<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740</id><updated>2012-02-16T15:45:44.777Z</updated><title type='text'>Portugal está no Greening Cities</title><subtitle type='html'>Following the success of the 2006 Student Summit on Climate Change, the Natural History Museum and British Council are holding another 3-day international conference on Greening Cities to investigate the environmental and ecological impacts of cities and debate actions to reduce a city's carbon footprint and encourage biodiversity.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-2109628930045992386</id><published>2008-01-21T12:26:00.001Z</published><updated>2008-01-27T19:09:36.691Z</updated><title type='text'>Resoluções da Conferencia "Greening Cities"</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Depois de muito tempo de ausência, vimos agora informar os leitores deste blog que a Organização &lt;span style="font-size:+0;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;do II International Student Summit, subordinado ao tema Greening Cities, composta pelo British Council e pelo Natural History Museum de Londres, divulgou recentemente as resoluções da conferência num documento que o Colégio Valsassina, enquanto representante de Portugal, já enviou ao Ministério do Ambiente, à Agência Portuguesa de Ambiente, a diversas Organizações Não Governamentais de Ambiente bem como a todos os nossos ecoparceiros. Este documento expressa, resumidamente, a opinião dos delegados internacionais relativamente aos temas abordados, sobressaindo os seguintes aspectos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Os dados relativos aos impactos das acções do homem no clima já são suficientes para se tomarem medidas urgentes a todos os níveis da sociedade;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Um dos caminhos a seguir imediatamente por todos é o das pequenas alterações comportamentais vendo-as os delegados como a forma imediata global de acção;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;O aumento de 20% no preço de um leitor de mp3 produzido com baixas emissões de CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; é justificável&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;Esperamos que este documento contribua para que todos comecem já a trabalhar no combate às Alterações Climáticas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Para fazer o download do documento integral clique &lt;a href="http://www.cvalsassina.pt/noticias/Greenin_cities.pdf"&gt;aqui.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-2109628930045992386?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/2109628930045992386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=2109628930045992386' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/2109628930045992386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/2109628930045992386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2008/01/resolu.html' title='Resoluções da Conferencia &quot;Greening Cities&quot;'/><author><name>António</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14541603902182367696</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-5534183599524205729</id><published>2007-09-29T02:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-09-29T02:08:09.393+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Students from around the world believe climate change is a more urgent threat than international terrorism</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Climate change, with its potential impacts on people and the environment, is a bigger and more urgent threat than international terrorism, according to the y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;oung people who came from all over the world to attend this year’s International Student Summit in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt; Despite the high profile threats from terrorism that have been making headlines across the world in the past twelve months, nearly two thirds (64%) of students feared climate change more than terrorism – an increase from 59% in 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-US"&gt;The summit, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;co-hosted by the Natural History Museum and the British Council, brought together around 250 students from both the &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;UK&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and countries as widespread as &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;China&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Brazil&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Portugal&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;, &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;Singapore&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; and &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Oman&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt; to tackle the issue of how to make our cities greener and create a sustainable future. Climate change is a global issue that concerns young people all over the world. Despite the high profile threats from terrorism that have been making headlines over the past twelve months, nearly two thirds (64 per cent) of students feared climate change more than terrorism – an increase from 59 per cent in 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rv2lYfICX3I/AAAAAAAAATg/MzoeTWcVB-s/s1600-h/DSC_4387.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rv2lYfICX3I/AAAAAAAAATg/MzoeTWcVB-s/s400/DSC_4387.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5115426591853404018" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;The opinions of these students demonstrate climate change is the first truly global threat; affecting the lives of everybody, and particularly the next generation.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Young people know this and want to take actions now. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London said, &lt;i&gt;‘Reaching a young audience is so important because older people are more often in denial.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We don’t need new technology. We have what we need. We simply need the political will and we can reduce our carbon footprint by 80-90%!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;If we want to have a world that is not a blazing inferno for a children then we must behave responsibly. If we make the right decisions we can halt this problem once and for all.’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The popular message from the students was&lt;i&gt;, ‘it is our problem and we have to deal with it now.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is all down to us.’’&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Both the Portugese students, Joana da Silva and Antonio Grilo made valuable contribution to the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Summit&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and made many new friends from all around the world. Not only that, but their inspiration from the Summit led them to enter a competition set up by the British Council which won them both first and third prize.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;See their winning entries at: &lt;a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-projects-and-events-greening-cities-winning-entry.htm"&gt;http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-projects-and-events-greening-cities-winning-entry.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;We were pleasantly surprised to find that the young students also had hidden talents. Antonio entertained everyone each day with his wonderful piano playing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Renuka Parmar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Project Manager, British Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-5534183599524205729?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/5534183599524205729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=5534183599524205729' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/5534183599524205729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/5534183599524205729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/09/students-from-around-world-believe.html' title='Students from around the world believe climate change is a more urgent threat than international terrorism'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rv2lYfICX3I/AAAAAAAAATg/MzoeTWcVB-s/s72-c/DSC_4387.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-1839199565471452319</id><published>2007-08-25T00:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T22:58:30.667+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Competição "Greening Cities"</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Na sequência da conferência "Greening Cities" que se realizou no passado mês de Julho foi lançado um desafio, em forma de competição, aos delegados internacionais: a elaboração de um texto sobre a sua participação e experiência relativa aos dias passados no Reino Unido. É com enorme orgulho que os trabalhos dos representantes de Portugal, e do Colégio Valsassina, foram ambos premiados:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-projects-and-events-greening-cities-winning-entry.htm"&gt;1º lugar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joana Magalhães da Silva&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2º lugar&lt;br /&gt;Rebecca Byrnes (Austrália)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-projects-and-events-greening-cities-third-place.htm"&gt;3º lugar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;António Lima Grilo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rtsx91LhrdI/AAAAAAAAATQ/y3fHAwCB_lI/s1600-h/DSC_4025.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rtsx91LhrdI/AAAAAAAAATQ/y3fHAwCB_lI/s400/DSC_4025.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105729540871794130" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Os trabalhos encontram-se publicados neste blogue (consultar dia 14 Agosto) e no site do &lt;a href="http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-projects-and-events-student-summit-2007.htm"&gt;British Council&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-1839199565471452319?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/1839199565471452319/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=1839199565471452319' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1839199565471452319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1839199565471452319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/competio-greening-cities.html' title='Competição &quot;Greening Cities&quot;'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rtsx91LhrdI/AAAAAAAAATQ/y3fHAwCB_lI/s72-c/DSC_4025.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-7548308205054330367</id><published>2007-08-14T23:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T15:24:59.891+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments about "Greening Cities" ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A year ago if anyone had said that I would represent my country in a summit about climate change in the UK, perhaps I'd have started to laugh, in spite of our hard work (in my school) related to a better environmental education. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;In my school, in Lisbon, we have a project, the main objective of which is to promote an effective environmental education based on the co-operation among students, teachers, school management and other staff.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nonetheless, the Summit inspired me. The fact is that we feel stronger than before. For three days we listened and talked to some of the most important specialists in climate change in the UK and perhaps in the world. It is really important to be optimistic and believe that by working together we can change the earth's future (and this isn't only a "cliché"!).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Together everything is possible! During the summit we understood that despite our many different ways of life, all of us live in the same world. During the three days, students from many countries around the world listened together to specialists, talked with them, discussed and created the summit's resolutions. Why can't adults follow our example? Why can't politicians sit around the same table and break all the frontiers so that we can actually face and solve the inconvenient truth?&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;But in the future we will be the adults, and perhaps assume political roles, and we'll make the difference, it's a promise!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Due to our work around environmental issues, being at the summit was a kind of gift, but at the same time it was "just" one more activity related to our project. On the other hand, the summit gave us more, better and efficient ideas, which means that now we must undertake the responsibility to share them at school and with other schools in Portugal as well.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;How lucky we were to achieve all this in a most interesting country, together with such nice people, making possible the beginning of beautiful friendships. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Joana Magalhães da Silva&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-7548308205054330367?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/7548308205054330367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=7548308205054330367' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/7548308205054330367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/7548308205054330367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/coments-about-greening-cities.html' title='Comments about &quot;Greening Cities&quot; ...'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-3015122330830325912</id><published>2007-08-14T23:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-14T23:41:10.133+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Our day</title><content type='html'>&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;We ended the third day signing notebooks and giving souvenirs… &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;“You’ll be friends for life”: the summit’s most noteworthy sentence.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:14;"  lang="EN-US" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Greening Cities - The delegate’s day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;          &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Key note speaker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had never viewed the environmental education project of my school as my passport to a three day conference on climate changes in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;London&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;. Although I’ve been working on many projects for five years, this is the most important event where I represen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;ted my school and my country. This invitation is recognizing our work. I accepted this challenge as I accepted to tackle climate changes.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;1st Speaker: Global problem&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The main idea we got was the problem’s global dimension. The effects are all around the world: in our countries, our families, ourselves. We must forget &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;our differences and tackle together! That’s one of the reasons why we created strong friendship between us, and why all the delegates really enjoyed music, the global language.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;2nd Speaker: Individuals work &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many suggestions to, individually, improve our planet: advice our neighbors distributing information on the mail boxes; clarify the problem to our younger colleagues are only examples. Our role, as delegates of this summit, is to tran&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;smit to families and friends the information we got and start working now! How many people we educate? What can billions of educated people do?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;3rd Speaker: The schools’ work &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A behavior change is urgent to tackle effectively climate changes. Schools are the places where we can educate more people in a shorter time. Childre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;n receive the information more efficiently and by educating children we are educating their families. We must tell them that it’s still possible to maintain our life conditions. That’s what my school is doing since the eighties. We entered the eco-schools project in 2003 and we received annually the maximum prize: the green flag.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Panel Debate conclusions:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;       &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After debating the delegates concluded: Our countries must do much more; this was a fantastic and unique opportunity to learn. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We understood clearly that we’ll really be “friends for life” tackling together to have a better world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Vote question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;Yes or No: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Those three days were the most fantastic we lived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RsIvIpsaVqI/AAAAAAAAATA/PqihXTABXqk/s1600-h/gr%C3%A1fico_ant%C3%B3nio.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RsIvIpsaVqI/AAAAAAAAATA/PqihXTABXqk/s320/gr%C3%A1fico_ant%C3%B3nio.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5098689553814410914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;António Lima Grilo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-3015122330830325912?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/3015122330830325912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=3015122330830325912' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/3015122330830325912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/3015122330830325912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/our-day.html' title='Our day'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RsIvIpsaVqI/AAAAAAAAATA/PqihXTABXqk/s72-c/gr%C3%A1fico_ant%C3%B3nio.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-587131028549130880</id><published>2007-08-03T16:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-03T16:33:54.267+01:00</updated><title type='text'>British Council newsletter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrNKmJsaVpI/AAAAAAAAAS4/OrM_SrOVE7c/s1600-h/noticia_BC.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrNKmJsaVpI/AAAAAAAAAS4/OrM_SrOVE7c/s400/noticia_BC.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094497622783841938" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-587131028549130880?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/587131028549130880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=587131028549130880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/587131028549130880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/587131028549130880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/british-council-newsletter.html' title='British Council newsletter'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrNKmJsaVpI/AAAAAAAAAS4/OrM_SrOVE7c/s72-c/noticia_BC.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-53335512662060860</id><published>2007-08-02T23:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T23:21:09.343+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Day 3 – 12th July 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Foi com alguma nostalgia que acordámos para o terceiro e último dia de conferência. Todos ficámos com a sensação de que tinha passado tudo muito rápido e todos queríamos que fosse apenas o início de um excelente convívio. Mas era o último dia. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;O último espaço para aprendermos mais coisas. O último dia para conversarmos uns com os outros. O último. E esta palavra ressoava nas nossas mentes. Nos corredores. Ressoou também na sala do pequeno-almoço ao som da música que mais uma vez o piano espalhou por aquele espaço. Era verdade. Era o último momento que tínhamos para partilhar aquela música. O último.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A mesma música dava-nos agora alguma animação para seguir para o tão aguardado terceiro dia de conferência. Chegámos à sala da conferência e notava-se que o primeiro orador do dia era influente. Depois de nos sentarmos, entraram todos os directores do Natural History Museum. Em seguida entrou na sala um homem que todos ansiavam ver tendo alguns delegados ingleses vindo de propósito para o ouvir: Ken Livingstone , mayor of London. Um homem que todos os Londrinos parecem adorar como a um Deus. A comunicação falava sobre as emissões de CO2 das actividades da cidade e dava um especial destaque às emissões provenientes dos aviões que todos os dias chegam e partem de Londres. Foi sem dúvida apresentação mais longa e com mais questões colocadas de toda a conferência. Durou uma hora e foi também a mais aplaudida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A tão procurado orador qualquer um que se seguisse era modesto. Porém, Peter Head, Direc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;tor of Arup, não foi em nada inferior. Falou-nos sobre o desenvolvimento de cidades sem emissões de CO2 ou com emissões muito baixas. O exemplo foi a China. Tivémos opurtunidade de o questionar sobre o porquê de edificar novas cidades em vez de reformular as cidades que temos. Segundo o orador a estratégia de desenvolvimento da China passa pelo desenvolvimento de cidades por todo o país. A National Geographic Magazine chegou a comparar este desenvolvimento urbano com um vírus que se alastra pelo país. O que se tenta neste momento fazer é aproveitar este empenhamento do país para desenvolver cidades com o menor impacto possível no clima global.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrJYN5saVoI/AAAAAAAAASw/PkMCMdIhrvs/s1600-h/eco-cidade_china.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrJYN5saVoI/AAAAAAAAASw/PkMCMdIhrvs/s400/eco-cidade_china.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094231124358092418" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrJXVJsaVnI/AAAAAAAAASo/kzS4A23Xvak/s1600-h/greencity3_11499_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrJXVJsaVnI/AAAAAAAAASo/kzS4A23Xvak/s400/greencity3_11499_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094230149400516210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dongtan, a primeira Eco-Cidade do mundo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Depois do almoço fizemos mais uma visita pelo museu. Desta vez fomos à nova atracção: a Antártida. Uma sala gelada, demonstrações de equipamentos, jogos. Tudo sobre a Antártida. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;À tarde &lt;st1:personname st="on"&gt;Brenda Boardman&lt;/st1:personname&gt;, Head of Lower Carbon Futures team at Environmental Change Institute, Oxford university falou-nos sobre um tema que tem vindo a fazer parte do nosso dia-a-dia na escola: as licenças de carbono. Esta oradora lançou o debate sobre se deveriam ou não criar-se licenças de emissões de carbono individuais para cada pessoa. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Seguiu-se Tatiana Bosteels, London Climate Change Agency (lcca) que falou de forma muito curta e muito concisa como poderíamos ter uma Londres menos poluidora. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A comunicação final esteve a cargo de Adrian Hewitt, Merton Borough Council. Este orador captou de imediato a atenção da plateia e falou-nos sobre a imensidão de coisas de uma pessoa e um município podem fazer para combater as alterações climáticas. Com muita psicologia à mistura mostrou-nos como foi possível em Merton converter as casas eficientes em casas muito mais eficientes. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;O debate final, muito activo foi desta vez orientado pela jornalista Vivienne Parry. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;No final do dia foram feitas as últimas votações, que tinham também ocorrido durante os outros dois dias, e cujos resultados serão o documento final da conferência que, segundo o exemplo do ano anterior, será entregue ao governo britânico. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 42pt;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Partimos à tarde directamente do museu para um passeio de duas horas de autocarro híbrido pela cidade de Londres. Depois de percebermos como funcionam aqueles veículos estávamos prontos para entrar a bordo e fazer uma visita de duas horas pela cidade. Vimos quase tudo. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;De volta ao Imperial College esperava-nos um BBQ inglês. Ao BBQ segiu-se uma sessão de diversão especialmente dinamizada pela comitiva chinesa, que foi depois seguida por muitas outras. No final trocaram-se assinaturas e textos, entregaram-se diplomas de participação e a conferência tinha chegado ao fim. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Certamente uma das melhores experiências por que qualquer um de nós passou, esta conferência internacional será inesquecível para qualquer um dos delegados. Aprendemos muito, mas sobretudo desenvolvemos relações humanas, conhecemos culturas, trocámos recordações e criámos amigos. Não há mais palavras para transmitir o que foram estes quatro dias &lt;st1:personname productid="em Londres. Talvez" st="on"&gt;em Londres. Talvez&lt;/st1:personname&gt; uma: irrepetíveis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;António Grilo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-53335512662060860?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/53335512662060860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=53335512662060860' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/53335512662060860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/53335512662060860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/greening-cities-international-student_4270.html' title='Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Day 3 – 12th July 2007'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RrJYN5saVoI/AAAAAAAAASw/PkMCMdIhrvs/s72-c/eco-cidade_china.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-1466314404608215246</id><published>2007-08-02T23:10:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T23:11:00.330+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Day 2 – 11th July 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Mais uma vez a alvorada foi madrugadora. Em Londres o Sol nasce mais cedo que em Lisboa e logo pelas seis horas da manhã invadia os nossos quartos. Passada a primeira refeição do dia, que neste país é claramente a mais importante, foi a vez de um momento cultural. Já sabemos que a música chega aos locais mais inóspitos e já tínhamos visto há dois dias um Mc Donalds com um piano de cauda… Porém, não deixou de nos surpreender o facto de haver um piano na sala do pequeno-almoço! Uma vez que três delegados sabem tocar, lançámo-nos na aventura de espalhar a música pela sala. De Chopin e Beethoven até ao tema principal do filme Titanic passando por músicas da Broadway; das músicas individuais a improvisos a quatro mãos ouviu-se de tudo. Embora não fosse esse o objectivo principal, a música serviu aqui de elo de união de muitos dos delegados, nomeadamente dos países árabes, com os estudantes de piano. Assim se estabeleceram relações fortes nomeadamente entre os delegados da Arábia Saudita, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Yemen Singapura e Portugal. A música, e sobretudo a música clássica, revelou-se mais uma vez a linguagem universal. O dever chamava-nos e pelas dez horas abandonámos o Imperial College para nos dirigirmos ao NHM. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Vimos o resumo do dia anterior em filme e o primeiro orador a entrar em cena foi Colin Butfield, Head of Campaigns Division, World Wildlife Fund–UK (WWF). Este orador mostrou-nos a correlação directa que existe entre dados como a evolução das concentrações de CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; na atmosfera e a evolução da temperatura no mesmo período. Em seguida apresentou-nos uma campanha do WWF a decorrer no reino unido relativamente ao combate às alterações climáticas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;O segundo orador do dia foi o Dr Mark Spencer, Curator of the British and European Herbariums at the Natural History Museum. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A comunicação deste orador explicava a importância dos parques mas sobretudo das plantas de Londres na monitorização das alterações climáticas na cidade. A ideia principal é a de que os organismos vivos registam e sentem os efeitos das mudanças do clima e que nos podem mostrar qual o estado do local onde vivemos. Para este efeito este botânico doutorado em taxonomia falou de variadíssimas plantas que podemos utilizar em nosso favor sem seu prejuízo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A terceira comunicação do dia esteve a cargo do Dr Tim Sparks, Environmental Scientist Natural Earth Resources Council Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Monks wood. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;O &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;tema desta comunicação foi “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Dear Diary: how everyone can contribute to monitoring the effects of climate change?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Este cientista reuniu registos de vários cidadãos do reino unido e através desses registos que remontam ao início do século XX até aos nossos dias foi possível perceber claramente os efeitos da actividade humana no clima do reino unido e consequentemente no clima global. Os arquivos utilizados eram constituídos por anotações de migrações de aves, fotografias de árvores em alturas semelhantes do ano em anos diferentes entre outros. Uma prova de como pequenos registos empíricos podem contribuir para a monitorização das alterações climáticas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;À hora do almoço novo saco castanho com o mesmo conteúdo que o do dia anterior aguardava-nos no exterior da sala. Depois do almoço fizemos nova visita ao museu. A cada corredor por onde passávamos íamo-nos apercebendo da real dimensão espacial e científica daquela instituição. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;À tarde a primeira oradora era Samantha Heath, Director of Sustainability Exchange. A sua intervenção baseava-se num dos pilares do desenvolvimento sustentável: “Delivering a Sustainable Legacy”. O legado que devemos deixar às gerações que se nos seguirão é o que nos leva a preocupar-nos com sustentabilidade das nossas acções actualmente. Suportada nesta afirmação a oradora expôs uma lista de acções de risco e de medidas a tomar para que, tal como nós, as próximas gerações tenham condições de habitabilidade na Terra. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Shirley Rodriguez, Head of Environment, Greater London Authority foi a segunda oradora da tarde. Directamente ligada a Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, Shirley Rodriguez falou-nos sobre a importância dos espaços verdes de Londres e sobre as medidas previstas para manter essa rede de parques e se possível aumentá-la. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Gareth&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Mitchell foi a jornalista da BBC convidada para dirigir o debate que reuniu oradores e estudantes em mais uma sessão de discussão sobre alterações climáticas. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A tarde foi dedicada às compras &lt;st1:personname productid="em South Kensington. Terminadas" st="on"&gt;em South Kensington.  Terminadas&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt; as aquisições de lembranças da capital do reino unido, fomos para a zona de Westminster. Jantámos e, ao pôr-do-sol, fizemos uma viagem no London Eye, a famosa roda gigante que nos faz ver quase toda a cidade de Londres. Terminada a viagem regressámos ao Imperial College. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Mais uma vez o dia foi excelente. Novas perspectivas, novos olhares sobre as alterações climáticas, novas ideias, novas medidas, enfim… um sem número de informações que ficaram religiosamente registadas nos apontamentos dos delegados e que se esperem cheguem ao seu destino. Uma noite muito bem passada e onde ainda houve espaço para dois dedos de conversa entre os participantes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;António Grilo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-1466314404608215246?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/1466314404608215246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=1466314404608215246' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1466314404608215246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1466314404608215246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/greening-cities-international-student_1528.html' title='Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Day 2 – 11th July 2007'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-3662220900916145743</id><published>2007-08-02T23:08:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T23:10:07.099+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Day 1 – 10th July 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Levantámo-nos cedo e, depois do “pequeno-almoço”, fomos para o Natural History Museum - NHM, &lt;st1:personname productid="em Cromwell Road" st="on"&gt;em  Cromwell Road&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;, o palco do evento que reunia em Londres estudantes para debater alterações climáticas. Passado o registo dos delegados locais e estrangeiros estávamos prontos para iniciar o segundo encontro internacional de estudantes sobre alterações climáticas, mais concretamente sobre o papel das cidades e como podemos torná-las mais “verdes”, isto é, mais sustentáveis. Fomos entusiasticamente acolhidos por toda a equipa do museu que nos iria acompanhar durante três dias. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;O primeiro a subir ao palco foi Tom Burke, Founder Director of E3G; Senior Business Advisor to UK Climate Change Ambassador at FCO; Environmental Advisor to Rio Tinto plc. Apresentou-nos as alterações climáticas de uma forma diferente fazendo-nos ver que, por analogia a instabilidade político-económica e com problemas sociais tão graves como a peste nos séculos passados, as alterações climáticas constituem o desafio da humanidade para o século XXI. Uma resenha histórica que terminou com algumas ideias de como cada um de nós pode contribuir para reduzir o seu impacto no clima global e com um alerta para a responsabilidade individual e para a necessidade de agir no imediato. No caso de não agirmos já deu-nos um conselho, que serviu de base a toda a sua comunicação: “Don’t be under forty”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A Tom Burke, difícil de igualar, seguiu-se o professor Mike Hume, Founding Director of Tyndall Centre for Climate Change. Tendo como base a expressão: “Climate change: implications for the future, choices for the present” este orador explicou-nos que, dado o estado actual da situação climática global, é necessário fazer escolhas e modificar hábitos no presente, sendo que a tomada de consciência e de atitudes determina o futuro que legarmos às gerações vindouras. Assim, estabelecida uma relação de causa efeito entre as medidas que tomarmos agora e o futuro que vamos obter, foi fácil perceber que quanto mais tarde forem tomadas as medidas mais restritivas terão que ser e que caso não se tomem medidas não haverá futuro humanamente aceitável para as gerações futuras.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;O terceiro orador, e último da primeira parte, foi o Dr Jeremy Leggett, Chief Executive and Chairman of Solarcentury, Chairman of SolarAid. Este orador apresentou-nos as alterações climáticas como o jogo de números desta geração. Através dos números mostrados em gráficos, que falam por si, foi possível ter uma noção ampla e alargada do problema que as alterações climáticas personificam e da dependência do petróleo, actualmente um facto nas nossas sociedades. Segundo este orador chegámos já a uma ponto sem retorno, um ponto máximo. Neste caso, tal como no passado aconteceu com outras dependências da sociedade, terá de acontecer uma catástrofe, um colapso, que nos faça começar do zero e produzir energia de modo sustentável, o que passa, essencialmente, por recorrer a fontes renováveis. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Após uma enorme dose de informação para consolidar, saímos da sala para o “almoço”. Sacos castanhos aguardavam-nos no exterior da sala contendo uma baguete, um pacote de batatas fritas, uma peça de fruta e uma garrafa de água…&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Depois do almoço e de algum tempo livre para visitarmos uma parte do vastíssimo Natural History Museum regressámos à sala da conferência. Aguardava-nos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt; a Dr Jillian Anable, Research Fellow, The Centre for Transport Policy. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Dada a sua especialidade, esta investigadora vinha falar-nos do papel dos transportes nas alterações climáticas e mostrar-nos que estamos a chegar ao extremo. Uma comunicação clara, pragmática, concisa e esclarecedora que incluiu as consequências do uso excessivo dos transportes bem como as medidas a tomar para um uso sustentável destes meios. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Seguiu-se o Dr. Dave Reay da &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;School&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Geosciences&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;, &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;University&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt; of &lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Edinburgh&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;A sua comunicação foi direccionada para o combate às alterações climáticas na “selva urbana”, ou seja, quais as medidas a tomar para converter as cidades em contribuintes menos activos nas alterações do clima global. A exemplo da oradora que lhe antecedeu o Dr. Dave Reavy foi muito pragmático e conseguiu captar a atenção da plateia pelo tempo suficiente para que todos ficassem com a ideia de como de pode converter a cidade num espaço menos prejudicial para o clima. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Para terminar o dia, o jornalista Quentin Cooper, da BBC radio 4, orientou uma sessão de discussão onde estiveram presentes os últimos quatro oradores do dia. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;O final do dia estava reservado para uma recepção na Royal Geographical Society. Fomos recebidos pela sua directora que nos deu as boas vindas e nos falou sobre a história e a actividade daquele organismo. Em seguida, colocou-nos em contacto com membros daquela instituição a fim de trocarmos impressões sobre a geografia com especial incidência da informação naqueles delegados cuja opção escolar passava por essa disciplina. Em seguida visitámos uma exposição sobre alterações climáticas e alguns minutos depois, teve lugar um workshop onde, de forma lúdica, pudemos compreender alguns efeitos das alterações climáticas e perceber a importância da pequena porção da Terra em que podemos habitar. Por fim teve lugar um cocktail com bebidas e canapés, antes de regressarmos a Beit Hall.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;O balanço final do dia é, obviamente, positivo. Como antevimos no dia anterior, a conferência revelou-se muito enriquecedora, e ao longo do dia foi reforçado e cultivado o convivo entre todos os delegados.  &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;António Grilo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-3662220900916145743?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/3662220900916145743/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=3662220900916145743' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/3662220900916145743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/3662220900916145743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/greening-cities-international-student_02.html' title='Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Day 1 – 10th July 2007'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-4459880856746925330</id><published>2007-08-02T23:08:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T23:08:53.678+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Arrival</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Tínhamos chegado a Londres há apenas algumas horas. Estranhamente, as tradicionais nuvens não tinham sido as nossas anfitriãs tendo cedido o seu lugar a um Sol, ainda que tímido, que banhava South Kensington quando abandonamos o metro que nos trouxera de Heathrow Airport. Depois de encontrarmos a residência Beit Hall do Imperial College, e de aí abandonarmos as nossas bagagens, e aproveitámos o bom tempo para dar uma volta pela zona terminando &lt;st1:personname productid="em Hyde Park." st="on"&gt;em Hyde Park.&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt; Às 17:45, pontualmente, conforme o protocolo britânico, estávamos de regresso ao Imperial College, onde fomos jantar (já eram horas…).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Depois do “jantar” todo o staff do British Council recebeu-nos, dando-nos as boas vindas a Londres, e desejando que a conferência e todo o programa elaborado nesse âmbito fosse do nosso agrado. Passámos então aos “Ice Breakers”. Este nome, proveniente do pragmatismo inglês, designa um conjunto de actividades para, como o nome indica, “quebrar o gelo”, ou seja, para nos conhecermos melhor e para provocar bom ambiente entre os delegados dos 17 países estrangeiros presentes: Canadá, Brasil, Portugal, Bélgica, Eslováquia, Líbia, Camarões, Arábia Saudita, Yemen, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Rússia, Singapura, China, Austrália, Tailândia, Kuwait e Bahrein. Objectivo conseguindo.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Antevê-se uma conferência muito enriquecedora e um excelente ambiente entre os representantes. Esperemos que se confirmem as nossas expectativas… &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;António Grilo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-4459880856746925330?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/4459880856746925330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=4459880856746925330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/4459880856746925330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/4459880856746925330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/08/greening-cities-international-student.html' title='Greening Cities – International Student Summit, Arrival'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-1284441221986231397</id><published>2007-07-19T23:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T23:07:19.482+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Foto-reportagem</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_p6k7aM6I/AAAAAAAAASg/vm-FmkHNuS8/s1600-h/Diapositivo1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_p6k7aM6I/AAAAAAAAASg/vm-FmkHNuS8/s400/Diapositivo1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089043296506491810" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Welcome: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Lloyd Anderson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;, Director, Science, British Council&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Professional Briefing: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Renuka Parmar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;, Project Manager, Science, and &lt;i&gt;Monique Caesar&lt;/i&gt;, Project Delivery Manager, Contracts and Projects, British Council&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;         &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;International Student Summit: Greening Cities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="line-height: 150%; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Natural History Museum&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_p3E7aM5I/AAAAAAAAASY/nn4zQKlfhoU/s1600-h/Diapositivo2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_p3E7aM5I/AAAAAAAAASY/nn4zQKlfhoU/s400/Diapositivo2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089043236376949650" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pz07aM4I/AAAAAAAAASQ/FwLWHT3ro5A/s1600-h/Diapositivo3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pz07aM4I/AAAAAAAAASQ/FwLWHT3ro5A/s400/Diapositivo3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089043180542374786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_puE7aM3I/AAAAAAAAASI/21TYFRm5-zA/s1600-h/Diapositivo4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_puE7aM3I/AAAAAAAAASI/21TYFRm5-zA/s400/Diapositivo4.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089043081758126962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;i style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;" &gt;Ken Livingstone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;, Mayor of London&lt;/span&gt; - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Climate Change: the challenge of the 21st Century&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_prU7aM2I/AAAAAAAAASA/G-Lo7tqZM2U/s1600-h/Diapositivo5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_prU7aM2I/AAAAAAAAASA/G-Lo7tqZM2U/s400/Diapositivo5.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089043034513486690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Royal Geographical Society&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"   &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_poE7aM1I/AAAAAAAAAR4/IRcAUL9s7w4/s1600-h/Diapositivo6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_poE7aM1I/AAAAAAAAAR4/IRcAUL9s7w4/s400/Diapositivo6.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042978678911826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pk07aM0I/AAAAAAAAARw/erh_fkJNzBQ/s1600-h/Diapositivo7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pk07aM0I/AAAAAAAAARw/erh_fkJNzBQ/s400/Diapositivo7.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042922844336962" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;London Eye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_phk7aMzI/AAAAAAAAARo/fpil0nZegFo/s1600-h/Diapositivo8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_phk7aMzI/AAAAAAAAARo/fpil0nZegFo/s400/Diapositivo8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042867009762098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_peU7aMyI/AAAAAAAAARg/JnOZQl9gUcM/s1600-h/Diapositivo9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_peU7aMyI/AAAAAAAAARg/JnOZQl9gUcM/s400/Diapositivo9.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042811175187234" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Hybrid Bus sightseeing tour of London, accompanied by a professional guide&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pa07aMxI/AAAAAAAAARY/zwJw17Wn_XA/s1600-h/Diapositivo10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pa07aMxI/AAAAAAAAARY/zwJw17Wn_XA/s400/Diapositivo10.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042751045645074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pWE7aMwI/AAAAAAAAARQ/c1bwCx3EkIc/s1600-h/Diapositivo11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pWE7aMwI/AAAAAAAAARQ/c1bwCx3EkIc/s400/Diapositivo11.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042669441266434" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;British Council &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pSk7aMvI/AAAAAAAAARI/B4SLoml8SxY/s1600-h/Diapositivo12.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_pSk7aMvI/AAAAAAAAARI/B4SLoml8SxY/s400/Diapositivo12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5089042609311724274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;h1 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/green-cities-blog/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Greening cities blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-1284441221986231397?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/1284441221986231397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=1284441221986231397' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1284441221986231397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1284441221986231397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/07/foto-reportagem.html' title='Foto-reportagem'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp_p6k7aM6I/AAAAAAAAASg/vm-FmkHNuS8/s72-c/Diapositivo1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-865981125877085726</id><published>2007-07-17T22:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-17T22:28:24.525+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Greening Cities 2007 - delegados internacionais</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/Rp00W07aMuI/AAAAAAAAARA/htWhpNVS7K4/s1600-h/greencities_delegados.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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é um evento Carbonfree, Neutro em Carbono'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RpFTS1tmnLI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/t5zjzCyZAfc/s72-c/Diapositivo1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-3764447660159635005</id><published>2007-07-06T19:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-07T23:45:26.614+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Valsassina school, Lisbon, Portugal - THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RpAXb1tmnJI/AAAAAAAAAQo/ehzdmPCmqII/s1600-h/compensa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+emiss%C3%B5es_1_ingl%C3%AAs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RpAXb1tmnJI/AAAAAAAAAQo/ehzdmPCmqII/s400/compensa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+emiss%C3%B5es_1_ingl%C3%AAs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084589746343550098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;When you fly, drive and heat your home, your CO2 liberation adds to climate change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Valsassina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:placename&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;School&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;, in &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;Lisbon&lt;/st1:city&gt; (&lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Portugal&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB" &gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;through its partnership Ecoprogresso, offsets these emissions by funding sustainable energy projects.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-3764447660159635005?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/3764447660159635005/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=3764447660159635005' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/3764447660159635005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/3764447660159635005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/07/valsassina-college-lisbon-portugal.html' title='Valsassina school, Lisbon, Portugal - THINK GLOBAL, ACT LOCAL'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RpAXb1tmnJI/AAAAAAAAAQo/ehzdmPCmqII/s72-c/compensa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+emiss%C3%B5es_1_ingl%C3%AAs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-685643618603078719</id><published>2007-07-06T19:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-07T23:46:08.306+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Eco-Schools Programme</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a name="MANAGEMENT"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Environmental Management&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;The Eco-Schools Programme aims to raise students awareness of environmental and related sustainable development issues through classroom study together with school and community action, and provides an integrated system for environmental management of schools based on an ISO14001/EMAS approach. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;As a process of facilitating sustainable development at a local level, pupils are encouraged to take an active role in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eco-schools.org/aboutus/howitworks.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;practical steps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; to reduce the environmental impact of the school. Eco-Schools thus extends learning beyond the classroom and develops responsible attitudes and commitment both at home and in the wider community. The Eco-Schools &lt;b&gt;Green Flag&lt;/b&gt;, awarded to schools with high achievement in their Programme, is a recognised and respected eco-label for environmental education and performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a name="PARTICIPATION"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;"  lang="EN-GB"&gt;Participation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;The Programme incorporates &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eco-schools.org/aboutus/howitworks.htm"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;seven elements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; which schools at any level can adopt as a methodology. These elements have been designed to be the core of the Eco-Schools process, yet the structure is flexible enough to be adopted in any country, and at any level of schools’ previous environmental achievement. Pupil involvement throughout the process is an integral and essential factor. The participation of other stakeholders in the school and community in the decision-making process is an important step towards dialogue and cooperation, providing a good basis for citizenship education. This flexible system, with its pedagogic and practical elements, has made Eco-Schools a very successful programme with clear and tangible benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; to schools and communities, and of course to teachers and young people. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;     &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;color:black;"   lang="EN-GB" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:85%;" &gt; http://www.eco-schools.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-685643618603078719?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/685643618603078719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=685643618603078719' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/685643618603078719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/685643618603078719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/07/eco-schools-programme.html' title='Eco-Schools Programme'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-1288256356435738757</id><published>2007-07-04T22:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-04T23:01:00.511+01:00</updated><title type='text'>CO2 offset project</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RowYRltmnHI/AAAAAAAAAQY/4aFavbmPKks/s1600-h/greenhouse1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RowYRltmnHI/AAAAAAAAAQY/4aFavbmPKks/s400/greenhouse1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083464769854676082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;The Eco-Schools International Coordination has teamed up with Climate Care, an organisation which permits individuals and organisations to reduce their own impact on global warming. Follow this link to find out about &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="www.climatecare.org"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="" lang="EN-GB"&gt;Climate Care&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt; and this Partnership.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  lang="EN-GB" &gt;Under the Eco-Schools – Climate Care partnership, individuals, organisations, companies or institutions (such as government departments, local government, or schools) can take responsibility for their contribution to global warming through pollution caused from air travel, using the CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; (carbon dioxide) offset programme.&lt;br /&gt;Your contribution will fund projects that reduce emissions by the same amount as your flight creates, making your flight “climate neutral”. The money is invested in projects such as renewable energy and reforestation which either reduce emissions at source or absorb CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; from the atmosphere. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;This is called a carbon offset.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;in http://www.eco-schools.org/projects/cchange/co2.htm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%;font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-1288256356435738757?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/1288256356435738757/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=1288256356435738757' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1288256356435738757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/1288256356435738757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/07/co2-offset-project.html' title='CO2 offset project'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_-YK2jIJdaEI/RowYRltmnHI/AAAAAAAAAQY/4aFavbmPKks/s72-c/greenhouse1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183176130776922740.post-8500816440272598407</id><published>2007-07-04T20:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-07-04T23:38:35.680+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Greening Cities 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;O British Council Portugal convidou o Colégio Valsassina a estar presente na conferência internacional "Greening Cities" a ter lugar no &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/events/detail.jsp?key=10078"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Natural History Museum de Londres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;, entre 10 e 12 de Julho de 2007.  &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Esta conferência destina-se a alunos de todo o mundo, com idades compreendidas entre os 16 e os 18 anos. O Colégio estará representado por um professor e dois alunos. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;Na sequência do trabalho desenvolvido o ano passado, alunos de várias partes do mundo vão poder discutir as alterações climáticas e o que fazer para as combater. Será possível ouvir e conversar com alguns dos maiores especialistas e políticos a nível mundial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;A partitipação do Colégio Valsassina nesta conferência não teria sido possível sem o apoio e colaboração do &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 150%; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;British Council Portugal e da Ecoprogresso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/183176130776922740-8500816440272598407?l=valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/feeds/8500816440272598407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=183176130776922740&amp;postID=8500816440272598407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/8500816440272598407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/183176130776922740/posts/default/8500816440272598407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://valsassinagreencities2007.blogspot.com/2007/07/greening-cities-2007.html' title='Greening Cities 2007'/><author><name>Geração Ecovalsassina</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03654378092441260628</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
