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20 December 2001 - With only a few weeks
of preparation, children and young people from nine schools
and 12 kindergardens in the town of Gotha, Germany organized
a huge Kids for Forests demonstration. There were more than
2000 participants between the ages of five and 19 years. They
made beautiful banners, huge "paper monsters", walked
around as trees and ancient forests animals and much more.
But not only that, among many working groups they had one
trying to persuade the mayor of the town to become ancient
forests friendly. At the rally, the mayor declared Gotha an
"ancient forests friendly town" - the first town
in Germany! © Heiko Meyer/Greenpeace Read
letters from kids who participated in the demonstration.
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Kids postcards to the President of Italy asking him to take
action to protect ancient forests.
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In early December Italy launched their Kids for Forests
project
in 14 cities. Inflatable animals visited this school
in Milan and
all the children came out to the yard despite the cold
weather.
There was face painting like animals, banner painting
and
stories about ancient forests.
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Postcard drawings from Italy.
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9 November 2001 - More than 40 "Kids for Forests"
met Renate Kuenast, the German Minister of consumers and forests
in front of the Reichstag in Berlin. The kids, dressed up
as forest animals, handed over a petition, asking the government
to become active after ten years of talking. Furthermore they
asked her to do what "schools for ancient forests"
are doing, becoming "ancient forest friendly". Minister
Kuenast She praised the kid's commitment and stated the importance
of ancient forests and the necessitiy to protect them globally
(without metioning concrete steps planned by the government,
though). © Paul Langrock/Greenpeace
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Postcard drawings from Italy.
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11 November 2001 - A fourth grade class at Raíces
Altazor in La Florida, a district of Santiago in Chile. The
class made a small model (small figures, trees and animals)
of an ancient forest, wrote stories and drew pictures for
the ancient foretsts. © Cecilia Serrat/Greenpeace
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Postcard drawings from Italy.
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The inflatable animals visited a school in Naplesl.
They had a story teller and games about forests, the threat
and the solutions. There was a little concert in the center
of the city in the afternoon as well as face painting and banner
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Postcard drawings from Italy.
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5 December 5 2001 - Dritte Grundschule primary school in
Sachsen was the first "ancient forest friendly school"
in Germany as a result of the Kids for Forests project. Seven
animals (Greenpeace volunteers in costumes) handed over a
plaque surrounded by hundreds of kids, and the kids painted
banners and sang songs. © Christiane Eisler/Greenpeace
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Postcard drawings from Italy.
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14 July 2001 - The launch of the Kids for Forests project
took place in Berlin and nine other German cities at the same
time. There was a demonstartion in Berlin where kids dressed
up as animals, painted faces and sang songs marching along
one of the most famous street in Berlin. Since the launch,
16 other countries have joined the Kids for Forests project.
© Dietmar Gust/Greenpeace
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Postcard drawings from Italy.
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1 September 2001 - The Greenteams in Berlin decided to take the chance on the ministries open door day. They dressed up as forest animals and went straight to the Ministry of Environment. They took along an "ancient forest checklist" to find out whether there was any ancient forest wood in the office. As soon as the minister recognized who they were, he was eager to explain that his desk was made out of FSC-wood.Outside the ministry the Greenteams placed an information table, painted banners and carved a totem pole. © Paul Langrock/Greenpeace
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