GLOBAL CITIZENSHIPWhat do you think a Global Citizen is? Is it something you aspire to? This blog will host thoughts and comments on the issue from within the Fair Earth Foundation and from those interested in adding their thoughts. https://fairearthglobalcitizenship.wordpress.com/
Whilst our co-ordinator team is in lock down in Tenerife we will be launching a number of different virtual platforms aimed at giving people opportunity to volunteer virtually- helping in our research; contributing music, poems, information, films; helping identify grass-roots projects around the world deserving of support; adding to our store of on-line lesson plans for students of all ages to learn from. Critically we want to create virtual communities capable of impacting positive conservation efforts both locally and globally. Please read and please help us.
INSIDE OUTSIDE: OUR MINDS ARE ALL UNIQUEThis on-going Vlog managed by AWdF’s Head of Technical Support Nathan Evans aims to offer opinion, support and a voice to anyone concerned about mental health issues, particularly during these difficult times. These will be based on Nathan’s personal experiences and do not carry any professional weight. They will be honest, frank, painful but, possibly, useful as a platform for self learning through shared experience. Some of the issues covered will include homelessness, domestic abuse and more to follow (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aYV_XLrl-VP3MlD_3-3vg). As well as v-logs Nathan aims to bring a live stream and a discord platform, follow the link https://discord.gg/CSMAqDW Contact: nathan@fairearthfoundation.org
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SCHEMEThis scheme seeks to help people assume individual responsibility for helping to protect our shared home, the Earth. It focuses on three key actions:
1. Cutting down on plastic waste and , further, ‘offsetting’ any plastic we do consume through our collaboration with The Plastic Bank
2. Planting trees to offset our carbon footprint in the fight against Climate Change.
3. Supporting ‘grass-root’ community projects around the world, including at home, on the basis that real change can only be driven at a community level (as opposed to being imposed from above).
Please link to the Global Citizenship Scheme for information on how you can get involved.
We need your help! We are trying to build a global network of great community projects around the world that we can all collaborate with. Help us to build this network. Contact our Project Manager, Eve, eve@fairearthfoundation.org for details of the kinds of projects we want to identify and the information we require.
EARTH DAY 2020The 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the world’s largest environmental movement will be necessity be virtual this year (22nd April!). The organisers have identified twelve species to focus on:
As part of Earth Day, we will be working on four areas:
1. Developing fact-sheets on each to include details of conservation threats and issues and identifying projects and organisations that are working towards solution and which we can all help. If you want to help in this, please contact our Research Manager, Mimi on mimi@fairearthfoundation.org
2. Story Telling. Write a short story on any of the animals covered (or indeed, on any animal or environment of interest to you). All stories will be entered into a competition and the best will be incorporated into an EarthDay Story Book. The stories should inspire us all to ‘do something’ to save our nature and the power to do so will be the over-riding criteria in selecting the best for publication. ALL stories received will be published on-line. Contact Story Teller Spela on kapljaspela@gmail.com
3. Poetry. As with story telling poetry is a powerful form for affecting change. As with story telling we are inviting people to submit poems on any aspect of nature or the environment of particular interest to the writer and, again, as with story telling the best will be published in a special EarthDay publication and all poems will be published. Further information, please contact Paul creative.team@fairearthfoundation.org
4. Music. If you fancy yourself as a songwriter please submit your song, about nature and/ or the environment and we will put the best to music AND have it recorded. The intent is to identify 15- 20 songs to create a special EarthDay Album. Send your songs to our music co-ordinator Jensen, jensen@fairearthfoundation.orgFUNDRAISINGA few short weeks ago our Dolphin House was destroyed by fire. We had great support from many people who had said they would come to Tenerife over the next couple of months to undertake the Teide Challenge as a fund-raiser to rebuild. Sadly that can no longer happen BUT our co-ordinator team will be undertaking the Teide Challenge on the eve of EarthDay (and will capture the most magnificent sunrise imaginable for sharing with everyone).
Help them in their efforts by fund-raising for them and adding to their total. You can also fundraise alongside their challenge in support of the Global Citizenship Scheme with proceeds being allocated to offsetting carbon footprint, reducing plastic pollution or supporting community projects around the world.
They have lots of ideas to help you fundraise. For further information, contact Project Manager Eve on eve@fairearthfoundation.orgSHARED LEARNING: OUR GATEWAY TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP We have built a range of stimulating and enjoyable educational sessions on our TES website pages. They cover all aspects of nature and the environment as well as social and human rights issues. For individuals or groups in either a real or virtual setting, all sessions are interactive with a view to creating a virtual learning community. Learn- Share- GrowRESEARCHWe have extensive data on tens of thousands of interactions with cetaceans over the years and a large number of research questions that we need help on in analysing.
If you want to help us and learn about writing and presenting scientific research papers then contact Mimi, research Manager on mimi@fairearthfoundation.org She will make available a list of research questions, suggest literature reviews, make accessible data sets and photo I/D catalogues and support you in analysing the data and writing up reports/ posters.ENTERPRISEAs an organisation we pride ourselves in being entrepreneurial with a capital ‘S’ (for Social!) If you have an interesting idea of social benefit (eco-tourism, educational, volunteer programme, supporting disadvantaged members of society..) and want help in building a robust business plan then share your ideas with us. Send your idea to Ed, ed@fairearthfoundation.org Start planning for a better world, hopefully commencing in the not too distant future.
Do you want to start a social enterprise from home? We can help! Contact Ed with your ideas or start a conversation with him to help identify business opportunities right for you.INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONSDo you feel that your opinion carries no weight, that what you think and say is unheard, not important!?
Intelligent Conversations, launched at our London Eco-Film Festival (LEFF), is a platform for you to have your say. Make a video recording your thoughts and send it to John, concept originator and Executive Producer John@fairearthfoundation.org.
He will select the most powerful and important messages to play through our YouTube channel and the we will follow up on issues raised where possible.WOMEN POWERJustine retired early from her career in the Fire Service and now is supporting our team in Tenerife, as an older mentor. She feels there is a huge role for women in middle age to play in supporting youthful efforts to create a better world.
She will be posting thoughts and ideas on what women can do and will be open to suggestions. Her email is justinegrant@sky.com
Whilst our co-ordinator team is in lock down in Tenerife we will be launching a number of different virtual platforms aimed at giving people opportunity to volunteer virtually- helping in our research; contributing music, poems, information, films; helping identify grass-roots projects around the world deserving of support; adding to our store of on-line lesson plans for students of all ages to learn from. Critically we want to create virtual communities capable of impacting positive conservation efforts both locally and globally. Please read and please help us.
INSIDE OUTSIDE: OUR MINDS ARE ALL UNIQUEThis on-going Vlog managed by AWdF’s Head of Technical Support Nathan Evans aims to offer opinion, support and a voice to anyone concerned about mental health issues, particularly during these difficult times. These will be based on Nathan’s personal experiences and do not carry any professional weight. They will be honest, frank, painful but, possibly, useful as a platform for self learning through shared experience. Some of the issues covered will include homelessness, domestic abuse and more to follow (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aYV_XLrl-VP3MlD_3-3vg). As well as v-logs Nathan aims to bring a live stream and a discord platform, follow the link https://discord.gg/CSMAqDW Contact: nathan@fairearthfoundation.org
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SCHEMEThis scheme seeks to help people assume individual responsibility for helping to protect our shared home, the Earth. It focuses on three key actions:
1. Cutting down on plastic waste and , further, ‘offsetting’ any plastic we do consume through our collaboration with The Plastic Bank
2. Planting trees to offset our carbon footprint in the fight against Climate Change.
3. Supporting ‘grass-root’ community projects around the world, including at home, on the basis that real change can only be driven at a community level (as opposed to being imposed from above).
Please link to the Global Citizenship Scheme for information on how you can get involved.
We need your help! We are trying to build a global network of great community projects around the world that we can all collaborate with. Help us to build this network. Contact our Project Manager, Eve, eve@fairearthfoundation.org for details of the kinds of projects we want to identify and the information we require.
EARTH DAY 2020The 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the world’s largest environmental movement will be necessity be virtual this year (22nd April!). The organisers have identified twelve species to focus on:
As part of Earth Day, we will be working on four areas:
1. Developing fact-sheets on each to include details of conservation threats and issues and identifying projects and organisations that are working towards solution and which we can all help. If you want to help in this, please contact our Research Manager, Mimi on mimi@fairearthfoundation.org
2. Story Telling. Write a short story on any of the animals covered (or indeed, on any animal or environment of interest to you). All stories will be entered into a competition and the best will be incorporated into an EarthDay Story Book. The stories should inspire us all to ‘do something’ to save our nature and the power to do so will be the over-riding criteria in selecting the best for publication. ALL stories received will be published on-line. Contact Story Teller Spela on kapljaspela@gmail.com
3. Poetry. As with story telling poetry is a powerful form for affecting change. As with story telling we are inviting people to submit poems on any aspect of nature or the environment of particular interest to the writer and, again, as with story telling the best will be published in a special EarthDay publication and all poems will be published. Further information, please contact Paul creative.team@fairearthfoundation.org
4. Music. If you fancy yourself as a songwriter please submit your song, about nature and/ or the environment and we will put the best to music AND have it recorded. The intent is to identify 15- 20 songs to create a special EarthDay Album. Send your songs to our music co-ordinator Jensen, jensen@fairearthfoundation.orgFUNDRAISINGA few short weeks ago our Dolphin House was destroyed by fire. We had great support from many people who had said they would come to Tenerife over the next couple of months to undertake the Teide Challenge as a fund-raiser to rebuild. Sadly that can no longer happen BUT our co-ordinator team will be undertaking the Teide Challenge on the eve of EarthDay (and will capture the most magnificent sunrise imaginable for sharing with everyone).
Help them in their efforts by fund-raising for them and adding to their total. You can also fundraise alongside their challenge in support of the Global Citizenship Scheme with proceeds being allocated to offsetting carbon footprint, reducing plastic pollution or supporting community projects around the world.
They have lots of ideas to help you fundraise. For further information, contact Project Manager Eve on eve@fairearthfoundation.orgSHARED LEARNING: OUR GATEWAY TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP We have built a range of stimulating and enjoyable educational sessions on our TES website pages. They cover all aspects of nature and the environment as well as social and human rights issues. For individuals or groups in either a real or virtual setting, all sessions are interactive with a view to creating a virtual learning community. Learn- Share- GrowRESEARCHWe have extensive data on tens of thousands of interactions with cetaceans over the years and a large number of research questions that we need help on in analysing.
If you want to help us and learn about writing and presenting scientific research papers then contact Mimi, research Manager on mimi@fairearthfoundation.org She will make available a list of research questions, suggest literature reviews, make accessible data sets and photo I/D catalogues and support you in analysing the data and writing up reports/ posters.ENTERPRISEAs an organisation we pride ourselves in being entrepreneurial with a capital ‘S’ (for Social!) If you have an interesting idea of social benefit (eco-tourism, educational, volunteer programme, supporting disadvantaged members of society..) and want help in building a robust business plan then share your ideas with us. Send your idea to Ed, ed@fairearthfoundation.org Start planning for a better world, hopefully commencing in the not too distant future.
Do you want to start a social enterprise from home? We can help! Contact Ed with your ideas or start a conversation with him to help identify business opportunities right for you.INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONSDo you feel that your opinion carries no weight, that what you think and say is unheard, not important!?
Intelligent Conversations, launched at our London Eco-Film Festival (LEFF), is a platform for you to have your say. Make a video recording your thoughts and send it to John, concept originator and Executive Producer John@fairearthfoundation.org.
He will select the most powerful and important messages to play through our YouTube channel and the we will follow up on issues raised where possible.WOMEN POWERJustine retired early from her career in the Fire Service and now is supporting our team in Tenerife, as an older mentor. She feels there is a huge role for women in middle age to play in supporting youthful efforts to create a better world.
She will be posting thoughts and ideas on what women can do and will be open to suggestions. Her email is justinegrant@sky.com