Monday, September 8, 2008

With a little research...

I've noticed that British Columbians love the environment; Most of us ski, snowboard, hike or do some activity out in the wilderness. Personally, I like going for walks in Burns Bog (in Delta) and its nature reserve. BC's forests feel mysterious and private. I'm afraid that the next generation won't be able to enjoy BC's nature because: People are used to spending most of their time indoors in front of TVs or computers. BC's resources are being threatened and changing (animals are moving farther away to escape expanding city boundaries, plants and rivers are being effected by pollution, etc. I want to do more research on specific changes.)

I explored David Suzuki's website (which is really well designed. It's accessible, easy to navigate, simple and attractive) (http://www.davidsuzuki.org)


Kid's website, a link from his main website. Graphics become cartoons. Very friendly.
Text becomes easier to read. Simple.

As a PDF, I downloaded this brochure that has practical tips on saving energy and resources.




















He even uses Design to promote his message by letting anyone download some posters. He wants people to live with these things, as a reminder.


















And he has teaching tools. There are lots of activities that students can do to learn about saving energy. It's fun to learn tricks like this one: it's a tool for finding drafts so that they can cover it up, heat the house more efficiently and save money and resources.

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