The
Start of A New Experience
The
conference started off with a grand opening ceremony, Holly
Arntzen
a nature singer sang beautiful songs on Nature. A few people
from the environmental board from Government of Canada and UNEP
addressed the delegates. We also had a flag ceremony, where
children from different countries of the world held their
national flags, representing themselves at the ICCE! We were
also introduced to the Junior Board - who were group of children
who were involved in organising the conference. That night we
were really excited cause we had is big days ahead of us!
Friend
ship groups
All the
children were divided into 23 groups. Each group was named
after an endangered animal. All the groups met everyday. We all
introduced ourselves, played a few games to warm up. We also
made secret friends. But one of the main things
we did was making challenges. Each day had a theme like water
conservation, climate change, healthy children and communities
and resource conservation. The challenges brought out the
problems the world is facing with regard to water, climate
change etc. All these challenges would be presented at WSSD.
Learning
More and Having Fun
Apart
from making challenges we also got to learn a lot about nature
through a variety of workshops. All the workshops were equally
interesting and there were new things to learn in each one. The
workshops were activity based and there were games where we had
lot of fun and also learnt facts of nature. Through one of the
workshops, we learnt various songs on the environment. Each
workshop was unique in its own way.
Going
Out In the Wilderness
We were not just inside rooms
talking or learning about nature we also went out to feel it. Of
the 5 days, one day was allotted for “Field Trips”. The field
trips, which we four attended were: Urban Watershed, Gently down
the Watershed, Tremendous trees, Take a walk on the wild side!
We were taken out of the University Campus to learn more about
the nature around Victoria, the problems they face and how they
try to solve the problems! Apart from all this we had lot of
fun! We walked through forest or on the sandy beeches
learning about the living and non-living thing, which live
around! Sometimes we also got to feel the things we learnt
about!
The
End Of The Great Event
The
last day of our conference was like a blow of hot air on our
faces, the days had passed so fast! That evening we had a
closing ceremony! All the delegates dressed in their national
costumes assembled at the Auditorium. In our group each of us
got a chance to go up on stage to be a part of the closing
ceremony! Niveda and Namrata read out all our challenges with
the Junior board and other children. Raghav and Namrata got to
sing in the choir of Holly! One of the songs goes like this :
Come on Ride……, This happy Train, Come on Ride….., We Wont be
Back Again!
At the
end of it we were all sad but happy to see what little we have
achieved by helping the environment and what more we can achieve
too!
Our Learning's at The
Conference
We learnt ..
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That as a community we can share our ideas and
help the environment!
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That dead trees are also useful and not a waste and is known as
Wildlife trees!
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About environmental problems of other countries, and how they
solve the problems!
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That if we really want the earth to become a better place to
live in, we need to work as a team!
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That we are the coming future of earth and it’s our duty to
protect it!
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That we should inform our leaders, about the current problems
facing the world, so they can do something about it too!
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Adults should care for the Earth, as they are the present
generation. If they don’t take care of it, there won’t be any
world left for us kids!
We must keep all these things
in mind, for each and every small thing we do matters. All
our activities are related to the environment. We are
dependent on Nature for everything, yet we give nothing in
return. The least we can do is to use nature’s gift
wisely.
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