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Links and info about enviro stuff
Did an interview wtih Billabong recently which was cool. Here is the link to read it - http://www.billabonggirls.com.au/blog-post/810/2010-08-21-climate-girl-parrys-raines
Environment week is on between September the 12th and 18th. Get involved, take up a green challenge or you can sponsor me. Clink on the link to my fundraising page and find out more! http://www.enviroweek.org/articles/2010/07/parrys-raines-climate-girl
Thanks guys at Edmund Rice College for a great day and I hope you enjoyed my workshops!
A huge thanks to Mrs Cranney and Yr 4 Red at St Pius X school. I great afternoon with you. You are all super cool and your questions were awesome! I promise to visit you again.
Be one of the first people to buy this new book titled "Billabong Boy" written by Arron Wood. Arron has done so much for kids environmental education and has proved to be a leader in this area. It is important to support great Australians like Arron, I am proud to call him my frined and mentor! You can buy the book at any good book store or on line at http://www.newholland.com.au/product.php?isbn=9781741109573 You can also find out more about what he does and even attend one of his conferences, they are truly magical and the best part is that the sessions at the conference at run by kids! I have learnt so much from going to his conferences and I have also had a lot of fun - it is fun learning about the environment. Here is the link to Arron's website http://www.kidsteachingkids.com.auCongratulations to Jessica Watson!! You are an amazing example of what young people are capable of doing. I admire you for your achievement and I hope your great adventure will bring you lots of great things because you deserve it!! Go Girl!!!
It was International Biodiversity on May 22nd. Please sign the the International Youth Accord that will be presented in Japan in October at the UN's conference COP10 - www.biodiveristymatters.org
Watch this great short film that follows the life of a plastic bag. It is amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDBtCb61Sd4A special hello to all my new friends in Brazil! Olá amigos do Brasil. Obrigado pelo vosso apoio e words.I tipo irá responder a todas suas mensagens. Você vive em um país muito bonito, por favor aprenda a ajudar a cuidar dele, especialmente na Amazônia. Love Parrys
This is another cool and clever video. It is called "The lost genereation" http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=42E2fAWM6rA
Check out this link to an amzing film clip. This work is the collaboration between WWF, Leo Burnett and singer Ben Lee. I hope this is not my future! http://www.themonkeyreturns.com
I recently visited Australia's first water bottle free town - Bundanoon. Bundanoon does not sell bottled water and have installed fantastic bubblers and bottle fill stations around the town and the school. I filled up my water bottle at the fill station and the water tasted good – as good as any bottled water. This community is showing how we can live easily without the single use bottled water. It also makes sense not to pay for something you can get for free and will not harm our health in the long run. Here are some facts I found out about plastic bottles which are found on various websites:
- Over 400,000 barrels of oil is used per year in Australia to manufacture the plastic to make the bottles
- Out of all plastic bottles only about 30% are recycled
- Tap water costs 1 cent per litre compared to bottled water which costs $2.53 per litre
- It takes seven litres of water to make a one litre water bottle
- There are 200 billion litres of bottled water consumed worldwide with an estimate of $100 billion dollars
