Symposium, further promoting environmental education worldwide.

This year, a new group of students has taken on the challenge of conservation activities and achieved significant success.

Studies in Environment and Society classes show students making connections between population growth and environmental changes such as an increase in dust storms.

Science teachers explain the complex causes of dust storms, linking them to sand sources, strong winds, and unstable air, helping students understand human impact on the environment.

The teaching approach at Changan Primary School in China is recognized as a leader in sustainable development education, providing a model for others to follow.

Through diverse educational practices in EEI project pilot schools, a robust teaching environment that promotes sustainable development concepts is emerging.

An increasing number of teachers and students are discovering that education for sustainable development is both relevant and necessary in daily life.

There is optimism that planting the seeds of conservation in children’s minds will result in greater environmental stewardship as they grow.

This educational movement aligns with broader ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) trends, as seen with companies like Allianz Investment Trust influencing responsible business practices.

Initiatives like Roots & Shoots and collaborative educational efforts show that sustainable thinking can be cultivated in classrooms worldwide, empowering youth to take meaningful action for conservation.

Dr. Jane Goodall continues to emphasize the critical importance of conservation and the need for urgent action to protect the planet.

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Content: Leading conservationist Dr Jane Goodall warns next generation faces a 'bleak future' without action

COP15, the once-in-decade global biodiversity summit, began in Montreal on Wednesday. Ahead of the conference, ITV News spoke to one of the world's most famous and inspiring conservationists, Dr Jane Goodall.

With an estimated one million plant and animal species facing extinction, the scale of the issues being grappled with by nations at COP15 in Montreal could hardly be greater.

Entire ecosystems face collapse if we do not act, so how best to overcome this challenge?

Dr Jane Goodall has spent a lifetime trying to understand, protect and educate others about the natural world. She’s witnessed devastating habitat loss but also examples of where, given time, nature returns.

She paints a dark picture of what happens if politicians fail to rise to the occasion, saying the “price of failure is condemning our children, our children's children, to a very, very bleak and grim future.”

Talking to ITV News in Parliament, where she was marking a significant moment in the campaign to ban trophy hunting, she explains how we need to view nature.

“I would say how important it is to realise that we are actually not separate from the natural world. We are part of it and more than that we depend on it. We depend on it for food, water, everything," she said.

"We depend on healthy ecosystems. An ecosystem is made up of an interrelated mix of animal and plant species living in that ecosystem. And as more and more animals and plants become extinct in that area, so the ecosystem eventually will collapse.”

Decades of witnessing animals, such as primates, up close has forged her understanding of our world. It was notable in a room full of animal welfare campaigners just how quiet it was when she spoke.

In Montreal, the world faces a choice but it’s complicated. Delivering change includes finding a way of maintaining wealth. Making people poorer while saving plants and animals won’t work, but Dr Jane Goodall sees options that will.

She concluded: “We need nature for our own physical and psychological well-being. That's proven again and again. We must not let these ecosystems collapse, we have this window of time, we have the tools, we know how we can do things. But will we?”

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What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

She believes that young people have much to learn from their elders and seeks to inspire them to take responsibility for the future.

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Content: World-famous for her research with chimpanzees, Jane Goodall now focuses on the human condition

Apr 21, 2024 | 0 comments

By Michelle Cohan

In 1960, on the banks of Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, one young British woman would set out to change what we know about primates forever.

Jane Goodall, in 1960, searching an African forest for chimpanzees.

Jane Goodall defied conventional scientific methods by immersing herself in the jungle, which led to groundbreaking discoveries about chimpanzees; most notably that they use tools, are omnivores and that they are socially complex beings.

More than six decades later, her unorthodox field work – and her conservation efforts – are still celebrated around the world.

Today, the recently-turned 90-year-old’s work looks a little different – taking place mostly indoors, and with a different crowd. Through her program called “Roots & Shoots,” Goodall empowers young people to create change within their communities. And for her, this work is just as significant.

CNN spoke with Goodall recently during a trip to South Africa, where she observed some of the projects local Johannesburg students are heading up as part of Roots & Shoots.

The interview has been edited for length and clarity.

CNN: The younger generation has so much they can learn from elders. Who made an impact on your life?

Goodall: I think it’s really important, this exchange of information from the elders to the youngers. I was really lucky; I had an amazing mother. I was born loving animals, and she supported that love of animals. I was one-and-a-half years old, and she came into my room and she found I’d taken a whole handful of wriggling earthworms into my bed. Most mothers would’ve [said], ‘Oh, throw these dirty things [away].’ She just said, ‘Jane, I think they might die without the Earth, you better take them into the garden.’ And so she nurtured this inherent love I had … in all the insects, the birds, the animals, everybody around me.

Jane Goodall

CNN: Roots & Shoots is active in 70 countries, where hundreds of thousands of young people are making an impact within their communities. How did the program come about?

Goodall: When I began Roots & Shoots in Tanzania in 1991, it was because I was meeting young people then who had lost hope. Young people who felt we’d compromised their future. And the reason they’re losing hope, it’s obvious: climate change, loss of biodiversity. I could go on listing, listing, listing … but when they said there was nothing they could do about it, then I thought, ‘No, that’s not true.’

We worked out that Roots & Shoots’ main message [would be that] every individual has a role to play. And that we needed to think holistically in terms of helping the environment, people and animals, because we are all interrelated. That’s where it began.

CNN: What is the most important message to convey to the younger generation?

Goodall: The goal that I have is helping young people understand that there is a window of time [to save the planet]. Unfortunately, today I [still] meet more and more people who are losing hope. So many people feel helpless and hopeless because [they question] what can they can do as an individual.

But what people have to understand is when it’s 2 million, 1 billion, 2 billion, 3 billion, all taking small actions to make the world a better place, that is changing the world. What matters is people understanding that as an individual, what they do makes a difference. Not because it’s just them, but because they are not alone.

CNN: Does climate innovation and technology give you hope?

Goodall: Yeah, I think that if we look around at what’s happening to the planet, we need to grab onto every single thing we can that will help us to move forward out of the disaster that we have created. And if we look at solar energy, if we look at wind energy and the power of tide energy, then these things are good.

The problem has been to get government support. So governments tend to put money into the fossil fuel industry, rather than to support the new emerging technologies that will enable us to live in a more harmonious way with the natural world. If we don’t do that, our future is doomed. And unfortunately, it’s not only our future, but so many of the other animals that so many of us love. We have to take action now.

CNN: What message do you have for the world?

Goodall: A message to the world would be, don’t forget that you as an individual make an impact on the environment every single day. And it’s up to you to choose what sort of impact you make. I think once everybody understands the role that they play, whoever they are, is so desperately important, then we move towards a better world.

Editor’s note: At one of Goodall’s recent presentations in California, 93-year-old movie actor and director Clint Eastwood was in the audience. Asked why he was there, Eastwood said he supported Goodall’s work and added that he was a big fan of 90-year-olds.
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Goodall warns that unless we act now to protect the environment and shift investment from fossil fuels to sustainable technologies, the future will be bleak.

Her core message to all is that each individual matters and has a role to play in shaping the impact humans have on the world.

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Content: Jane Goodall wants University of Wisconsin-Madison students to walk away with one message Sunday: Do not give up hope.

It’s a strategy the world-renowned ethologist and conservationist has found effective in spurring action, even as headlines catastrophizing climate change inundate people with a sense of doom.

“I don't agree with scientists who say the tipping point has already reached the point of no return with climate change and loss of biodiversity,” Goodall told the Cap Times. “We still have a window of time. But if we lose hope, fall into apathy and don't take action, then we're doomed.”

Goodall is best known for her groundbreaking work in the early ‘60s as a primatologist. At 26, she began studying chimpanzees in Tanzania, becoming the first to observe that the animals make and use tools. Now part of the world’s longest-running study of wild chimpanzees, her findings have forever changed scientific understanding of primates and humans’ relationship to them.

Goodall’s legacy also endures through her activism. In 1977, she founded the Jane Goodall Institute, a global conservation nonprofit. One of the organization’s programs, Roots & Shoots, educates young people in over 60 countries to work on environmental, conservation and humanitarian issues.

In 2021, Goodall additionally published “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times,” which details her hope in the world’s ability to make change despite its environmental challenges.

Goodall will speak Sunday at 7 p.m. in UW-Madison’s Memorial Union for the Wisconsin Union’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Tickets for the event sold out among students within 90 minutes, but the public can still register to watch the online livestream.

In a virtual interview with the Cap Times, Goodall spoke from the Edgewater Hotel about climate deniers, how she remains optimistic and what the audience can expect from her on Sunday.

Will you have time to explore Madison this weekend, or will you mostly be working?

It’s all working. Not mostly — all. But the hotel has a lovely view overlooking the lake with all the ice. My life turns out to be work, meeting lovely people and just having an occasional moment to walk in a bit of nature.

What can people expect to learn from you on Sunday?

I hope they take away the message that every single one of them makes a difference every single day of their lives, and they can choose what sort of difference they make. I think that’s the most important message that anybody can have — that they, as an individual, matter and have a role to play.

Your platform revolves around this message of hope. What might be the harm in catastrophizing?

It makes people lose hope. If you’re told that nothing you can do will avert the planet heating up to a point where life is no longer possible and that we’re destroying the ecosystems on which we depend, then why bother doing anything?

The important thing is to realize we still have time, but we have to take action. We have to each do our bit. It may seem small, but billions of small, ethical actions make change.

Much of your work focuses on involving young people within conservation efforts. What inspires you about the attitudes of younger generations toward animals and the environment?

They are much more aware, which isn’t surprising. When I was young, "environmentalism" wasn’t even a word.

Young people are surrounded by doom and gloom. The radio’s full of it, the internet's full of it, the television's full of it, the press is full of it, and so they're much more aware. Fortunately, there are enough people saying it's not too late, and that inspires them and galvanizes them into action.

Do you think those attitudes are much different from older generations?

They are different because older generations either didn't understand what was happening because of ignorance, or they don't want to understand because they want to carry on with business as usual. They want to go on making money in the short term at the expense of future generations.

Sometimes I don’t think they’re thinking like that. I don't think they're deliberately understanding that they're harming the future for their children and grandchildren. But they're simply not thinking in the way that we should be thinking today.

Is it still worth trying to change their minds?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! How to change the minds of the older people? Through storytelling, not through pointing fingers, not through making people angry, not by telling them they're bad, but by reaching into the heart. I’ll give you one example.

This CEO of a huge international corporation told me he was working to get his company ethical for three reasons. One, because we're using our nature's finite natural resources faster than nature can replenish them. Second, consumer pressure — people are beginning to demand ethically produced products.

But what really tipped the balance, he said, was his little girl of 8. She came back from school one day and said, “Daddy, they're telling me that what you're doing is hurting the planet. That's not true, is it, Daddy? Because it's my planet.” That reached his heart. That's the way you change people.

When did you realize this approach of storytelling could persuade people?

I think it was probably part of my nature. I'm not confrontational. I'm fighting for change, yes, but not by confronting. People must change from within. I don't believe you can change them by hammering them with facts that they don't want to listen to.

When I first went to the medical research labs where the scientists kept chimps in 5-foot by 5-foot cages, it was one of the worst experiences of my life. I came out shaken, trying not to cry. I was taken into a room with the top people from the National Institute of Health in the department of animal experimentation. I realized they were waiting for me to speak.

I said, “I imagine all of you are caring and compassionate people, and maybe feel just as I did about what's going on in there.” When you think of it, that was very clever. They couldn’t admit they weren’t caring and compassionate, could they?

Instead of telling them they were bad people, I showed them pictures of the chimpanzees in the wild, making their nests, playing, lying around. In their minds, they could contrast it with the cages where these very social beings were kept for 30 to 40 years. I know it did get into some of their hearts because they told me so. It made some labs completely change the way that they operated.

When you meet somebody, or a group of people, you may not realize that you've made a difference — but you may have planted seeds that will grow and cause change in some of the hearts.

What mistakes did you make early on in your career that emerging activists and young people can learn from?

I was saved from making mistakes in the early days. Before I went to Africa to study chimps, I was working at London Zoo. The chimps were in terrible conditions. So when I got back from my first stint in Africa, the zoo arranged a press conference. I thought now I could really tell the world how bad the chimps were treated!

I happened to be having dinner that night with a very powerful man that I met in Tanzania, and I told him about my plan with great excitement. There was dead silence. He said, “Do you realize that the head of the London Zoo is Solly Zuckerman, Winston Churchill's wartime adviser? A very, very powerful man. Do you think he's going to take it lying down when you criticize his zoo?”

He said, “Just tell me three things that are the most important to change.” I told him, and within two weeks, they were all done. There was no confrontation. That was a lesson that came just in time for me not to make that mistake.

So it’s about activists getting rid of their own personal egos.

Exactly. What people want is to have their name out there and to say, “I did it. I changed this.” It’s learning to not want to be recognized for change. The main thing is to make the change. Not “me” making the change.

This powerful man obviously didn't want me to say that the chimps were being treated badly. He immediately agreed, but didn’t want it out in the press. Give Solly Zuckerman the credit. That’s fine — as long as it changes.

This is a lesson I talk about with our youth. I tell them not to be confrontational. Your goal: Is it to glorify yourself? To be the champion? Or do you really want change?

What do people still not understand about your work and its relevance today?

Climate change deniers, people who don’t want to make a difference, probably don’t understand. What they really think is hard to tell. But are there really people who deny that climate change is happening? Probably not. When they admit it’s real, they say it’s natural and that it’s not manmade. Do they really believe that? I can’t believe they do — but that’s what they say. They don’t want to lose face, and making people lose face isn’t a good way to make change.

What makes you think they don’t really believe what they’re saying?

Well, I can't think of anybody with any ounce of intelligence could believe it. That's why.

How often do you come across those kinds of people?

Not very often. They tend to avoid me.

Kayla Huynh joined the Cap Times in 2021 and covers higher education. She graduated from Northwestern University with a master's degree in journalism after attending UW-Madison.

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She highlights the interconnectedness of humanity and the natural world, stressing that our survival depends on the health of ecosystems.

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

When Jane Goodall addresses audiences, her words command silence and attention, illustrating the respect she commands in the conservation community.

To university students, she insists the most important takeaway is to never give up hope, noting, “We still have a window of time.”
She stresses that hope is essential to motivating action and preventing despair in facing environmental challenges.

At the Proctor & Gamble 2022 summit on regional sustainability, what did Dr. Jane Goodall emphasize?

Goodall recognizes that today’s youth are more aware of environmental issues than previous generations, yet acknowledges the difficulty in shifting entrenched beliefs.

She advocates for engaging with compassion and understanding rather than simply overwhelming skeptics with facts they resist.

What was Dr. Goodall's approach when she spoke to the scientists at NIH regarding their holding chimps in small cages?

She treated them as caring and compassionate

Goodall’s early experiences at the London Zoo shaped her approach to communication, teaching her to appeal to people's empathy to inspire change.

What was Dr. Goodall's approach when she spoke to the scientists at NIH regarding their holding chimps in small cages?

She treated them as caring and compassionate

She now harnesses this lesson in her global advocacy and outreach.

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Content: Earth to Us

Meet the Miami-Based Artist Devoted to Coral Conservation

On a crisp November afternoon, Brazilian artist and marine researcher Beatriz Chachamovits stands before a group of eager children at the Jewish Community Center in Davie, Florida. When she begins by asking, “Does anyone know what a coral is?”, 25 voices chorus back countless answers. Chachamovits smiles, and it’s clear she’s in her element.

This marine-ecology lesson and coral-sculpting workshop is part of Chachamovits’s initiative Modeling the Reef, a public education project for young children in South Florida designed to create awareness around coral-reef conservation. “I want the future stewards of the ocean to fall in love with it,” she tells Vogue.

Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth. They’ve been on the planet for an estimated 500 million years. And though they only make up 1% of the ocean, they’re home to 25% of all known marine species, including turtles, octopuses, lobsters, oysters, sea stars, and thousands of variegated fish. Reefs are essential coastal barriers that provide protection from land erosion, floods, and storms. They are valuable sources of food, medicine, economic support, and cultural heritage to more than a billion people. Yet the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that by 2050 most coral reefs around the world will be close to gone.

Growing up in landlocked São Paulo, Chachamovits didn’t have much access to the ocean during her childhood. It wasn’t until her late- teenage years, during a trip to Bahía, a coastal state in northeastern Brazil, that she first encountered corals up close. “I remember I dove into a tiny underwater cave where the light came in beautifully, making corals of all colors and sizes shimmer,” Chachamovits recalls. “There were small schools of fish and miniature shrimps gathering sea dust. Within the glittering sand, there was a magnificent spotted ray and all sorts of creatures swaying from side to side. I had never witnessed such harmony and precision. At that moment, I realized that was my purpose. I thought, Why isn’t anyone talking about this? I felt transformed.”

Now, the Miami-based artist has devoted her career to educating others about the urgent issues related to coral-reef decline by translating scientific studies into gorgeous artworks. Through breathtaking drawings, sculptures, and installations, Chachamovits illuminates many of the dangers coral reefs confront today, including coral bleaching, plastic pollution, and ocean acidification. “Art is a powerful instrument to make others feel something, to make them care. And I’m interested in creating dry dives as a way of showing a veiled ecosystem that most people don’t have access to,” she explains.

One of her most celebrated artworks, Carcass (2020), is an entirely handmade ceramic piece that features pure white endangered coral species surrounded by camouflaged toothbrushes, water bottles, and other items of trash made from the same material. Despite its undeniable beauty, the mesmerizing milky sculpture conjures feelings of sadness as it illustrates coral bleaching, a devastating phenomenon that has affected more than 75% of the world’s reefs and has been harsh enough to kill 30% of them.

“People often think corals are minerals or plants,” Chachamovits says. “They have no idea that corals are animals.” In fact, she goes on to clarify, corals are colonial organisms composed of thousands of individual animals called polyps. Tropical corals, which live in shallow waters and make up barrier reefs, have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae algae that live on their tissues, providing food, oxygen, and extraordinary bright colors. In return, corals supply the algae with the environment they need to thrive.

Rising water temperatures due to global warming have deeply affected this relationship by causing severe stress in corals. “When corals are stressed, algae create toxins instead of food, which makes corals expel them out of their tissue. What is left is transparent tissue that reveals their calcareous bones. And that loss of color is what we know as bleaching,” Chachamovits explains. Studies have shown that stabilizing water temperatures could reverse some cases of bleaching. But without algae, corals lose their main source of food and oxygen, become susceptible to disease, and eventually die.

Bleaching is not the only threat coral reefs currently face. To Kill With Water (2017), another piece by Chachamovits, features a series of coral clay figures within water-filled acrylic tanks that, over time, melt before the viewer’s eyes. This work illustrates ocean acidification—a destabilization of the ocean’s pH caused by excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere—and demonstrates the effects of CO2 pollution on ocean creatures who, like most corals, require calcium to build their shells and skeletons.

In 2018, Chachamovits moved to Florida to be closer to the third-largest barrier reef in the world. It goes on for more than 360 miles, stretching from Dry Tortugas National Park in Key West to the St. Lucie Inlet in Martin County. This ecosystem, teeming with underwater wonders, is home to around 1,400 species, though today most of the reef is at grave risk due to overfishing, climate change, rapid development, and disease. Chachamovits is currently working on a permanent piece for the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science that will illustrate the changes between a healthy and a struggling reef and highlight endangered species of Florida’s ecosystem, including many the Frost’s Coral Lab is currently working to protect. The artwork is set to be revealed in early 2022.

Chachamovits is intent on effectively using art as an instrument for change. “I always worry if what I’m doing is enough,” she says. The increased threats to coral often fill her with worry and hopelessness. Yet she believes these feelings propel her to create more and better work that has a tangible effect on marine conservation. Beyond stoking awareness and action from her viewers, Chachamovits’s artificial reef sculptures have played a part in rebuilding damaged reefs.

Since 2019, when she created her first artificial reef, To Replenish With Water, for the Underwater Museum of Art in Florida, she has been enamored with these human-made structures meant to be placed under the ocean to mirror actual coral reef environments. “Artificial reefs perform a crucial role in deflating tourism on natural reefs. They provide new structures for corals to attach to and grow, they generate nursing spaces and new homes for reef animals, and help control sea levels in coral depleted areas,” she explains. Though they are highly expensive to make and entail numerous permits to be deployed underwater, Chachamovits’s goal is to share the power of these installations with new generations. She is currently fundraising for the final phase of her Modeling the Reef initiative to result in a large-scale reef model, using pieces created by her students. The installation will ultimately sit at the bottom of the ocean and serve as an artificial base for real coral growth.

Despite the devastating reality corals face today, Chachamovits’s work with young students is one thing that helps her believe in a better future. “Teaching is one of my gifts,” she says. “By teaching, we can inspire younger generations to understand the problems they’re living in today. We are in uncharted territories, so as an environmental artist and a concerned human for our planet, teaching is one of the things I can do to give us a chance.”

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

The Roots & Shoots program, founded by Jane Goodall, empowers young people to engage in hands-on conservation projects, foster problem-solving skills, and connect with nature.

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Content: Leonardtown, Maryland – In an effort to address the need for accessible and cost-effective water quality monitoring in the Chesapeake Bay, teachers and students at the Dr. James A Forrest Career and Technology Center have joined forces with community volunteers. Their collaboration aims to create inexpensive remote monitoring kits, known as Breton Observation Boxes (BOBs), funded by a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust.

The initiative, spearheaded by Natural Resources Management (NRM) Teacher Dorothy Birch, has the potential to revolutionize the way people perceive and care for the Bay. Birch believes that increasing awareness about water pollution challenges and the Bay’s surface water condition will encourage individuals to become more active in protecting this vital ecosystem.

The BOBs, designed and assembled by volunteer Norm O’Foran with assistance from the school’s Engineering teacher and students, incorporate microprocessor technology and cost approximately $800 each. In contrast, comparable equipment typically sells for over $20,000. These kits can measure various parameters, including air temperature, humidity, water temperature at the surface and bottom, dissolved oxygen, pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, and salinity.

During student field trips in late May, several BOBs were recently deployed in the Breton Bay watershed. Birch expressed her hope that BOBs would one day be present on docks worldwide, highlighting the potential impact of this innovative approach to water monitoring.

The BOBs are recording live data every 10 minutes, providing valuable insights into the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. The data can be accessed through the following link: https://bit.ly/BOBswaterobs.

The inception of this project occurred when Norm O’Foran and his wife, Shelly, relocated to St. Mary’s County, Maryland, a few years ago. Determined to contribute to the health of the Bay, Norm, a trained horticulturist, initially focused on the lack of submerged aquatic vegetation. However, he soon recognized the need for more comprehensive water quality monitoring that didn’t require costly boating and hand sampling. Leveraging Internet of Things (IoT) makerspace microprocessors, he embarked on developing an affordable solution.

Recognizing the educational potential of the project, Shelly, a retired teacher from Loudoun County, Virginia, envisioned a project-based curriculum that would raise awareness among high school students and enable them to educate the public about water quality issues. Dorothy Birch joined forces with the couple, and together they applied for and received a $5,000 Youth Environmental Education Grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust for the 2022-2023 school year. The grant funds the necessary supplies to construct the BOB kits.

Grace Anderson, one of the students involved in the project, emphasized the goal of making water quality testing easier and data more accessible while simultaneously raising awareness about the Chesapeake Bay’s condition and the importance of safeguarding its inhabitants.

The project has primarily been led by Dorothy Birch’s NRM students, with support from teenagers in Engineering, Graphic Communications, and the Teacher Academy. These students have gained valuable skills through lessons on microprocessor prototyping, solar panel soldering, branding and marketing, and designing project-based learning activities for other Environmental Science teachers.

The collaborative nature of the project has been a standout feature for many students. Lola Gaytan, a participant in the initiative, expressed her appreciation for the interconnected involvement of different classes, highlighting the support and guidance available throughout the process.

In addition to gaining knowledge about water quality, students have developed essential soft skills such as collaboration and teamwork. Jasper Dichter, another student involved in the project, acknowledged the patience and professionalism required for successful completion, noting the positive impact on the community.

Under the guidance of Dorothy Birch, the NRM students have delved into various aspects of water quality, including instrument calibration, troubleshooting a prototype issue, data analysis at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in Solomons Island, and ultimately placing the BOBs in the watershed. They have actively monitored and analyzed the collected data, presented their findings at a Commissioners of Leonardtown meeting, designed a website, and created marketing materials to promote their project.

The project has deepened students’ understanding of water quality and instilled a sense of ownership and responsibility for the local waters. Birch expressed her delight in witnessing the students’ growth in problem-solving skills and their heightened connection to the Bay.

As for the accuracy of the data collected by the BOBs, Norm O’Foran acknowledges that there is room for improvement. When comparing the BOBs’ data to that collected by professional instrumentation on the CBL pier, he recognizes the need to enhance the accuracy of their measurements. However, he emphasizes that if the process were as simple as deploying an $800 kit and obtaining data comparable to the $40,000 solution, it would have been accomplished long before now.

The affordable and accessible nature of the BOBs has the potential to transform water quality monitoring not only in the Chesapeake Bay but also in other water bodies globally. With their low cost and ease of use, these kits could revolutionize how communities approach water monitoring, empowering individuals to preserve and protect their local ecosystems actively.

The project’s success can be attributed to the collaboration between teachers, students, and community volunteers. It showcases the power of partnerships in addressing pressing environmental challenges and engaging young minds in meaningful educational experiences.

The innovative approach taken by the teachers and students at the Dr. James A Forrest Career and Technology Center serves as a shining example of how grassroots initiatives can make a significant impact. By combining technology, education, and community involvement, they provide valuable data on water quality and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.

As the BOBs continue to collect real-time data and raise awareness about the importance of water quality, the hope is that more individuals and communities will be inspired to take action. The Chesapeake Bay and its inhabitants can look forward to a brighter and healthier future through projects like this.

For more information and to access the live data collected by the BOBs, visit

community.

Under the guidance of Dorothy Birch, the NRM students have delved into various aspects of water quality, including instrument calibration, troubleshooting a prototype issue, data analysis at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL) in Solomons Island, and ultimately placing the BOBs in the watershed. They have actively monitored and analyzed the collected data, presented their findings at a Commissioners of Leonardtown meeting, designed a website, and created marketing materials to promote their project.

The project has not only deepened students’ understanding of water quality but has also instilled a sense of ownership and responsibility for the local waters. Birch expressed her delight in witnessing the students’ growth in problem-solving skills and their heightened connection to the Bay.

As for the accuracy of the data collected by the BOBs, Norm O’Foran acknowledges that there is room for improvement. When comparing the BOBs’ data to that collected by professional instrumentation on the CBL pier, he recognizes the need to enhance the accuracy of their measurements. However, he emphasizes that if the process were as simple as deploying an $800 kit and obtaining data comparable to the $40,000 solution, it would have been accomplished long before now.

The affordable and accessible nature of the BOBs has the potential to transform water quality monitoring not only in the Chesapeake Bay but also in other water bodies globally. With their low cost and ease of use, these kits could revolutionize the way communities approach water monitoring, empowering individuals to take an active role in preserving and protecting their local ecosystems.

The project’s success can be attributed to the collaboration between teachers, students, and community volunteers. It showcases the power of partnerships in addressing pressing environmental challenges and engaging young minds in meaningful educational experiences.

The innovative approach taken by the teachers and students at the Dr. James A Forrest Career and Technology Center serves as a shining example of how grassroots initiatives can make a significant impact. By combining technology, education, and community involvement, they provide valuable data on water quality and inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.

As the BOBs continue to collect real-time data and raise awareness about the importance of water quality, the hope is that more individuals and communities will be inspired to take action. The Chesapeake Bay and its inhabitants can look forward to a brighter and healthier future through projects like this.

For more information and to access the live data collected by the BOBs, visit https://bit.ly/BOBswaterobs.

David M. Higgins II is an award-winning journalist passionate about uncovering the truth and telling compelling stories. Born in Baltimore and raised in Southern Maryland, he has lived in several East...

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Fans of horses and connoisseurs of modern art are invited to MEGA Dybenko: on November 8, a trio of Dalarna horses appeared there.
This installation is installed in support of the fund for helping animals "I am free" and the rehabilitation center of horses "SvobodaCenter".
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The Turkestan region, which is small in size, accounts for 11 per cent of the country's total agricultural GDP,
which in itself testifies to the productivity of the industry and the hard work of the southerners.
What do South Kazakhstan farmers live in,
what plans they are building for the future, deputy akim of the region Yermek Kenzhekhanuly told our correspondent.
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Turkestan region is the most densely populated region.
About 90% of the population lives in rural areas.
Surely this entails certain problems and does not affect the incomes of residents in the best way?
- Indeed, the share of the population with an income below the subsistence minimum in the Turkestan region for the second quarter of 2023, according to the Bureau of National Statistics, amounted to 9.7%.
This is the highest rate in the republic.
Therefore, the basis of our work is the task of increasing the incomes of citizens.
It is possible to do this only by ensuring employment of people, which, in particular, is aimed at a specially developed Program for increasing incomes of the population until 2025.
According to the results of the second quarter of this year, the labor force of the region was 837,9 thousand people.
At the same time, 796.2 thousand people were provided with jobs, including 367.3 thousand self-employed citizens.
The regional job creation map provides for the opening of 109,617 jobs this year, most of which are permanent and only a third are temporary.
For example, the implementation of infrastructure projects made it possible to employ about three thousand people.
91% of this number entered into an electronic contract, 82% of employees transferred mandatory pension contributions.
On the basis of the program “Creation of 100 jobs per 10 thousand population ”, the opening of 22,595 jobs is envisaged within the framework of private initiatives, in fact, they have appeared much more – 26,421.
According to the project "Auyl - el Amanats", it was predicted that the allocation of microcredits in the field of agriculture to 2,200 citizens, in fact, 2,865 received them.
Additional jobs are also created within the framework of the national project “Development of Entrepreneurship ”, under the program of subsidizing temporary jobs, the allocation of gratuitous grants, preferential microcredit for young people under the age of 35 and others.
- It is logical to assume that the presence of almost a tenth of the population with incomes below the subsistence minimum requires increased attention of the authorities to social support of citizens.
What programs do you consider to be a priority?
- Indeed, the issues of social support, employment, migration require close attention.
Take, for example, the provision of state targeted social assistance (ASP).
For the current year, it is estimated that 168.6 thousand people will receive it in the region.
The total amount of payments is projected at 14.4 billion tenge.
More than 48 thousand children aged one to six years are covered by social programs, the total amount of which exceeds 2.2 billion tenge.
In addition, this category was assigned an additional social payment for a total amount of 1 billion 540.1 million tenge.
As of November 1 of this year, 26.5 thousand families, which is 154.7 thousand people, received a total of more than 10 billion tenge of ASP.
At the same time, we managed to employ 32.4 thousand South Kazakhstanis who were previously on the lists of recipients of targeted social benefits.
Thus, the share of its recipients in comparison with the corresponding period of 2022 decreased by 22.0%.
Families who find themselves in difficult life situations are also in the center of our attention.
We provide assistance to them at the expense of sponsorship funds under the regional program "Kamkorlyk".
Since the beginning of the year, 837 families have been supported, 269.3 million tenge has been paid to them to solve the problems that have arisen.
An effective measure of support for low-income families is housing compensation for utilities.
123 million tenge was allocated to 1,342 families for these needs.
Today, 707.9 thousand people with disabilities live in the country, of which 97 thousand are registered in the Turkestan region.
This is 4.6% of the population of the region, or 14% of the total number of disabled people in the republic.
To provide them with social assistance, 11 billion tenge has been allocated from the budgets of all levels this year.
We try to meet their specific needs as fully as possible.
170 suppliers are registered on the electronic portal, including 17 organizations that provide services of specialists of the language.
The total number of professionals is 163.
19 organizations are engaged in the provision of services of an individual assistant, 82 provide technical means of rehabilitation.
In order to expand the accessible environment for people with special needs, 3,472 facilities in the area are adapted to their needs.
By the end of the year, according to the road map for the implementation of the electoral program of the Amanat party “Path of change: a decent life for every citizen! ”, it is planned to work on the adaptation of another 776 social infrastructure facilities in the region.
Part of the rehabilitation program for persons with disabilities and social support for veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers, who live with us, respectively, 14 and 4,024 people, is sanatorium treatment.
At their service, as well as pensioners, there are also "Ardagerler Uyi" and the House of Veterans "Meir", where they, in addition to sanatoriums and resorts, can relax and undergo a course of treatment.
- The Turkestan region is one of the three leaders in the development of the agricultural sector in all indicators.
How do you assess the state of the industry?
- Undoubtedly, the agro-industrial complex, which accounts for up to a third of the gross regional product, is a driver of socio-economic development of the region.
This year, 870.2 thousand hectares were allocated for agricultural crops, which is 9 thousand hectares more than last year.
I want to emphasize that this allowed to create new jobs, increase agricultural production and receive additional income.
We continue to diversify the acreage in order to optimize the structure of the fields.
So, crops of grain spikes increased by 10 thousand hectares, oilseeds - by 6 thousand, fodder - by 2 thousand hectares.
But the area under vegetables, melons and potatoes, on the contrary, reduced by 2 thousand hectares.
Most of all, the reduction affected cotton - by 15 thousand hectares.
Today, 111 thousand hectares are allocated for this culture.
The gross harvest of raw cotton amounted to 300 thousand tons.
The peculiarity of agriculture in the region is the development of greenhouse farms.
Only this year they were built on 157 hectares.
Now the total area of   closed ground is 1 640 hectares, or 71% of the republican indicator.
To increase the volume of production and labor productivity in agriculture, work is being actively carried out on the introduction of modern moisture-saving technologies and the transition to advanced innovative irrigation methods.
The area with the use of water-saving technologies reached 34 thousand hectares.
Dekhkans use drip irrigation system on 23 thousand hectares.
The rest is sprinkled with sprinklers.
The use of moisture-saving technologies can reduce water consumption and increase yields.
Saving irrigation moisture is very important, given that a third of the irrigated land in Kazakhstan falls on the territory of the Turkestan region, experiencing problems with watering during the growing season.
For the rational use of water for irrigation, the Comprehensive Plan of Social and Economic Development of the Turkestan Region for 2021 – 2025 provides for the implementation of three major strategically important projects that allow for the additional accumulation of 173 million cubic meters.
This is the overhaul of the main channel of Turkestan, the construction of reservoirs "Baidibek ata" in Baidibek and "Boraldai" in Ordabasy districts.
On the development of animal husbandry, the Turkestan region also occupies a leading position.
Suffice it to say that 13% of the number of cattle, 21% of small cattle, 11% of horses, 15% of camels account for the share of South Kazakhstan villagers.
And the population is increasing, despite the fact that the territory here is small compared to other regions.
As part of the construction of 100 large dairy farms in the country, 6 billion tenge of credit funds were allocated from the republican budget of the Turkestan region at 2.5% per annum.
With this money, the construction of three MTFs for 400 heads of cattle was started.
The region also leads in the export of meat.
All these indicators ensure economic growth in the agro-industrial complex.
Probably, it would not be so revealing if for the nine months of this year 82.2 billion tenge were not attracted to the fixed capital of agriculture, which is 145.9% of the volume of last year.
11.3 billion tenge was attracted to the fixed capital of food production.
The increase was 179.6%.
Exports of agricultural products increased almost one and a half times, reaching $250.3 million.
Let me cite two more figures that testify to the grandiose success of the region in the agricultural sphere.
The volume of gross production for nine months in monetary terms amounted to 802.6 billion tenge, thereby the region came out on the first place in the republic.
At the end of the year, the gross volume of agricultural products will reach 1 trillion 127.3 billion tenge.
- Great numbers.
Especially when you consider that every year farmers face difficulties, to varying degrees, preventing to increase the pace and productivity of labor.
Which of the problems would you call the most relevant for the agricultural sector of the region?
- The akimat of the region annually pays great attention to key issues of agricultural development, discussing them with agricultural producers and interested organizations, analyzing potential threats to minimize risks and increase the profitability of the industry.
Take, for example, the support of greenhouse farms, the owners of which experience high competition in the market of vegetable products from suppliers from Central Asia.
A cooler climate than in neighboring countries, high tariffs for energy carriers, the share of which in the cost of production reaches 45%, a relatively high wage for employees significantly reduce the competitiveness of Kazakhstani greenhouse vegetables.
On the proposal of the akimat of the region, the Government introduced new mechanisms of state support for greenhouse farms.
In particular, the standard of farm greenhouses has been developed and their certification has been carried out.
The rules for subsidizing the costs of heating greenhouses have been approved.
Including each hectare of farm greenhouses is subsidized in the amount of 4.8 million tenge, 8.1 million tenge of subsidies are spent per hectare of industrial greenhouses.
For these purposes, the regional budget allocates 500 million tenge.
In addition, to provide greenhouses with coal, a special cooperative of Turkmenistan resource has been created, direct supplies of stone fuel from miners have been agreed.
Another problematic area is cotton growing, which employs about 70 thousand people, united in 25 thousand agricultural units.
Last year, due to the complicated geopolitical situation, the work of the previous logistics chains was disrupted, transport costs for the supply of cotton fiber to world markets increased several times.
This, in turn, reduced the interest of foreign companies (traders) in the Kazakh cotton market, which led to the instability of prices for raw cotton.
Domestic cotton growers were unable to sell the crop at an affordable price, which caused numerous protests of the population in cotton-growing areas.
The sale price of raw cotton directly depends on the cotton fiber index on the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, as 90% of the cotton grown is exported and only about 10% of the cotton fiber is processed at Kazakhstani textile enterprises.
Due to the fact that market prices for cotton depend on export, the region has developed a Program for the creation of a cotton-textile cluster.
It is proposed to form nine clusters, build 75 enterprises, which will be able to get more than 40 thousand people.
Global Textile Solution, TST Jetisay Textile, Cotton Makta and Tulpar Textile are already implementing their projects.
The region faces the task of developing domestic production and getting rid of the dependence of prices for raw materials by creating a cycle of its complete processing.
This is also important because the radical diversification of cotton is impossible for a number of reasons.
The main of them is the unfavorable land reclamation condition due to the close occurrence of mineralized groundwater in the cotton-growing areas - Maktaaral, Zhetysai and Shardarinsky, where more than half of the territory of cotton plantations are subject to salinization.
Add here the adaptability of the infrastructure and the prevailing mentality of the population, which only cotton sees as a source of income, and it will become clear why simultaneous diversification of crops is impossible, although it is carried out.
Cotton is replaced by highly profitable corn, legumes and fodder crops.
In order to avoid problems with the sale of the crop, a plant for deep processing of corn grain with a capacity of up to 150 thousand tons per year is being built in the industrial zone of the Shardara district.
The cost of the project is 32 billion tenge.
The first stage of the project has already been completed, 2 thousand tons of corn per grain have been accepted from commodity producers.
In his Address to the people of Kazakhstan this year, the Head of State noted that the potential of the agricultural sector is huge, but the available opportunities have not yet been fully used.
For their implementation, it is necessary to develop the processing of agricultural products, expand the capacity of fruit and vegetable storage facilities to ensure food security, introduce water-saving technologies and move, based on the recommendations of scientists, to more profitable and less moisture-intensive crops.
This will increase the efficiency of the villagers and improve their wealth.
I can ’ t help but touch on another topic related to life in the countryside.
Southerners, even in the district centers and cities, not to mention the auls, are engaged in family animal husbandry and complain that there is a catastrophically insufficient pasture.
How to be people?
- The need for pastures is more than two million hectares, based on the fact that there are more than a million head of cattle in settlements.
This year, we have planned a set of measures to increase the total pasture area by one million hectares.
For this reason, it was decided to move in two directions.
The first involves the return to state ownership of land plots not used by the owners, with an area of   333.2 thousand hectares, and the second - a decrease in the total need for pastures by 681.8 thousand hectares due to the organization of remote seasonal pastures.
The solution of this issue is also important because the development of animal husbandry is one of the six areas of the Auyl Amanates program, which promises an increase in the well-being of villagers.
For 2023, 19.8 billion tenge was allocated from the republican budget for these purposes at 2.5% per annum.
The conditions of the “Auyl Amanates ” program are very attractive.
The priority, in addition to animal husbandry, are: the development of crop production, poultry, fisheries, equipment of agricultural cooperatives and the opening of their own business by the population.
This year, 64 rural districts from 16 districts were identified on a pilot basis, 2,969 projects worth 17.7 billion tenge were approved, and 3,413 new jobs are expected to be created.
2,300 projects have already been funded.
Recently, there has been increased attention to fisheries in the region.
Can you share your first achievements?
- Yes, we are the leader in the republic in the cultivation of commercial fish.
The state stimulates the development of fisheries by providing it with financial support.
Thus, 500 million tenge is provided for the development of aquaculture from the local budget, subsidies have already been provided to 31 farms.
In addition, 226.2 million tenge is provided for subsidizing the costs incurred during investment investments this year from the republican budget.
14 entrepreneurs engaged in fisheries, through the joint-stock company "SEC Turkestan" issued soft loans in the amount of 5.4 billion tenge.
Four more farms received financial support in the amount of 1.6 billion tenge from the regional budget.
We set a goal to increase the volume of fish farming to 20 thousand tons by 2030.
In general, the country plans to increase the cultivation of commercial fish to 270 thousand tons by this period.
Of the 104 water bodies of local importance, 86 are assigned to nature users.
In total, about 130 farms operate in the fish farming sector of the region.
In the akimats of districts and cities of the region, the Action Plan for the development of fisheries for 2023-2025 was approved, already this year 95 household and pond fish processing complexes were opened.
According to the results of 10 months of this year, 4,050 tons of fish were grown in artificial conditions.
– Southerners are famous for their hard work and desire to live in comfortable settlements.
Make them cozier and more comfortable will help landscaping, which is able to transform the auls and cities.
How do you assess the contribution of the inhabitants of the south to the implementation of the Presidential Address of 2020, which sets the task of planting two billion trees in the country over the next five years?
- The region has developed a plan for landscaping cities and settlements of the Turkestan region, in accordance with which 1 million 81 thousand seedlings are planned to be planted on 1,150 hectares.
In the region of 852 settlements with a total area of 798,939 hectares.
For landscaping 90% of settlements for three years it is necessary to plant more than four million seedlings.
The established plan has been exceeded.
Now in forestry institutions, cities and districts, autumn planting of trees and shrubs is unfolding.
Growing forest plantations will make our region green, have a beneficial effect on its microclimate and generally improve the environment.
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Dr. Goodall believed what steps would slow population growth?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

Roots & Shoots emphasizes the interconnectedness of all living things and encourages students and communities to develop local solutions for issues such as habitat preservation, waste management, and biodiversity loss.

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

ecological literacy
drive to protect the earth

Goodall’s approach is pragmatic, focusing on inspiring hope and personal responsibility, believing that every individual can make a difference in creating a sustainable future.

At the Proctor & Gamble 2022 summit on regional sustainability, what did Dr. Jane Goodall emphasize?

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

Her message highlights the importance of supporting local economies and sustainable livelihoods, as reflected in agricultural programs that enhance income and introduce technologies like water-saving methods and greenhouse cultivation.

What did Dr. Goodall say needed to be addressed to avoid deforestation?

Ensuring social stability and economic well-being through such initiatives is an essential part of effective conservation, as it allows communities to prioritize habitat and species protection while meeting basic needs.

What did Dr. Goodall say needed to be addressed to avoid deforestation?

In regions prioritizing conservation, programs and incentives have been put in place to increase employment, improve income, and provide financial assistance, underlining the link between human welfare and environmental health.

What did Dr. Goodall say needed to be addressed to avoid deforestation?

Goodall draws attention to the global nature of conservation challenges, recognizing that international cooperation and action are crucial as factors like climate change, extreme weather, and emerging diseases continue to affect both human and animal populations.

She supports high-tech solutions such as recycling and sustainable resource management, stressing that the integration of innovative technologies is key to reducing environmental impact and protecting habitats.

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Content: The delegation of the regional government assessed the progress of modernization of the waste processing complex
Vice Governor Viktor Kudryashov, the head of Togliatti Nikolai Rents and Deputy Minister of Energy and Housing Natalia Rzhevskaya assessed the progress of modernization of the waste processing complex "EcoResursPovolzhye".
This is reported by the press service of the GC "EcoVoz".
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As part of an investment agreement with the regional government, EcoVoz Group is building the first EcoTechnoPark in the Samara Region at its facilities - a complex of production workshops in which waste passes a full cycle of processing.
Construction takes place in two stages, and the first has already been implemented by 58 percent.
Almost finished work on the new building area of 7100 square meters.
In May, the installation of automatic lines with optical waste sorting with a capacity of 300,000 tons per year will begin here.
Equipment of domestic production was purchased a year ago as part of the investment program.
The launch of the first stage is scheduled for October.
The second stage is planned to launch high-tech processing of PET, which will allow to produce packaging for food products from recycled materials.
Also, the production of wood fuel pellets from wood waste will be established, processing of large-sized garbage, recyclable materials from which are used as dumping for the recultivation of landfills and the operation of current landfills.
In addition, the implementation of the second phase of the project planned for 2024 will allow the processing of food waste into fertilizers, which will significantly reduce the load on landfills.
The implementation of the principles of cyclical economy and resource saving is one of the main goals of the construction of eco-technology parks throughout the country.
Also, guests from the regional government were told about the social policy, which is carried out by EcoVoz Group throughout its activities.
The presentation of educational eco-projects was held by the director of social projects of the company Alena Dushkova.
The company believes that it is important for people to explain the need for careful treatment of nature from childhood: human consciousness is the basis of environmental culture, without which the technical development of the industry does not make sense.
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What did Dr. Goodall say needed to be addressed to avoid deforestation?

Through her outreach and educational initiatives, Jane Goodall promotes civil discourse and encourages young people to participate constructively, emphasizing listening, empathy, truthfulness, and collaboration when discussing conservation issues.

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When a woman tells herself the truth
It's like smearing your nose with a wound on your arm.
Different women choose different inappropriate means.
When a woman tells herself the truth about her wound, then she will know what medicine is necessary for her.
If a woman assimilates chronically wrong behavior, again and again committing actions that do not bring satisfaction, do not saturate with life force, but lead to a decline in strength, she, in fact, causes herself even more harm, because the initially injured state is not alleviated, and with each new antics she inflicts new wounds on herself.
It's like smearing your nose with a wound on your arm.
Different women choose different inappropriate means.
Some choose an obvious evil, such as bad company, harmful to the body or soul excesses, which first lift a woman to heaven, but then throw down, even below the initial mark.
To prevent the wrong choice, there are several means.
If a woman could look into her own heart, she would read in it that it is necessary to respect her talents, gifts and limitations, accepting both.
Therefore, to begin the path to healing, stop deceiving yourself, to convince yourself that a small portion of useless, though pleasant to taste drugs will help to cure a broken leg.
Tell yourself the truth about your wound – then you will know what medicine is needed for it.
Do not simply translate what is easiest or closest to hand.
Get the right tool.
You will know him by the fact that from him your life will strengthen, not weaken.
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Her philosophy inspires a generation to take practical, compassionate steps to protect the natural world and to engage respectfully and openly when addressing the complex ethical, economic, and environmental aspects of conservation.

At the Proctor & Gamble 2022 summit on regional sustainability, what did Dr. Jane Goodall emphasize?

Dr. Goodall received the Templeton Prize in 2021 for what reason?

integrating science with spirituality and compassion

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

Jane Goodall’s ongoing influence is evident in her commitment to conservation and her ability to inspire action across generations.

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Content: ‘ All the land is arable ’ Abu Mohammed ’ s story may inspire development experts
23.02.2023 11: 20 PM
Country: Saad Dagher
Environment and Development Perspectives
He told me that he had left work in construction, and the land became his passion and refuge, after he was a professional builder, we talked about agriculture, which he had enough of and earned a decent income, an income that would enable him to live a decent life without having to work in a workshop or work for a wage.
I thought he was talking about a large area by our local Palestinian standards (five, ten or twenty dunums) and about irrigated agriculture, and I thought it was a land with fertile soil, deep and sufficient and perhaps there is an agricultural greenhouse, the use of fertilizers and modern irrigation networks, and other specifications of land we imagine.
We met in a place not far from his land, and he insisted on inviting me to visit his farm, but the insistence within me was greater, to see what he was talking about with all this passion and love, and the next week, when it was the second visit to the area, and after the completion of the planned work, in a land not far from his land, I moved to the farm of Jalal Ali Abdul Razzak with his nickname "Abu Mohammed".
The oil would have been a tear.
I entered through the door in the corner of the earth, where a hole in a fence represents the place of entry and exit to a land surrounded by a fence that protects it from wild animals, and as soon as the scene became clear, the real meaning of the phrase "digging rock with their nails", and the meaning of what Mahmoud Darwish said: "If olives knew Garsa, the oil would become tears."
When you look at the surrounding place, you see a land, where the dust is shamefully seen among the rocks and some of the shrubs and herbs, the land here is dominated by prominent rock masses and a handful of soil between them, to be in the standards of agriculture experts and the rehabilitation of land "uncultivable" or "low agricultural value" or land reclamation and rehabilitation of high cost.
Yes, we have made the reclamation and rehabilitation of land a costly process in our private, international and official agricultural development institutions, because of the intensive use of machines. The farmer believes that it is not possible to rehabilitate the land manually, and that the land needs heavy machinery in the reclamation and rehabilitation of land. Alaliya, which may reach 30 thousand dollars for the rehabilitation of ten dunams of land (one hectare), making the farmer in a state of waiting for this institution or ministry or that, in order to rebuild his land.
It is true that some cases require the help of the machine, but there is also the ability to rehabilitate the land at lower costs and by manual labor, carried out by the farmer who owns the land himself, as did the ancestors and built the mountains of Palestine with their nails and planted them with figs, olives, grapes and many fruits, without harming the biodiversity and topsoil, and without significantly distorting the landscape created by heavy machinery.
An approach that mitigates the effects of climate change
Since the costs and requirements of life are different today than before, institutions and their workers can create a formula and mechanism that gives priority to the peasant to build his own land with his own hands and relying on his experience and reading of the land, rather than contracting companies that drain large budgets.
A formula that guarantees the farmer an income that helps him to cover his daily needs and live in dignity, while building his land with his own hands in a specified period of time, under the supervision of the entity that wishes to provide assistance, administrative follow-up and so on, but most importantly technical supervision to make the land receptive to all rainwater and save it in the soil, at a time of turbulent climate and sometimes violent weather.
Stewardship turns the field into a diversified farm, keeping this production continuous throughout the year, increasing soil fertility and organic matter with minimal effort and limited costs, making agriculture a contributor to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and becoming a solution to climate change and carbon conservation in soil and plant mass, rather than a source of carbon emissions to the atmosphere.
And here, "Abu Mohammed" Jalal Abdul Razzaq, brings us back to that fact and proves that many are able to rely on the land, to live with dignity, and that manual rehabilitation of the land is possible and at low costs, although it is dominated by rocks, and that the land reached by the sun can overflow with food, and all it needs a little of the sweat of the farmer and depth of attachment to it and understand some of its natural laws.
If they want to bring institutions to the scene, this is possible with some modification of their methodology of work, and the method of implementation, away from high-cost automated work, or with simple automatic interventions and lower costs, and the farmer is the focus of the process.
A work that can introduce the methodology of “incubating rainwater in the soil / nature ”, as an essential means to improve agricultural production, improve the groundwater storage and improve the flow of springs, by saving every drop of rain that falls in the fields of farmers, this approach has not been fully worked on yet, although there are some scattered applications here and there, without turning them into integrated works, within the framework of a comprehensive vision to deal with sky water and earth.
This method of work, in addition to its agricultural importance, plays an important role in mitigating the effects of climate change and adapting to it, and contributes to the healing of our land, which is suffering from the effects of the practices of its basic nature, ignorance of the land and what it needs, ignorance of the soil and what it contains, ignorance of what makes it sick and kill it. Chemical duration, herbicides and pesticides.
But what has Jalal done and is doing here on his small farm, large in size, in his village of Deir al-Sudan, north of Ramallah?
The answer has a lot of details.
I learned a lot after being a brute.
The man looks at a house at the top of the hill and points his finger and says, "Do you see that house?
It was the last house I built for the owners, and after that I left the building profession. ”
One day while I was there, a friend came to me with someone from outside the village and said, "Do you want to sell that rocky land of yours?"
We walked together towards the earth and the stranger said, "Put the number that suits you and I will pay it for this land."
Then I said to him, “This land is not for sale and has never been, this land I will build and plant. ”
“But they are masses of rocks, ” said the stranger, who wants to buy the land,“ you will see them if God gives us enough age and if we are to meet, ” Abu Muhammad replied with a fire burning inside him.
He continues: “I finished my construction work and came to the land with determination and conviction that there is no land here that is uncultivable, the land needs energy, determination and will. I began to remove moving stones, build stone walls and collect dirt in spots here and there. I planted olives, figs, almonds, grapes and plums. I dug the land with my own hands, and moved the soil from one part to the other. ” Finn, I spent weeks and months working alone and the work is still going on, the land always needs work, I give it to you to give me, I spend my time here, with the land and its trees and vegetables, I live with peace of mind, it is my permanent refuge and the source of my balance and happiness. ”
He says: I produce enough from this land to spend on the family, but the secret is to maintain production throughout the year non-stop, the income must be continuous and not seasonal, you must have a plan of action in the land, just as you prepare a plan to build a house, and after construction you must have a plan of permanent use and maintenance of the house, so is the case with the farm.
But how, you adopt rain-fed agriculture or very little irrigation in the summer for some crops, your land is rocky, the soil is few and surface and the area is only 2200 square meters, how can you produce and make enough income?
In response to my question: Look, here are the olives, around which I built circles or semicircles of stones, filled them with soil because the earth is rocky and the soil is not deep, and thus I preserve moisture in a high proportion, which enables me to grow beans, peas, onions, garlic and potatoes in these circles around the tree and in the empty spaces between them. And the harvest will be heavy and light in the next year.
You see me taking care of the tree, as a father takes care of his child, look at the olive tree how I trim it, you will not find on it a dry branch, not broken, not tangled branches, the sunlight permeates it completely and the air, a tree like this and with all this care and love, how can it not respond to me with love, abundance and abundant production.
“To be honest, at first I was inexperienced in farming, ” he said,“ I didn ’ t know how to trim olives, but today, I deal with the tree like a barber deals with head hair, I ’ ve gained enough experience and yet I ’ m still learning.
For example, in the cracks between the fixed and large rocks, those that cannot be moved, nature does its work, it can "tear" the rocks and open them, trees with their roots penetrate the rock and slowly break it down, reaching their roots to the depths, and thus increase the amount of rainwater that remains in the ground, and turns the rocky land into a land that can be relied on for production.
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In the farm "Abu Mohammed" there are grapes, pears, almonds, olives, lemon, orange, figs, almonds and olives, beans and peas, onions and garlic, potatoes and bull tongue, thyme and sage, lettuce, flower and cabbage, spinach, arugula, dandelion, loofah and radish, lentils and thermos, which are things that others can find in their farms, but the unique Here you come to rely on what comes from nature: the stones in which he builds basins for trees, the soil of the land that he collects from among the rocks to make a place where he grows an olive, and with olives you find in the basin beans and other plants, and the most exciting cultivation of almond seeds in the cracks of the rocks to crumble.
Basically, the goal here is not the tree itself to be produced; but in the long run, after a few years, to make land for agriculture after the rocks break down into smaller stones that can be moved, not to buy soil from other places and move it to the farm, not bulldozers and digging machines that tear nature apart, but the laws of nature that the farmer has learned from birds that carry an almond that they put into the rock, to click and feed on it. Under the pressure of the blows of the bird's beak and it goes into the crack of the rock, away from its beak, to settle there until winter, when a tree grows and cracks the rock.
Thus were the lessons of nature with Jalal Abdul Razzaq, inspired him and made him a lover of the earth and a servant of it, so she gave him its goods.
When we calculated his annual income from this land, the average was equal to the average salary of a middle income employee, the difference here is that "Abu Mohammed" became his own master, relieved of mind, does not care about the crises of high food prices, as much of what he needs in his food is produced here, for the consumption of his family and sells surplus, produces his municipal seeds and sells more.
From the beans alone he sells the equivalent of an employee ’ s income for a month, and from the peas more, while the olives make an income equivalent to the salary of an average employee for five months, as he sells grape leaves, which now generate a lucrative income for him.
“Why do people buy your product? ” he asked.
“It ’ s simple, ” he says,“ people trust the production, I don ’ t spray and I don ’ t use chemical fertilizers, and when they taste my production once, they quickly become my customers.
In the summer he plants summer vegetables and gives them with his hands a little water without irrigation networks, he grows municipal vegetables adapted to the lack of water, grows okra and cowpeas, tomatoes and municipal zucchini, hatchlings, chickpeas, a little pepper, eggplant, beans and cucumbers because they consume water.
I don ’ t get tired of his lovingly flowing talk: “The land has become a school for me, but more than a school, every day teaches me lessons, I try and try and learn, I learn how to save water, how to increase production, how to continue production throughout the year to eat and sell, that ’ s what this land taught me. No. No.
I prune the olive tree in a way that allows sunlight to permeate it and reach the ground beneath it, and so I can grow vegetables under it because the sun will reach it, and if I plant summer vegetables under it or near it and give it some water, the olive tree will benefit from this water as well, thus increasing the value of the little irrigation I offer to the vegetables.
This is the proper management of water and resources, Abu Mohammed concludes: “My comfort is in my land, and I am teaching my children this work to stick to it, as I have stuck to it. ”
Abu Mohammed learned from the earth some of its lessons, so when will the development experts learn from this man any of his lessons?
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Goodall empowers individuals to recognize the significance of their choices, especially regarding how they affect the natural world and the future.

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Content: Thursday 28 March 2024
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The Power of Choice
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The present you live and the future you look forward to depend on what you have already chosen.
The one who slept early chose to wake up early, while the one who stayed up all night, intentionally or without, had another choice.
The things of daily life that are entrusted to us, in which God has given us the power of choice.
From the beginning of his confession, God created this universe, and through the freedom of his worshippers, his praise and exaltation.
This is what makes a choice a power that humans possess that they may exploit in construction and development as they can also use it in destruction and destruction.
This is the first thing that our Lord Adam ’ s mind created, and he was held accountable for it.
It was a wrong choice, resulting from the landing on earth and the beginning of the journey of life that threw us into endless chains of choices.
The choice is obvious at every moment when the human mind is burning for a place where it will be held accountable.
As the pace of life accelerates, we find ourselves repeatedly at a moment of choice, loaded with decisions that will determine our future course.
Here or there, with or against, I accept or reject, so things go on this planet full of contradictions, which you pay us towards the freedom of life with which you live. I ’ m going to take it and take it to the next level.
The observable history of the events of the inhabitants of this planet makes us decide that choice is a real power like the rest of the invisible powers, my power. We are moved by sin and sin.
The power of choice is not just a philosophical concept separate from the reality that we are opposed to, but the results of a concrete reality that we live in all the details of our lives, resulting from what has happened. Our choices.
The power of choice is manifested by making a decision between multiple choices based on awareness and deep thinking.
It reflects the ability to guide our lives and determine our personal and professional path, and appears in many aspects of life, to demonstrate our ability to unite. You have set your goals and set your goals and set your values and principles.
The power of choice contributes to shaping the environment around us and enables us to influence ourselves and what is around us.
The power of choice requires conscious thinking and personal responsibility, which is why it is one of our most important tools in determining the course of our lives and achieving success and transformation. Eunuch.
The power of choice is perhaps a small moment at noon, according to the mere measure of time, but it carries with it a tremendous power, sufficient to reinforce the path we are taking, and perhaps to transform it. To another path.
In this context, the choice is a basic principle, as it is a practical exercise in taking responsibility, and this in turn makes us ready to bear the burden of the punishment. See, whether it be small or large, and to realize that every choice is heard with the whisper of the heart and the contemplation of the mind.
At crucial moments, we find ourselves standing in front of an internal struggle between multiple choices, and each option represents a different path.
This is where another aspect of the power of choice emerges. It can be as courage to explore the unknown or as a wise choice to move away from a path that is fraught with fear. Aah! Aah!
The extent to which the decision affects reflects the real power of our choice.
In the journey of life, our choices are not limited, and they have also drawn us into worlds we know nothing about.
And a chance to open new horizons, and explore our potential.
In this context, beauty appears in our ability to shape our lives and determine the way we walk.
The power of choice also manifests itself in how to deal with difficulties and challenges.
In the moments of crisis and pressure, it appears as a key to get out of the negative current and look for an answer solution.
Choice can be a critical turning point that makes us look at life differently, and take advantage of every challenge as an opportunity to learn and grow.
We cannot ignore the role of choice in forming our identity and building our character.
The collection of our decisions forms the map of our personal history, and carries in it innumerable details of our journey.
In this context, choice becomes a tool to carve out a story that expresses our own maturity and personal development.
The true power of choice is manifested in our ability to bear responsibility, and to understand that every choice carries weight that requires us to appreciate the results.
It can be the key to building a stable life filled with meaning, achieving the balance between ambition and satisfaction and embodying true success.
In the end, choice builds the moments of our lives and shapes them in a general way and determines the path we follow, and in this way we may have written with our own hands the life we love. To live it.
The power of choice is not just in the big decisions, but in every moment we go through.
It represents the moment when we decide how to continue in life and how to build our future.
With strength, we become an active force in our lives, charting our path in the colors of hope and optimism, carrying with unbounded confidence in our ability to fulfill wishes and make them possible. My dreams are real.
It is the religion and the dogmatic heritage, as well as the historical heritage, which carries within it clear examples that indicate the power of choice and its impact on the course of the event. And then I hit the ground running, and I hit the ground running.
He had chosen the wrong advice from the Iblis and had eaten from the tree in the hope of eternity.
But then he repented and chose obedience, and so his story showed the importance of making the right decisions and repentance.
It is also the case that Abraham chose to call people to God and reject idolatry, even in the face of pressure and threat.
His choice of truth and righteousness was a reflection of strength and fortitude.
Moses chose to raise the banner of justice and freedom for his people.
He chose to confront Pharaoh and lead Israel to freedom, and this choice shows his ability to lead.
He has chosen Joseph to remain pure, pure, true, even when his brethren have wronged him, and so is the trial of the prison.
His choice of honesty and companionship in the face of difficult circumstances highlighted the moral dimension on which he made the decision to choose.
These stories reflect the value of choice and its impact on the life of the individual and the community, and how individual decisions can affect the individual and the community.
Human history has also provided examples of people in whose lives choice has played a role.
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon in 1969, chose to be the first man to walk on the moon.
This was a bold and historic decision that changed the course of human history.
World boxer Muhammad Ali Clay refused to join the U.S. military because he objected to the Vietnam War and considered it unfair.
He used his right to make his own choice despite challenges and criticism.
After serving 27 years in prison for his struggle against apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela chose to embrace dialogue and reconciliation rather than revenge when he became president in 1994.
These stories highlight how small or large decisions can significantly affect the course of life, and how individuals can determine their own destiny from within. The choice.
All of the above invites us to reflect seriously on this power and what it can affect our lives, which urges us to increase our children ’ s awareness of the importance of the strength of our brothers and sisters. See what impact you can have on their personal and community lives.

What did Dr. Goodall say needed to be addressed to avoid deforestation?

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

Her method champions courage in facing the unknown, encouraging people to pursue thoughtful change for the benefit of the environment.

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

She showcases, through example, that personal decisions have major consequences and can open new opportunities for positive environmental impact.

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

Goodall’s advocacy highlights the essential role of moral and wise choices in shaping communities and conserving habitats.

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Content: cultural sustainability.
Projects that preserve the literary and popular heritage
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The concept of sustainability is not limited to resources and materials, but extends beyond that and includes culture, literature and art; cultural sustainability is concerned with maintaining the sustainability of cultural thought, in addition to knowledge and all related cultural practices.
How has literature, as well as the arts, contributed to the concepts of sustainability, and how it has built its causes?
Creative approach
Author Naila Al-Ahbabi says: Culture includes sustainability and spreading awareness in activating it in all fields and preserving the literary heritage from a local vocabulary or melodies and melodies and literary approach, and integrating it with the modern style to keep the heritage immortal, and vibrant in originality.
We hosted the « Sustainability Council Pulse of Creativity » to link sustainability in all fields, and work to make sustainability a creative approach that serves any field effectively, and through culture we achieve the goals of sustainable development by applying them in all lifestyles in a way that supports renaissance, development and conservation of resources for the next generation and leads to development and positive change.
Sustainability in its truth and embodiment is a culture that begins with education.
Literature has an active role in this, as it is in all its fields a message, a call, an approach and a direction through which values and principles are established, so all the goals pursued by education, literature and culture can be effectively linked to sustainable development.
Summary of Experiences
The writer Fatima Al Mazrouei talked about cultural sustainability through governance, popular proverbs and popular poems and their harmony with the concepts of sustainability. She said: “Governance, popular proverbs and popular poems are a summary of human experiences in life situations, and are a social indicator that conveys to us a facet of life in the past. These epochs, as popular parables, are lessons from living life.
She continued: Sustainability in proverbs strengthens human bonds, and it is still a school and a constitution of life that we draw from, whether in the field of work or the field of family, raising children, companionship and company, or even in the values and principles of life, and others.
Because of the importance of proverbs and popular judgment and their great human value, attention was paid to them through the inspiration of the experiences of parents and grandparents and follow their correct approach and employ them in the curricula of students to get used to them, and can create an inspiring material that writers and intellectuals can use and employ in many areas such as the use of artificial intelligence in embodying proverbs, as if I imagine the saying There are dozens and even hundreds of popular proverbs and judgments that have been dealt with by writers in a wonderful narrative and theatrical style that is in line with modernity and interacts with students. Sustainability has contributed to the restoration of many concepts, images and customs so that they are now with us in mobile devices. This is the best use of linking between our future heritage and our prosperous future, God willing. Under the guidance of the wise leadership to preserve heritage and make it a way of life and a beacon that enlightens generations on a path for the future.
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Dr. Goodall received the Templeton Prize in 2021 for what reason?

integrating science with spirituality and compassion

What did Dr. Goodall say needed to be addressed to avoid deforestation?

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

Her story underlines the idea that steadfast advocacy, even in the face of adversity, can trigger significant shifts for the greater good.

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Content: Planting plants.
One of the most influential experiences in the student ’ s personality
Agriculture is one of the most important activities that contribute to the development of students ’ skills.
In Turkey, teachers at a school decided to take care of nature, because it would motivate them to love responsibility.

At the Proctor & Gamble 2022 summit on regional sustainability, what did Dr. Jane Goodall emphasize?

What did Goodall's compassionate approach inspire in some labs?

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

She places value on heritage—literary, artistic, and natural—and projects that work to preserve them are central to her ethos.

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

Goodall acknowledges that the arts and literature have a critical part in promoting sustainability and championing environmental causes.

She emphasizes the need for creative and innovative thinking—through arts, education, and science—to confront modern challenges such as overconsumption and economic shifts.

Her example demonstrates that inspiration derived from nature, heritage, and intergenerational learning are vital for conservation.

What does Dr. Goodall hope the Jane Goodall Barbie doll will encourage?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

ecological literacy
drive to protect the earth

Goodall’s approach includes hands-on action: nurturing and protecting land, learning from nature, and understanding that investment in the environment yields long-term benefits.

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

She draws lessons from firsthand experiences with the land, advocating for resilience and patience in sustainable practice.

The Roots & Shoots program, founded by Goodall, connects young people globally to undertake projects that protect people, animals, and the environment, exemplifying her belief in youth-driven change.

How far has Dr. Goodall's Roots & Shoots program spread?

What would letting children get close to nature help cultivate?

This program fosters imagination, symbolization, and empathy, harnessing the creative potential of children and young adults for conservation efforts.

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How do we read and write?
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Reading and writing have become difficult for some to master, especially in an era of rapid rhythm!
So I was thinking about how this could happen to our children and to those who are passionate about writing and reading.
Some may ask: how do we read and how do we write?
Reading for production is different from reading for pleasure and pleasure, as reading the production is a theoretical survey of each page in a quick reading with the mind turned on and awakened, and we have trained our teachers to not take us a page only one minute, and this is of great benefit when understanding the whole quality in one minute without stopping at a particular meaning, unless some notes appear that write aside and be inspired by other ideas that open wide horizons. The same book, but from the mentality thrown out by other knowledge, then the link between this and that, to come out to us a large area of   knowledge production and intellectual inventory.
This reading is not to lie on a sofa and put a book in our hands with a cup of coffee, and then merge with the writer ’ s line, but we must have a continuous discussion with the writer at the moment of reading, because the writer may not tolerate pure certainty or find some objections and this is the right of the reader, and the total integration spoils the results; for we must read with full awareness and without integration.
This inquisitive reading is similar to the approach of the German writer Bertolt Brecht (1898 – 1956) in theater, as it depends on breaking the illusion and awakening the consciousness at the moment of reception; because it incites the recipient to make the decision and not to enter into the fear of words, sentences and characters as was in the approach of the Russian writer Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863 – 1938) in theater. The receiver awakens his mind then, and this is an approach that does not incite decision making or attention to mental discussions between the reader, the writer or even the spectator in the exhibition halls.
The approach of full awareness in reading conjures up for the reader dozens of books and knowledge that have been established in his mind come suddenly and voluntarily, only the lines of the book that are in our hands, come to us voluntarily and effortlessly, and this makes the mental activity enjoyable, productive and creative, so reading then is only a preparation for the fragments of imagination.
Dr. Mohammed Badawi said of one of the great philosophers: “He did not resort to reading in search of the pleasure of knowledge as much as he hoped to reach a new discovery. ”
One of the great philosopher ’ s sayings is that death is the end of the desire to see.
So all that puzzles the students of writing is their puzzling question: how do we start and where?
All of these are legitimate questions, but they make our young people face the dilemma of confusion, and the issue is in their hands with ease and ease.
I suddenly stopped writing, and then I went to a doctor to ask him why I stopped writing for more than six months when I did not pass a day without writing, and I did not find a word in my head, and he advised me to sit daily at my desk for at least six hours and write anything and everything in any direction, no matter what was written, what is important to write.
After following his advice, I found myself writing, and then I wrote the play (The Advocate of Peace), which I am proud of and the opening of the Okaz market festival.
The one who does not read does not write at all, because reading is only an aid to the idea of the free collapse of ideas, but the pleasure of integrating and relaxing to read on a sofa with a cup of coffee to follow events and actions, and to enter into the fear of the imagined worlds, is from our point of view disabled for that collapse and for that discussion and that summons, which the mind and the absence of emotion.
It is precisely at this time that we need the pens of our youth, and to stir their imagination, because the time is now a time of renaissance, enlightenment and creativity; and our governments are calling us to keep up with the world, or say to change it, so to speak, and not to engage in virtual worlds, which have robbed us of our time. The phenomenon of burying the face in a small bottle all the time, even among families and in the masses of councils, I believe that it has become a defect and a hindrance whose results do not appear now, but when there comes a time when we find the arena empty of scientists, writers and theorists for this wasted time in our hands!
Writing and reading are two sides of the same coin. A good book is from our point of view that invites us to meditate and opens the door for us to think widely. Hence, writing comes with an automatic mood saturated with imagination and ideas and addressing issues, whether they are a living reality or humanitarian issues immortalized with time and fit for every time and place in a simple fabric away from exaggeration and complexity.
Hence, we can say: The secret of the magic key to writing with astonishment, pleasure, eloquence and dilapidated ideas is the multiple readings that come to us voluntarily, lighting in us the lamp of conscious thought rather than integrated and sympathetic.
It is no longer within reach of a book that we now keep on the shelves of our libraries except rarely, and this is due to the method of thinking that must be studied in institutes and universities, because the wealth of our country is the shelves of our libraries with pens capable of changing the world!
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△ The Tang Prize Education Foundation and Jane Goodall International concluded the signing ceremony of the Agreement on Conservation in Asia today. (Photo courtesy of Tang Prize Education Foundation)

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"Our group believes that compared to the statistical table, the cross-line statistical chart can better reflect the trend of population change and dust storm growth in China from the 1950s to the 1990s, and we can see that population growth and dust storms are related."
"The population increases, more trees are cut down, the area of desertification expands, and the strong winds and unstable air in the spring create dust storms."
In an ordinary classroom at Changan Elementary School, which has a century-old school history in Xicheng District, Beijing, a fifth-grade elementary school student was speaking on the podium about the relationship between human activities and dust storms, and the big screen behind them was the "research results" summarized by their group, while the three teachers and other students sitting under the platform raised questions from time to time.
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The study reports that this word, perhaps only mentioned in college classes, now appears in the language class of the fifth grade of elementary school.
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"Don 't worry, we ask Mr. Feng to help everyone." Mr. Liu asked Mr. Feng to take the math class to the podium.
Under the guidance of Mr. Feng, the students in each group sorted the numbers into strips of statistical charts, statistical tables and folding statistical charts, so that the dazzling data suddenly became clear at a glance.
We found that the population growth has a lot to do with the frequency of dust storms.
The students also found that the most frequent sandstorms occurred in the spring.
"Then why is this? We ask Mr. Zhang in the science and technology class to explain to you." Mr. Feng gave the class to Mr. Zhang.
Zhang told everyone that there are many reasons for the formation of dust storms, among which sand sources, strong winds and unstable air are the main factors.
After playing a short film introducing the cause of the sandstorm, Teacher Zhang guided the students to have a lively discussion about the relationship between the increase in population and sand sources, the characteristics of the spring climate, and the sandstorm.
For this innovative way of teaching, Director Chen, who has been responsible for the sustainable development education project of Changan Primary School, has deep feelings: "With sustainable development education as the main line, teachers have integrated many repetitive knowledge points in various subject teaching materials in advance."
The teaching content, which used to require three class hours, can now be finished with only one class hour, and the teaching effect is better.
There are also more opportunities for exchanges and cooperation between teachers, and the teaching atmosphere in the school has become more harmonious.
"I am really grateful to the science and technology teachers, the math teachers and me for taking this class together, and my classroom burden has been reduced a lot."
Although the cooperation of different teachers means that the workload before class increases, but our comprehensive quality has also been improved. "After experiencing this new teaching method firsthand, teacher Liu felt a lot.
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As a pilot school of EEI, Changan Primary School has integrated the repetitive contents of different subject materials into sustainable development education after six years of practical exploration and summed up a unique curriculum model.
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"Interdisciplinary penetration of teaching reduces the burden on students, but increases the workload of teachers."
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"In their green diaries, students not only have their own whimsical water saving tips, but also their imagination of the Beijing Green Olympics," said Cui. "We find that the concept of sustainable development is gradually deepening into the lives and learning of the students."
In the past six years, as a consultant for the sustainable development education project of Changan Primary School, Dr. Tian Qing of the Environmental Education Center of Beijing Normal University (EEI Project Partner) has been involved in the exploration of the interdisciplinary penetration teaching model of Changan Primary School and has put forward many valuable suggestions.
"This teaching model of Changan Primary School is relatively cutting-edge in China and even in the world, and it provides a model and concept worth promoting for our sustainable development education," she said.
That is, in addition to teaching knowledge, schools should also cultivate students' values of sustainable development and the ability to observe and solve problems in a vivid and diverse manner. "
As for the teaching exploration of Chang ’ an Primary School, Mr. Li Qing, who is in charge of the EEI project at WWF China, commented: “One of the ideas we have always emphasized in the implementation of the EEI project is that the school can only say that it has achieved certain success by changing the teachers and students from ‘ I want to do ’ to ‘ I want to do ’.
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After nine years of efforts, the EEI project has set up sustainable development education centers in 19 teachers' colleges and two comprehensive universities nationwide, 86 primary and secondary schools and three environmental education field bases in 23 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, and has directly benefited 5 million students.
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