On Wednesday 18th November 2009 students in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder put their concerns into action with Phase 2 of The Big Switch Experiment, a kid-driven initiative that encourages people to take positive action against Climate Change.
To get the students thinking about sustainability we head out to Karlkurla Park to learn about the Great Western Woodland. “At almost three times the size of Tasmania, The Great Western Woodland stores about 700 million tonnes of carbon – which is equivalent to Australia’s entire annual emissions!” said Kate Laurendi, Millennium Kids Youth Board Member.
“Their Climate Change Campaigns will cover all areas of environmental sustainability – from energy use to air quality, the protection of native animals to conserving water and trees. Students will have the opportunity to use this workshop to plan Big Switch Experiment activities for their school in 2010” she said.
New IT technologies were also be a major focus with students learning how to get their messages heard in their community through photography, blogging and new state of the art Internet tools such as Animoto, Ning and Glogster.
The Kalgoorlie Miner and ABC Goldfields-Esperance also came down to the event to report on what the students were up to. To listen to the ABC Goldfields-Esperance Report Click here
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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