Learn respect for the environment while having fun? It is the latest idea launched by Greenpeace for the little ones. The project is called “Kids 4 Forests” and has three exceptional testimonials: rock singer-songwriter Irene Grandi, children's writer Elisabetta Gnone and Barbara Tabita, protagonist of the well-known television series “I Cesaroni”.
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Learn respect for the environment while having fun? It is the latest idea launched by Greenpeace for the little ones, in partnership with Rai for the Social andAntoniano of Bologna. The project, born in the International Year of Forests, is called "Kids 4 Forests" and has three exceptional testimonials: the rock singer-songwriter Irene Grandi, the children's writer Elisabetta Gnone and Barbara Tabita, protagonist of the well-known television series “I Cesaroni”.
They will be playing with them Tango the orangutan, mascot of the board game created by Greenpeace in defense of the forests, to let the children from 6 to 12 years the wonders of the last green lungs of the planet. Produced in “forest-friendly” paper, Gioca con Tango is one sort of goose game where each participant, rolling the dice, can dive into an extraordinary journey made of discoveries and images.
The game guide will be right Tango, a cute baby orangutan friend of all children. With this choice, Greenpeace denounces a very serious problem linked to deforestation, or the danger of extinction for this species.
There are about twenty elementary schools involved, and many others are starting to contact the association to join the project. The adventure, which will involve the institutes for a few months, will end with a competition in which each class can participate by creating a short story or a song to dedicate to the forests.
The three godmothers, who attended the press conference on Monday 4 April, will each make their contribution in their own way. TO this link the video of the launch of the project.
Irene Grandi he will evaluate the pieces proposed by the schools in collaboration with the Antoniano of Bologna and, in a second phase, he could put the best one to music and sing, together with the Piccolo Coro Mariele Ventre dell'Antoniano. There song of the forests will be part of the CD of the Zecchino d'Oro.
“I am happy to participate in a Greenpeace project which aims to educate children in love and respect for nature. My participation in the project will be a new experience but above all my contribution to the salvation of the forests, which makes me feel so good ".
Elisabetta Gnone will curate the competition dedicated to writing. The most beautiful stories of her, in fact, will be selected by her and transformed into a small e-book that can be downloaded online. The talented authors of the tale of the forests will participate in an episode of Geo & Geo.
“Why am I supporting the battle of Greenpeace? Because it's mine. Because I dream of a documentary on the Amazon rainforest that shows a new species of insect, discovered by a curious entomologist among the dense vegetation; because I don't want the books I hold in my hands to be soaked in blood and terror; because I looked an orangutan in the eye and I saw a good man “.
Barbara Tabita, former Greenpeace testimonial for the Deforestation Zero campaign, will present the game in some Roman schools.
"Zero deforestation means stopping the destruction of the last great forests on the planet to save the climate, people and biodiversity and with this new Greenpeace project we can teach our children that saving the planet is a lot of fun!".
A battle, the one for the planet, that Greenpeace wants to bring to the children through the voice and work of these three beautiful women. Anyone wishing to buy the game can go to the Greenpeace website at the Play with Tango page.
Saving the planet will be a blast!
Serena Bianchi
