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New Kids Web site and a job vacancy (20/09/05)

Good morning everyone:

Two news items, the first a job advertisement and the second a message that was recently sent to the WLI email list from an NGO in Japan concerning the launch of their new Web site for children.

1. At the initiative of seven CGIAR Centers (IWMI, CIAT, ILRI, ICRAF, ICRISAT, WARDA and WorldFish Center) and the CGIAR Secretariat, a position of "Media Specialist" has been created to raise the profile of participating CGIAR Centers and the CGIAR System, while strengthening Centers' media and message delivery capacities. The closing date is October 7, 2005. Nominations and further information from: mediaspecialist@cgiar.org. Full details about the vacancy are advertised here http://www.cgiar.org/employment.html.

2. Kids' "Create Your Future" Web Site Launched http://www.kidsforfuture.net/

Japan For Sustainability has launched their Kids' "Create Your Future" Web site with an aim to encourage children worldwide to take interest in and gain an understanding of environmental issues, and to think and act independently in response.

Through this site, we emphasize the concept of taking a creative approach towards the realization of a more ecological future on our planet unrestrained by conventional ideas, and we aim to introduce innovative ways of thinking to support concrete methods for sustainable living.

While there are several Web sites oriented toward children worldwide that provide current information about the environment in existence, our Kids'"Create Your Future"Web site not only explains the current state and causes of environmental destruction, but also features proposals for revolutionizing our approach to creating a sustainable future.

- Twelve 'New Ideas for the Earth' are introduced on the Web site's main page.

- We explain environmental issues under such familiar topics as water, trees and food in the section, 'Today's Earth, Our Future'.

- We also include worksheets that can be downloaded and cartoons that depict an imaginary society of the future.

We would be glad if our message for the children of the world to stay determined and challenge the deteriorating conditions of our planet reaches as many youth as possible. Please help us by introducing our site to children and educators worldwide.

Junko Edahiro, Project Manager, August 30, 2005. For inquiries send e-mail to info@kidsforfuture.net.

With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat

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