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Saturday 26 March 2011

Earth Hour - Η Ώρα της Γης 2011



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Earth Hour started in Sydney, Australia in 2007 when 2.2 million people and 2000 businesses turned their lights off for an hour to take a stand against climate change. A year later, Earht Hour became a global movement. Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour ever with 128 countries participating.  




Don't forget to turn your lights off
This year Earth Hour will take place on Saturday 26th March at 8:30 pm local time.

This Earth Hour, Go Beyond the Hour
Before you turn your lights on again, think of what you can do on a daily basis to raise awarenes about climate change and help the environment.
Add your action on the Beyond the Hour website


Sign up
Visit the Earth Hour website and sign up to show your support.
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Monday 21 March 2011

A Class Divided - International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination




 "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights"

 First article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 



International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

On 21st March 1960 police opened fire and killed 69 people who were  peacefully protesting against the apartheid pass laws in South Africa. In 1996 the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed the day urging everyone to increase their efforts to eliminate discrimination. This year the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is devoted to combating discrimination against people of African descent. 



 A Class Divided - Jane Elliot 

In 1968, Jane Elliot , a third-grade teacher in Iowa gave her students a lesson in discrimination by dividing the class into brown-eyed and blue-eyed groups.This experiment allowed students to experience discrimination  first-hand.

The first day the brown-eyed children were given extra privileges and were led to believe they were superior. They were allowed second helpings at lunch, extra recess time and were encouraged to play only with brown-eyed peers , while the blue-eyed children were given fewer privileges and were not allowed to drink from the same fountain as them. The next day the roles were reversed making the blue-eyed superior. On both days the 'inferior' group had to wear a collar differentiating them from the 'superior' group. At the end of the two-day experiment students discussed how they felt and had fully understood how the racial stereotypes they believed in made others feel. 

In 1984 these students , then fully grown adults with families of their own,  met with their teacher to discuss the impact that experiment and their inspiring teacher had on them.
















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