CANADA MILITARY NEWS: r Environment matters 2 Canadians cause NOT one political party has ever truly given a sheeet (just their own agendas) and we know it /sites and games 4 classrooms and students/Annapolis Valley takes Environment serious/ First Nations Canada and Environment- God chose our First Peoples as protectors of our vast and last land of pure nature on this planet- and it f**king matters 2 Canadians/TEACHERS KITS AND STUDENT FACTS AND GAMES SITES

The Environment matters 2 all Canadians... but don't have the gall 2 bitch about oil and gas prices from vicious foreign nations that destroy their children as an everyday habit and refuse women's equality and our gays and unions - just don't pls-imho- whilst u spit on Canada's own energy

May 19, 2015

in Canada (regardless of politics...because all have betrayed Canadians and our environment-seriously each and all)-r envioronment matters- and our children inspire us..thx .. Students showcase environmental knowledge at first Annapolis Valley Envirothon

 

http://www.kingscountynews.ca/News/Local/2015-05-18/article-4148119/Students-showcase-environmental-knowledge-at-first-Annapolis-Valley-Envirothon/1

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Earth Day is Every Day 2 r Children Canada  

Show your support. Sign the Earth Flag!

Collect signatures before May 22nd and win! Click here for more details.

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Sign the Earth Flag CANADA- let's get r done 

2015 is shaping up to be a monumental year for the international climate movement, and Earth Day Canada wants to show the world that Canadians are supportive of meaningful climate action.

As such, Earth Day Canada is creating a 2015 Earth Flag on which we will collect signatures from people across the country who are committed to making Earth Day every day and are doing their part to reduce carbon emissions 20% by 2020. The 2015 Earth Flag will be taken to the COP21 International Climate Conference in Paris this December where a new international agreement on carbon emissions will be signed.

The 2015 Earth Flag is inspired by EDC’s 1992 Earth Flag which collected a total of 500,000 signatures, illustrating Canada’s collective will to protect the planet. The final signatory, then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, took the flag to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit where the first international agreement on climate was signed.

Earth Flag 1992

How it works:

Signatures will be collected in person (at community events, schools, specific sites) and electronically through our website over 5 months, from Earth Day, April 22, to September 22, 2015. These signatures will be placed or printed on pieces of cloth that will be sewn together to create a mosaic flag.

The flag will feature the Earth Day Every Day logo, as well as a 2015 pledge or pledges that represent the goals or commitments of Canadians to make deep carbon reductions.

The 1992 Earth Flag pledge was written by Maurice Strong, the first executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme and former commissioner of the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1986. The 1992 pledge reads as follows:

I pledge to the best of my ability to help make the earth a safe and hospitable home for this and future generations.

The 2015 Earth Flag pledge is:

I pledge to make Earth Day Every Day and reduce my carbon footprint.

We are working with school groups, youth organizations, First Nations, Faith Communities, Non-Governmental Organizations and individuals to revise the pledge for the 2015 Earth Flag. Stay tuned for the new pledge!

We plan to reveal the Earth Flag at an event in early November and collect the final signatures on the Earth Flag by those who will be representing Canadians at the Paris COP21 climate meeting.

In December at the COP21 meetings, Earth Day Canada will display the Earth Flag at a prominent location/event to portray the collective resolve of Canadians to reduce their carbon emissions.

Sign up for Earth Day Every Day to sign the Earth Flag

Teachers and Students! Click here for Earth Flag instructions designed for schools

https://earthday2015.ca/sign-the-earth-flag/

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Who are the First Nations and Inuit
peoples in Canada?

CLICK ON WILDLIFE-CLIMATECHANGE-ENERGY ETC. AND U WILL LINK 2 GAME SITE KIDS...

https://www.ecokids.ca/pub/games_activities/index.cfm

Do you want to help the environment and keep you, your family and your friends healthy? With EcoKids you can! There are all kinds of ways for kids to take action, and every couple of months we'll show you two new ones. They're fun, they're easy, and they help make the planet a little greener. Every bit helps, so take action today!

Veux-tu protéger l’environnement, garder ta famille, tes amis et toi-même en bonne santé? Tu peux le faire avec EcoKids! Il existe plusieurs façons pour les enfants d’agir et tu verras que plusieurs fois pendant l’année scolaire nous te montrerons de nouvelles façons d’agir. Ces actions sont amusantes, faciles et contribuent à une planète plus écologique. Chaque geste compte alors agis maintenant!

  

https://www.ecokids.ca/pub/take_action/

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Image distributed under Creative Commons license, courtesy Flickr.

Before European settlers arrived in Canada about 500 years ago, First Nations and Inuit peoples had the country pretty much to themselves. They lived in groups called tribes, with many different ways of life and traditions. Some were nomadic, which means they moved from place to place while hunting and gathering food. Others were farmers who settled down in a particular area. The weather and the type of land where each tribe lived helped to shape their traditions and culture.

Reproduced with permission from the Glenbow Museum website (www.glenbow.org).

The Importance of Words

The word “Aboriginal” includes all First Nation, Metis and Inuit people, according to the Constitution Act of 1982. You may have heard other names, including “Indian”, “Native”, and “Indigenous”, but these have different meanings to different people. To some, these words do not properly represent the huge variety of cultures found in Canada’s aboriginal community.

In fact, the groups who lived together in certain parts of Canada actually shared some similar ways of life. That’s because they hunted the same animals, had to survive the same weather and had the same resources (like trees) for building shelter and other things. So, one way to look at the different groups is by the region they lived in, because those living together in each region had cultural similarities (ways of life that were alike).

Did You Know?

There are 52 aboriginal languages spoken in Canada!

As you can see in the map, there were six similar cultural groups living in Canada. Click on each area to find out about each group and how their surroundings shaped their way of life.

Another way to look at First Nations and Inuit groups

There are many different aboriginal languages in Canada, but some of them are related to each other by a common ancestral language. In fact, different tribes across Canada can be grouped together into 11 “language families” based on how their languages are related. Some examples of language families include Athapaskan, Algonquian and Iroquoian.

• Tribal Groups
• Shelter
• Clothing
• Food
• Traditions

Printables

• Bison Activity
• Plant Medicine Activity

Games & Activities

• Heal the Drummer

https://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/first_nations_inuit/groups.cfm

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First Nations People of Canada- information 4 kids


http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/DAM/DAM-INTER-HQ/STAGING/texte-text/ach_lr_ks_rrds_fnpc_1302786002220_eng.pdf

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Native Americans

Inuit Peoples

History >> Native Americans for Kids

The Inuit people live in the far northern areas of Alaska, Canada, Siberia, and Greenland. They originally made their home along the Alaskan coast, but migrated to other areas. Everything about the lives of the Inuit is influenced by the cold tundra climate in which they live.

An Inuit family

What kind of homes did they live in?

The typical materials for making homes such as wood and mud are hard to find in the frozen tundra of the Arctic. The Inuit learned to make warm homes out of snow and ice for the winter. During the summer they would make homes from animal skin stretched over a frame made from driftwood or whalebones. The Inuit word for home is "igloo".

What was their clothing like?

The Inuit needed thick and warm clothing to survive the cold weather. They used animal skins and furs to stay warm. They made shirts, pants, boots, hats, and big jackets called anoraks from caribou and seal skin. They would line their clothes with furs from animals like polar bears, rabbits, and foxes.

What did the Inuit people eat?

The Inuit people were unable to farm and grow their own food in the harsh desert of the tundra. They mostly lived off of meat from hunting animals. They used harpoons to hunt seals, walruses, and the bowhead whale. They also ate fish and foraged for wild berries. A high percentage of their food was fatty, which gave them energy in the cold weather.

How did they hunt whales?

In order to hunt larger prey like walruses and whales, the Inuit hunters would gather in a large group. To hunt a whale, typically at least 20 hunters would gather on a large boat armed with a number of harpoons. They would attach a number of seal-skin balloons filled with air to the harpoons. This way the whale could not dive deep into the water when it was first speared. Each time that the whale would come to the surface for air, the hunters would harpoon it again. Once the whale died, they would tie it to the boat and tow it back to shore.

It would sometimes take a number of men a long time to catch and kill a whale, but it was well worth it. The Inuit used all parts of the whale including the meat, blubber, skin, oil, and bones. A large whale could feed a small community for a year.

Transportation

Despite the harsh landscape of the Arctic, the Inuit still found ways to travel long distances. On land and ice they used dogsleds called qamutik. They bred strong sled dogs from wolves and dogs to pull the sleds which were made from whale bones and wood. These dogs became the husky dog breed.

On the water, the Inuit used different kinds of boats for different activities. For hunting they used small single-passenger boats called kayaks. They also built larger, faster boats called umiaqs that were used for transporting people, dogs, and goods.

Interesting Facts about the Inuit

• A member of the Inuit people is called an Inuk.
• The warm soft boots worn by the Inuit are called mukluks or kamik.
• In order to mark areas and to keep from getting lost, paths were marked with a pile of stones called an inuksuk.
• Nearly ninety percent of the Inuit in Western Alaska died from disease after they came into contact with Europeans in the 1800s.
• Inuit women were responsible for sewing, cooking, and raising the children. The men provided food by hunting and fishing.
• The Inuit had no formal marriage ceremony or ritual.
• After hunting, they would perform rituals and sing songs in honor of the animal's spirit.

Take a ten question quiz at the Inuit Peoples questions page.

For more Native American History:

Culture and Overview Agriculture and Food Native American Art American Indian homes and Dwellings Homes: The Teepee, Longhouse, and Pueblo Native American Clothing Entertainment Roles of Women and Men Social Structure Life as a Child Religion Mythology and Legends Glossary and Terms History and Events Timeline of Native American History King Philips War French and Indian War Battle of Little Bighorn Trail of Tears Wounded Knee Massacre Indian Reservations Civil Rights

Tribes Tribes and Regions Apache Tribe Blackfoot Cherokee Tribe Cheyenne Tribe Chickasaw Cree Inuit Iroquois Indians Navajo Nation Nez Perce Osage Nation Pueblo Seminole Sioux Nation

People Famous Native Americans Crazy Horse Geronimo Chief Joseph Sacagawea Sitting Bull Sequoyah Squanto Maria Tallchief Tecumseh Jim Thorpe

History >> Native Americans for Kids

http://www.ducksters.com/history/native_americans/inuit_peoples.php

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7 Earth Day Canada facts and ways to help the planet 

Happy Earth Day! Here are a few ways to help our planet:

1. Earth Day Canada was founded in 1990 and offers free, year-round programs to inspire Canadians to lessen their impacts on the earth.

2. More than six million Canadians participate in Earth Day activities.

3. Today, Earth Day, April 22, marks the launch of Earth Day Every Day, which helps Canadians reduce their carbon footprint 20 per cent by 2020. Visit http://earthday2015.ca/make-earth-day-every-day/

4. Also today, Earth Day Canada is asking people to ‘Clean Your Commute’, their theme for this year’s event. The organization is asking Very Green People (VGP) to green up their ride to cut your carbon emissions. People can win prizes by posting and sharing their clean commute on the new Earth Day Every Day platform. Visit http://earthday2015.ca/25-ways-to-clean-your-commute/

5. Sign the Earth Day Canada flag

Signatures will be collected in person (at community events, schools and specific sites) as well as electronically at http://earthday2015.ca/sign-the-earth-flag/ from Earth Day until Sept. 22. These signatures will be placed or printed on pieces of cloth that will be sewn together to create a mosaic flag. This flag will be flown in Paris in December 2015 when 196 countries will be meeting to sign a new climate agreement at the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

6. Earth Day Canada offers free, curriculum-based environmental education resources for children of all ages. Visit http://earthday2015.ca and click on the teachers and students tab for ways you can help, links and more.

7. Visit http://earthday2015.ca and click on the #EarthDay2015 tab to find events and more. Use the hashtag on social media today.

 www.insidetoronto.com/.../5570735-7-earth-day-canada-facts-and-ways-to-help-the-planet/

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