marți, 5 noiembrie 2013

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict





Today's International Day is: 

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict



Key-words: Environment and War


abandoned camp site



"Once thick with 90 percent native tropical forests, following conflict Sierra Leone now has less than 4 percent forest cover" 
Photo credit: UNEP

Teachers, in schools, always focus on the environment and how important is for us. 
We usually hear on TV how many victims this or that war made, but we never ask what happens with our Mother Earth and those habitats where bombs found its homes.
History teachers often teach that in wars, natural resources are also important: the food for the animals, the food for the soldiers, the water, the steel for their swords and many other. Nowadays, there are no horses and no swords. The countries involved in wars are no longer eager to just conquer a piece of land, but they exploit it up until it dies. Timber and oil are far more important than the earth that made them. 

















Today we celebrate life! 
Today we celebrate our health! 
Today we celebrate ourselves!
Today we celebrate our environment!

Assignment: Photograph the places you consider the most significant of your village and share it with the world!

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