Monthly Archives: July 2021
When Children know What it means to Go Green they will Develop Good Eco-Friendly habits
When children know what it means to go green
They can look forward to the day when the environment is clean
When they learn why they should reuse, recycle, reduce and repair
They will always be thinking about environmental care
When wasted food gets to landfills it emits greenhouse gases. Children can learn about these simple things and understand why they should change the way they eatif they arewasting food.
Children can learn to use reusable utensils, water bottles and containers and they will be happy to do their part and protect the environment when they know why they need to these things.
Cattle farming is causing a lot of Co2 to be emitted in the air. Eating less meat and increasing the amount of plant-based meals we eat is good for our health and good…
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When Children know What it means to Go Green they will Develop Good Eco-Friendly habits — FunWritings

We can tell children what it means to go green with special ebooks … they are available on the funwritingswebsite
أبطال من ذهب
Gold heroes – the Olympics
الألعاب الأولمبية هى أشهر حدث رياضى يُقام فى التاريخ القديم والحديث، تجرى مُنافسات الألعاب الأولمبية كل أربع سنوات فى مدينة من مدن العالم المُختلفة ، وتم تسميتها بصفة (الأولمبية) لأنها بدأت فى مدينة أولمبيا فى الحضارة اليونانية القديمة . كانت الألعاب الأولمبية عبارة عن احتفالات رياضية تُقام قبل 3000 عام تكريماً لكبير الآلهة زيوس وتضمنت كذلك مسابقات فى الموسيقى وفى الأدب . أُقيمت أول دورة أولمبية قديمة عام 776 ق.م ، وكانت أخر دورة فى عام 394 م وبعدها أمر الامبراطور الرومانى (تيودوسيوس) بإلغائها لاعتبارها مهرجان وثنى . قديماً كانت الألعاب الموجودة هى المُصارعة والعدو ورمى القرص ورمى الرمح والوثب الطويل والملاكمة وسباق الخيول وسباق العربات والخماسى ، البطل الفائز يحصل على تاج من أوراق الشجر ويعود إلى موطنه فَيُستقبل إستقبال الأبطال .
يرجع الفضل إلى البارون الفرنسى (بيير دى كوبرتان) فى إقامة الألعاب الأولمبية الحديثة ، كان كوبرتان السكرتير العام لإتحاد الجمعيات الفرنسية لرياضات ألعاب القوى ، وقام بتقديم…
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The Fisherwomen, Chevron and the Leaking Pipe – The New York Times
Big Oil has a filthy legacy in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. One prominent environmentalist said: “They are moving out and leaving all the mess behind.”
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/africa/nigeria-fisherwomen-chevron.html
New York to Require Vaccination or Weekly Testing for City Health Workers – The New York Times
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Jamaica needs vaccines!
I feel our little island of Jamaica is in an extremely vulnerable place at the moment.
We need more vaccines. Vaccine inequity, which he of the furrowed brow – Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) – has spoken about so many times, is real. For many developing countries, including our own. The point is that COVID-19 quickly evolved from being a purely health issue to a socio-economic issue. At that point, the Prime Minister and other Ministers started repeating the mantra, “Balancing lives and livelihoods.”
The problem is, the virus does not care one jot about our livelihoods. So, despite the best juggling efforts of our Government (and no doubt others) it carries on and dashes our best-laid plans. To quote Dr. T:
“Vaccine inequity is the world’s biggest obstacle to ending this pandemic and recovering from COVID-19…Economically, epidemiologically and morally, it is…
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Any Landing You Can Walk Away From…
Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better
Ok, P. this one’s for you (I hope it’s ok…), and T., too:
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“Do you want to fly today, or not?”
Since he was putting it that way, what could I say? He did know this plane better than I did, having flown it twice a day all week, and yes, he was the one with over 1000 hours of flight time. So, who was I to quote a memorized rule book at him, a decorated combat pilot deigning to teach a snot-nosed teenager how to fly? And for free, no less.
“Yes, Sir.”
“Then let’s go.”
I throttled up, taking over officially as Pilot In Command with the ritual nod to my instructor, and announcing my take off to the open air field, even though no one else was in the pattern. My fellow students were standing back by the open office door, already pointing and starting to…
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