Nature Network :)

You couldn't believe it, but tonight, while I was searching some information for my SosialMedia4SocialChange Campaign I found an absolutely fascinating and fantastic network, which completely reflects my idea of building natural parks for children and creating a world where every child can play, learn and grow in nature. It's simply called "Children & Nature Network."

On this site you can observe that people already created 117 regional campaigns, 174 natural clubs for families and they've got more than 900 coming events connecting with developing "loving nature features" in the children...!!! At once, you can sign up for this, donate something for the kids or connect, which is join the community :)

Moreover, there is a very interesting site page, with the name "NatureStory." There you can find real stories about animals, plants, and wild places told by parents or even CHILDREN themselves. This section of the site was created to help us enrich our nature discovery with old and new stories...ENJOY AND FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW :)
http://www.childrenandnature.org
http://www.childrenandnature.org/naturestory/

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Important Trifle

         

You may be on the carnival in Brazil...you may be studying in the United Kingdom...farming in India...fighting in Serbia...or just living in the United States without paying attention on the trifles that are happening in other countries across the ocean...

Of course, a new Ukrainian amusement park may sound as a "trifle" for the First-World countries, but not for Ukrainians. What am I talking about? A NEW GORGEOUS NATURAL AND AMUSEMENT PARK HAS BEEN OPENED IN UKRAINE!!! It's name is "The Gorky Park" and it was named after an outstanding poet and writer Maxim Gorky.

Now you shouldn't worry about your dearest children - they will have over 130 acres of closed land to play safely and develop together with other toddlers. I personally have been in this park with my little brothers and as soon as we passed the park borders they felt happiness without alloy! Kids can amuse themselves to their heart's content while their parents can have a wonderful Ukrainian dinner at one of the cafes&restaurants. The park is surrounded with beautiful evergreen trees and flowers.

This is the example of our goal - parks in our home communities. You may read this blog and then push the "next blog" button...but what I really ask for is just a thought. Think about the Children... Think about "the flowers of life"... Think about our future... Think.

Thank you all very much.


If you are interested in the park, please follow this links: http://8monthsinukraine.blogspot.com/2012/09/gorky-park-and.html
http://wikimapia.org/9043781/Park-of-Maxim-Gorky
http://www.coasterforce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35575

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Why should they not leave their kids at the park?

My social issue for social change is creating special natural parks for the children (gives them the opportunity to play and develop with other kids there) whose parents cannot take care of them 24/7 or volunteering at such parks that already exist. There are plenty of those, if only search in the internet or ask friends, relatives about them.

 I was thinking about it, reading one story on the site and suddenly I understood why such parks, which is honestly worthy idea, are not very popular and common till now. Guess why? Because some of parents would rather quit their jobs and look after kids than letting them be learn how to be independent from the childhood and play with others. Why you should they not leave their kids at the park? Here I am not talking about just-born kids, or toddlers but children 6-7 years, who can stand for themselves in front of other kids their age and improve their own personality.

The link below completely reflects my opinion:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/05/16/leave_your_kids_at_the_park_day_why_letting_kids_play_on_their_own_is_a.html

Make Nature a Home for the Children!

Hello everyone, this is Anastasiya from Ukraine☺ Like you all, I have received a letter on Monday, and after reading it I was trying to figure out which social problem in my home community is the most important for me. Among the whole list of different problems, such as air pollution, traffic fumes or excessive consumption of electricity I could not make up my mind which one to choose, because all of them are equally significant. But then I just let the situation go and the answer has come by itself.  I started to think about children – “flowers of the life”.

How many of you have brothers or sisters? Perhaps a lot. Siblings are those people to laugh and argue constantly, but always to love, no matter what will happen in the future. As for me, I have three younger brothers at home, and trust me, fighting with each other is not a rare thing to come about. What am I trying to say? Imagine that both my parents have a full-time job and I am far away from my family now. Who is with children? What are they doing the whole day, when parents work? Here is a perfect solution – people should create more natural and amusement close parks to provide the children with safe and developing environment after the kindergarten, which finishes usually at 5 p.m. where they can play and grow together. How many accidents happen in the life every day, every hour because of negligence parents or guardians or just impossibility to look after the children 24/7. I am sure, that little kids deserve good and safe surroundings. And that’s the concept that I am eager to embody in life of my green and captivating hometown.  But a person cannot do it alone.  People need each other to create something useful and breathtaking! In this life, there are no impossibilities. Moreover, life doesn’t have any unsettled problems. Life has people, that don’t want to solve them. Lets help the children of our cities create parks either by saving money for the new parks, where they can always get fresh air, buildings where they can stay safe, interested or participating, volunteering in such parks, kindergartens that have already existed!

Now we – teenagers-exchange students are in the full bloom, we are new for this life, we have widely open doors and million various possibilities in front of us. However, in dozens of years our children would replace us. What I wish for their future generation is to know that we have done something for them, and after this example they would probably do something for their children. What matters most is this chain of treatment will remain forever in children’s hearts and souls. It’s worth it. Thank you all very much for your attention.