News from Roots & Shoots Mission Control

Join us on the National Climate March along with thousands of people in more than 70 countries around the world as part of the Global Day of Action on climate.

Assemble: 12noon at Grosvenor Sq (this has changed from Speaker’s Corner, because of a car-free day in London on 6th December)

Speakers at the rally so far:

George Monbiot- author & journalist
Caroline Lucas - Leader, Green Party
Nick Clegg - Leader, Lib Dems
Michael Meacher - ex-environment minister
Benedict Southworth - WDM

The National Climate March (http://www.campaigncc.org/) and Global Day of Action (http://www.globalclimatecampaign.org/) are during the UN climate talks in Poznan, Poland. This year’s UN climate talks are CRITICAL as they’re our last chance to really influence the outcome of the talks - and …

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Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

Welcome to Autumn.

What an exciting year this has been
for us!

We now have 79 schools signed up to the Roots & Shoots programme with more schools joining us every day. We have seen some interesting developments.

In July we had an invitation to visit No 10 Downing Street and met with the PM’s advisor on the Environment, Michael Jacobs. The Government have now pledged to support our Roots & Shoots
programme.

For the first time we celebrated International Day of Peace in London on the 21st September. At the same time as parading our Giant Peace Doves, we also managed to raise money for the James Bulger Red Balloon memorial centre in Liverpool that helps bullied children restore …

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October and November are Roots & Shoots’ official fundraising months for the Jane Goodall Institute. During this time we invite schools to take part in fundraising for our Africa programmes. For information on how you can raise money and where it goes, see our Autumn 2007 newsletter.

The Roots & Shoots Award Ceremony in London was a wonderful way for my students to share their work with others. The girls were especially excited that Dr. Jane Goodall herself was going to be there. I brought along two Upper School students named Madeleine Larsson and Martina Svennson. They had spent eight days with me in Romania in the summer.

Madeleine & Martina

The girls and I worked with a charity called Romanian Children’s Relief, where students from our school, TASIS, have been volunteering for years. The difference with this trip is that it was just the two girls and myself. The girls …

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Jubilee Primary School’s Roots & Shoots group was invited to attend the annual award ceremony at the Royal National Theatre in September. We were the only group from London that was attending.

Four members of the group were lucky enough to travel up to town: Harvey Schneider, Amy-Ella Faria, Riccon Narine-Turnbull and Grace Bazunu.

When we got there we put up a display of the work we have done with our group - and we had drinks and biscuits! We also rehearsed what we were going to say in our presentation.

Jane Goodall came to the stand and met us. She told us a bit about her life and we told her what we had done in Roots & Shoots.

Then she spoke to all …

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by Zoe Hodges, age 13.

We all had a great time from start to end. We met up on Shaw Station where we caught a train at half past six in the morning, which was a tiny bit early for me. That then took us to Victoria Station where we caught a taxi to Manchester Piccadilly, then an early train on to London Euston. This took around three hours to get there but we busied our selves talking and discussing the day ahead of us.

When we got there we had to catch the Underground train, which was horrible. The sound, the smell, the noise, it was one of those “never again” experiences. When we got to the other end we then …

Read all of Crompton House School Trip to London for the Roots & Shoots Awards

On the 15th September, schools from across the UK gathered together in London to share and present their Roots & Shoots activities to Dr Jane and each other at the Roots & Shoots Awards ceremony.

The event took place at the prestigious National Theatre on the South Bank. The National aims to re-energise the great traditions of the British stage and to expand the horizons of audiences and artists alike. It aspires to reflect the diversity of the nation’s culture.

Students prepared creative showcases of their contribution in the area of people, animals and the environment and described to Dr Jane and the other participants what they had achieved, why it was important and how they would build on their …

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London, UK
Following the lead of their hero - renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE - young people from across the UK came together in London yesterday to celebrate Peace.

They marked the event with a giant peace dove parade to support the United Nations International Day of Peace featuring a two minute silence at 12:00pm and a two hour parade from city hall, across the millennium bridge, past the Tower of London, along Tower Bridge and finally returning to City Hall.

The Peace Day Parade

They were witnessed by thousands of Londoners who cheered them on and wished them Peace. The Roots & Shoots group also …

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This Sunday, youth from across the globe will join Dr. Jane Goodall to celebrate the universal desire for peace.

Roots & Shoots groups from the UK are congregating at City Hall, London to fly a peace dove and banner. Their aim is to show the country that every individual can make a difference and if united, can change the world. Full information can be found in our PDF flyer.

Outside City Hall the volunteers will be selling merchandise, as well as handing out flyers about the Roots & Shoots program and raising money for the Red Balloon charity. For more information about our support for Red Balloon, see ‘Roots & Shoots form a partnership with Red Balloon’.

We look …

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Got a news story about your school’s projects? The Roots & Shoots website now allows you to easily post updates on your activity directly to the site to share with other Roots & Shoots members and the world. All stories that you write about completed projects will also be automatically entered for the Roots & Shoots annual awards!

Here’s how to post your story:

On any Roots & Shoots page, click on the ‘Member Login’ button in the right-hand side menu.
When prompted enter your username and password - you will now be taken to the Mission Control page.
In the right-hand side column you will see a section called ’Your School’. Click on the option to ‘Post a story for your school’.
A new window …

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