WATER-L Digest for Wednesday, November 05, 2014.
1. Getting ready for World Wetlands Day 2 February 2015- Outreach Material Available
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Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 06:58:39 -0600
Subject: Getting ready for World Wetlands Day 2 February 2015- Outreach Material Available
Dear Colleagues,
We are thrilled to announce the launch of www.worldwetlandsday.org, website the focal point for all World Wetlands Day 2015 activities. The website will be growing in the run-up to 2 February 2015, but you can already take advantage of a wide range of support materials that have been made available to help you organize and event or spread the word.
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Teacher and organizer guide
This is loaded with useful information. Get the full strategy behind World Wetlands Day, tips for event-organizing, plus teacher ideas and resource lists.
World Wetlands Day hand-outs
These four sheets can be used as hand-outs or as mini-posters. They are designed to move youth from issues to action in four steps:
o Seven ways wetlands provide for our future
o Facts and paradoxes affecting our future
o A future without wetlands?
o Safeguard our future: what you can do!
World Wetlands Day posters
These are available in three versions: a general call-to-action poster, a photo contest poster, and a third to adapt for local events.
Powerpoint presentation for teachers and organizers
Provides information on wetlands, their benefits, their disappearance and what you can do to help.
WWD theme: Wetlands for our Future
The future of humanity really does depend on wetlands. They purify and replenish our groundwater, provide fish and crops that feed billions of people, act as a natural shield protecting coastlines against flooding, and help fight climate change.
Unfortunately, these benefits are not widely known. Often viewed as wasteland, 64% of wetlands have disappeared since 1900.
For World Wetlands Day 2015, we are specifically targeting teens and young people. They have a growing interest in environmental issues, are tech savvy, and have a strong belief in their own ability to make a difference.
Crucially, they also act as "transmitters," spreading the word about wetlands and their vital importance to their families and friends, causing a ripple effect that reaches the wider public.
Our three-step strategy for approaching them to encourage change is:
1. Give youth a reason to experience wetlands directly: the Wetlands Youth Photo Contest
2. Educate them on the benefits and inject a sense of urgency at their disappearance
3. Provide "next steps" where youth can take action for wetlands
How can you help?
o Please help publicize WWD and Wetlands Youth Photo Contest that runs from 2 February to 2 March.
o Consider acting as local organizer of wetland site visits for youth and/or broader educational events targeting other groups.
o Suggest local, concrete "next steps" that youth can take on wetlands. Help harness the enthusiasm that results from World Wetlands Day itself, and prolong its effect into a longer term call for action.
Finally, a word of thanks to our sponsors, the Danone Fund for Water. The Danone group and the evian brand have been partners of the Ramsar Convention since 1998, and World Wetlands Day is made possible by their generosity.
Best wishes,
Sharon Oseku-Frainier
Communications Officer – External Relations
Ramsar Convention Secretariat
28 rue Mauverney, CH-1196 Gland (Switzerland)
Tel. +41 22 999 0269; fax +41 22 999 0169
www.ramsar.org | Join us: www.facebook.com/RamsarConventionOnWetlands
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