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ZOOM - Kids on the Move for Climate Action 2009



 

 

Since 2002 the ZOOM Campaign invites children all over Europe to make their daily journeys independently and in an environmental-friendly way. By collecting so called Green Footprints, the children of Europe show the "big ones" at the Climate Conferences, what the "small ones" already do in the field of Climate Action!

The modules and materials produced within the campaign offer concrete ideas and activities for nursery and primary-school children, their parents and teachers. Thereby they will increase their awareness of eco-friendly mobility by getting involved with activities covering the topics sustainability, climate and transport in a playful way.


How?

During an activity week on sustainable mobility each journey absolved on foot, by bike, skater, bus, train etc. counts one "Green Footprint". Climate Alliance will be handing over the whole amount of collected "Green Footprints" until 20th November to the participants of the next UN-Climate Change Conference, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7th-18th, 2009. 


When?

From May until November 2009 children aged 4-10 years old from all over Europe are asked to hold their activity week(s) on Climate Change.

Join in on our symbolic journey around the world to learn more about the world's climate situation.

In December we will hand over the Green Footprints collected from  children all over Europe to the participants of the 15th UN Climate Summit, held in Copenhagen, Denmark.


Where to go?

This year the route will be the distance from your city/municipality/school/kindergarden to Kopenhagen, where the next UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark will take place.


Calculate your individual route
So this year we will have indivdual routes to go.
For example: the distance from Frankfurt/Main to Copenhagen 418 miles, Vienna (Austria) to Copenhagen 540 miles.

Calculate the distance between your city/municipality/school/kindergarten to Copenhagen. This will be your route 2009. Perhaps your school/nursery is to small to achieve this aim. In that case, search for support in your municipality. Or calculate how much of the way you have achieved in percent.


Our symbolic journey around the world
Join in on our symbolic journey around the world to learn more about the state of the world's climate.

Our symbolic journey will once again start in Europe and - travelling once around the world - end at the next UN Climate Conference in Denmark.

Thereby we will go via Africa, Antarctica, South- and North America, The Artic, Asia, Oceania Australia and Southeast Asia and we will then end at the conference venue.

If you click here you will get to the Counter that shows you how many Green Footprints the children collected in 2009.


Why to participate

The ZOOM campaign aims to help children to make their daily journeys independently and in an environmentally-friendly way. The modules and materials produced within the campaign offer concrete ideas and activities for teachers, parents and children.

Nursery and primary-school children, and their parents, will increase their awareness of eco-friendly mobility by getting involved with activities covering the topics sustainability, climate and transport in a playful way.

By collecting Green Footprints

  • individual contribution towards sustainable transport patterns becomes concrete and easy-to-understand for children
  • eco-friendly behaviour is rewarded
  • a feeling of community between children is established.

 

The local Children´s Mobility Report is one important action of the campaign. Thereby road safety in municipalities can be improved, the conditions for children to travel independently could enhanced and therefore it reduces needless journeys by adults just to accompany children.


The aims of the Hot Spot Expedition - Detectives on the Road! are to:

  • improve children’s local knowledge and improve their sense of orientation and abstract thinking skills
  • enable children to judge the risk at dangerous places in their residential area more realistically
  • improve children’s identification with their local environment
  • create opportunities for children to have their voice heard in local town planning issues.


By handing over the Children’s Mobility Reports including their solutions and ideas for local authorities, ZOOM aims to:

  • give an impetus to include children’s needs in local transport planning
  • promote environmentally friendly means of transport
  • stimulate a change towards more citizen-centred transport planning processes, which include stakeholders in decision-making

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