Archive for July, 2008

In association with UN International Day of Peace.
21st September, 2008

“With the peace doves we remind everyone of the truth that they sometimes forget – that peace is possible. We celebrate everything which is free and noble in the human spirit. And we celebrate all that so many people have done throughout the year and will do next year to create a better world.”
Jane Goodall

On the 21st September, 2008, Jane Goodall PhD, DBE, founder, renowned primatologist and UN messenger for peace, will encourage youth across the globe, to join together to celebrate the universal desire for peace.

This year Roots & Shoots groups from across the UK are congregating in our capital, London, to celebrate Peace. …

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Roots & Shoots have recently formed a partnership with the charity Red Balloon. JGI are encouraging Roots & Shoots groups in Liverpool and across the UK to help raise money for the Red Balloon appeal as part of their human community projects.

The first Red Balloon Learner Centre was set up in a private home in Cambridge in 1996. The vision was to provide an ‘intensive care’ programme of full-time education in a safe learning environment for children unable to go to school because they had been severely bullied. There are now Centres offering a safe learning environment for students of secondary-age in Cambridge, Norwich and Northwest London at Harrow.

In March 2008, Esther Rantzen and Denise Fergus launched the …

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Blackminster Middle School in Evesham, Worcestershire joined Roots & Shoots: Mission Possible today.

You can see where Blackminster Middle School is on a map and read about their local environment here.