A contest for Environmental Education by the Baobá Ong, aims to save the Atlantic Forest, through a competition with local schools.
" The Dunes Park and its Peace trees " aims to encourage students to reflect on the importance of trees in the safety of life on the planet , the relationship of the need to change behavior, and promote the construction of simple actions for sustainability. It's a free initiative in which may compete any student enrolled in public or private school, that lives in Natal or Nova Parnamirim, aged 8 to 12 years and will have to submit a drawing and a text on the subject with maximum of 600 characters ( see Regulation ) . There will be 10 winning students of the contest , and each will receive 5 native trees of the Atlantic Forest and 5 pots of 25 liters, to be groomed for a year at the end of these 12 months, the trees are plants preferably in the region or district where every student lives. A permanent planting will take place the week of celebration of World Environment Day , between days 1st to 5th of June 2015.
Registrations will take place from 19th to 30th of May 2014. Best papers presented on the topic " The Dunes Park and its peace trees " will be chosen by a committee of teachers constituted by Mary Sorage Praxedes ( Dunes Park ), Alidia Ribeiro (UFRN ) , Maria do Socorro Melo ( UNP ), Nivaldo Calixto Torres ( IFRN ), Roger Câmara ( EE Nestor Lima ) and social activist Maria das Neves Valentine and Gabriela Baesse . The result of this contest is published, on 2nd June at the blog trees Peace Baobá Ong. On the same day and on the day 3rd, the distribution and deliveries will begin in the homes of 10 winning students.
Another aim of the initiative is also intended to make an important reflection on the dates of celebration of International Biodiversity Day on 22nd of May and the National Day d of the Atlantic Forest on the 27th of the same month
The Baobá Ong , led by Harold Mota and organizer of this event, was established in October 9th, 2003 and acts predominantly on Natal, with the goal of environmentally conscious of the north of Rio Grande population. It presents projects that advocate sustainable development , focusing mainly on the issue of climate change . The central proposal of the Organization is to establish a dialogue with society about their attitude towards the environment . It also intends to plant one tree per inhabitant in the State of RN ( Rio Grande do Norte ), ie 3.2 million . It is a bold project that consists sensitize as many people on the front carbon neutrality climate change . It supports the idea of more frequent use of bicycles as transportation, reducing the emission of pollutants from motor vehicles gas consumers of fossil fuels. For that promotes bike rides, mainly in the capital .
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