350 in Valley International School

On the 17th of June, another school in Lebanon joine the 350 movement through organizing a whole day on climate change and 350 awareness.

VIS organized a huge 350 green Festival for its students and the educational body of the School stressing on the urgent problem of climate change and the urgency of taking the negotiations that will be held in Copenhagen in December to draft a new treaty on climate change seriously.

During the day, there was a power power point presentation running on climate change, poaching, cedar reserves, environmental wonders and smoking.
The students explained to the parents about all the different problems that the environment is suffering from.

Ms. Lara Mansour, the head of the elementary section, explained the science of 350 and asked the parents and the students to be aware of climate change and to spread awareness among there community to save the world from suffering from the severe impacts of climate change.

That was followed by the students performing 2 songs about earth and environment followed by a briefing about 350* and environmental problems by Ali Fakhry from IndyACT.

The parents visited the eco-art exhibition made by the students and learned about recycling, planting, protecting the environment. Then the parents along with the teachers and the students stood in a form of 350 and took a picture to show the world how important 350 is.

For the closure of the festival, the parents prepared a 350 organic food festival which included many dishes from several communities and nationalities.

*350ppm (parts per million) is the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere that climate scientists say we need to reach in order to avoid catastrophic climate change impacts. There is scientific consensus that climate change is caused by greenhouse gases that have the ability to trap the suns heat and increase global temperatures, which lead to dangerous disruptions in the planet’s climate. The main greenhouse gas is CO2, which has been constantly pumped into the atmosphere since the start of the industrial revolution, due to our addiction to oil and coal. This December, governments from around the World will meet in Copenhagen, Denmark, to finalize a new global treaty on climate change.