Website in focus - www.kidsrgreen.org
Environmental website in news for kids. This website has made the final rounds of the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Award 2008.
A perface
Children are the future of any nation and in this digital age, a website has been made making children more aware of our mother earth faced with many a man-made crisis like global warming, climate change, depleting green cover, increasing pollution, diminishing ozone layer etc to name just a few top most. The ongoing world wide food crisis has put the focus sharply back on how we treat the mother earth and its immediate surrounding environment. All the predictions point to the fact that in the coming years life on earth would become more and more challenging. Efforts like this children website, can go a long way in instilling right ideas in our future generation.
An introduction to a Green Website for Children
www.kidsrgreen.org is an interactive website for children who love exploring, enquiring, investigating and discovering the world we live in.
This exclusive online monthly environmental magazine has many interesting features.
Spaceship Earth is a regular feature in every issue. Each one talks about an interesting aspect of our planet earth. Key points supported by illustrations help to explore different environments, plant and animal life, and learn about systems that support the rich life on earth.
In the Green Games section, children can "logon" and play games that not just challenge skills and abilities but set one thinking, and at the end convey an environmental message.
The Let's Do It! section gives simple do-it-yourself activity ideas. Children can do them on their own, or with friends.
The Celebrate a Day section has a calendar of environmentally significant days, giving a brief history or background of why the day is observed including some ideas for activities that would help anyone to observe these days with in school or with family and friends.
The Krg Club is a forum where children can share poems, paintings and thoughts on the environment. It is a chance to let other children in the world know more about oneself and what one does to improve the environment
The Green Gifts section has attractive downloadable offers. How exciting to select designs for personalized stationery like letterheads, visiting cards, and bookmarks.
There is something new in every issue.
All in all, Kidsrgreen is a window to become part of a greener world. And it is just a click away!
The people behind the effort
Centre for Environment Education is a national Institute engaged in developing programmes and materials to increase awareness about the environment. CEE was established in 1984 as a Centre of Excellence in Environmental Education, supported by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India. It is affiliated to the Nehru Foundation for Development. CEE's primary objective is to improve public awareness and understanding of environmental issues with a view to promote the conservation and wise use of nature and natural resources.
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