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BaSICS NEWSLETTER No. 29

Last Friday afternoon BaSICS welcomed teachers from the Sommerhofen Grundschule for Kaffe und Kuchen. Our

visitors were happy to have a tour of our new building, and see how we have grown over

the past year.

PTG NEWS

PTG Meeting The next PTG meeting is April 25th at 8:30 to 9:45 am. We will be 1.  planning the International Festival in May2.  planning for the PTG Healthy Breakfast, and 3. approving Budget items.  Parents and Staff, please email me at karlamarroquin@yahoo.com, if you would like to be added to the agenda.

May 12, 2012 International May FestivalOne of the unique aspects of our school is how multiculturalism is incorporated in the daily studies and lives of our children. On May 12, 2012 from 2-5pm, we want to continue to celebrate the people and cultures that make up our school. It would be terrific if during the festival, parents can donate a unique item from another country to be sold. The proceeds would go to our school. Most of us have picked up items on a trip, and perhaps you may be ready to part with the item. If you wish to donate such item, please put a label with the price, state which country it is from, and drop it off at the front office. The more families participating, either by providing a dish to sample, or sharing your cultural talents, the more fun the day will be. If you have an idea of how you want this festivity to transpire, please come to the next PTG meeting on April 25th from 8:30 to 9:45 am.

Empty Dishes from Staff Appreciation LunchThank you to those parents who contributed in celebrating our teachers. It was a success. If you are missing your dish, they are available for pick up.

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Flexible Friday Enrichment Program

Our Flexible Friday Enrichment Program for this year came to an end last Friday. Most of our groups concluded their exploration together with a special activity – from a chess tour-nament, a writersʼ party, recording songs or one last run to sharing videos, playing with puppets or shaking maracas. A wide range of activities was on offer the last 8 weeks, and student and staff enthusiasm was high. We will share the outcomes of our activities with each other at a whole school assembly after the break. In the meantime, here are a few photos from the chess exploration groupʼs final tournament and the puppet group.

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Sponsored Event, Walk for the Wild on the 20th April, in celebration of Earth Day 2012

The BaSICS Green Team announces its first joint international school rainforest project!!!

The BaSICS Green Team was launched during the last round of Flexible Friday. It comprises a mixture of primary and middle years students who are committed to looking after our school and the planet! As part of a growing annual international school event in Germany, the BaSICS Green Team has been invited to take part in a sponsored walk two days before Earth Day, Walk for the Wild, on 20th April. The purpose of this sponsored event is to raise money to buy land of precious temperate rainforest in western Canada. Frankfurt International School and the International School of Dresden are also taking part in “Walk for the Wild.”

In an assembly at the beginning of the week, members of the BaSICS Green Team spoke to the school about the sponsored event to try and raise further interest amongst the students. Anyone in Primary Years and Middle Years may take part in the sponsored walk. The walk at BaSICS will take place during lunchtime on Friday 20th April.

Because “Walk for the Wild” takes place a month before the BaSICS annual sponsored “Runathon for India”, it is not a whole school event. If your child has expressed an interest in taking part in the sponsored walk, they will receive a sponsor form from the “Walk for the Wild” organization, Wilderness International. We would be grateful if you would support your child. If you have any queries, please contact Mrs. King (kingj@issev.de).

Information from “Wilderness International,” the organization involved in the Canadian temperate rainforest project, can be found on the following pages of the newsletter.

Thank you!

BaSICS Green Team

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This April 20th Frankfurt International School will be taking part in a sponsored walk / run organized by Wil-derness International. This event will be attended by a thousands of students from all over the Oberursel area, and using a live video-link to other international schools across Germany will create the ! rst truly international ‘Earth Day – Walk for the Wild’.

!"#$%"&#!'"&()*+,''()-&%#"$%*,!-*Together with our International school partners, Wilder-ness International has created meaningful curriculum links to compliment our fundraising program. Working with our local partners we have helped schools give back to their communities by; planting thousands of trees in local woodland, cleaning up inner-city areas, starting a recycling program or a school garden. Our international school involvement has now spread to Berlin, Leipzig and Stuttgart.

&+#!'"International educational providers o" er a unique op-portunity to link transdisciplinary themes and inquiry units with community-service projects, thus providing a full school approach to a cause. This has the most im-pact not only on a local level, but on a global one as well. As more International schools partner with Wilderness International, the more we see students taking real ini-tiative in ! nding meaningful ways to act. At Wilderness International we assist students and teachers in the crea-tion of engaging classroom projects that not only inspire inside the classroom but make a di" erence outside in the local and international community.

It is truly magical to see how learning can and should take place outside of our walled classrooms, and how action should not just be a whole school approach but a global movement to provide for a better future.

$".!%'"/$"#&()&/0&**&1'%*Wilderness International is also working with students from across Germany on cultural and ecological ex-change programs with students from the Cowichan tribe of Duncan, Vancouver Island. Students from grade 9 & 10 spent three weeks paddling, hiking, singing, drumming, weaving and studying. As part of the program, the cultural exchange enabled students from Germany to meet with local students from the Cowichan Tribes and Elders from the community. They learnt Generation old stories and practices, ran-ging from how to make a hat out of bark, to which plants would cure common ailments. Students spoke to logging and mining companies, salmon farmers, and ! sheries about the destruction taking place in this remote corner of the world. Having seen, ! rst hand, the destruction of communities, traditions, and thousand year old forests, these students have been motivated to change the way we look at our planet: legally, economically and environmen-tally. These ‘environmental ambassadors’ have returned to their schools not just to motivate their own community to help this endangered environment, but as well to head their own local ecological initiatives.

For more information on how to organize a ‘Walk for the Wild’ event at your school or for details of our Environmental Ambassadors program please e-mail: schools@wilderness-international.org

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!"#$%&'()*+#,)-%&.%+/)%01$%Wilderness International will use 50 percent of the funds raised to purchase and protect pristine areas in Canada’s unique West Coast Temperate Rainforest, guaranteeing immediate and sustainable protection from clear-cut logging, mining and other forms of environmental de-struction. Wilderness International commits the remai-ning 50 percent to development and implementation of regional and international conservation-oriented educa-tion and projects of the engaged schools!

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4/5%*"$"2"6Nowhere else in the world is nature so imperiled as in Ca-nada. Huge areas of forest are being clear-cut for timber and in search of tar sand, uranium and other minerals. Through Wilderness International‘s conservation project Canada‘s temperate rainforests are safe-guarded for fu-ture generations. Once Wilderness International has purchased the land, it remains legally protected guaranteeing its preservation for all time.

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“Getting back to nature” is an over-used phrase. But it took on new meaning for two students from Dresden International School (DIS), when they spent three weeks on a cultural and ecological exchange programme with students from the Cowichen tribe of Duncan, Vancouver Island, Canada.

MYP students Sophie Krone and Alex Klemm, joined four others from neighbouring schools on the exchange, organized by the environmental

foundation Wilderness International. Over the three weeks, they enjoyed paddling, hiking, singing, drumming, weaving and studying with their Cowichen hosts.

The land the Cowichen tribe inhabits is home to cedar trees over 1,500 years old, eagles, wolves, deer, beaver, and a range of unusual plants, but it is under siege from logging, industrial development and !shing. “Having seen !rst hand the destruction of communities, traditions

and thousand-year-old forests, Sophie and Alex returned to DIS to motivate others,” says teacher and coordinator Matt Chambers.

All PYP and MYP students at DIS have been working on a range of fundraising activities, including a sponsored ‘Walk for the Wild’. Eighty per cent of funds raised go towards Wilderness International conservation projects, while the rest are kept for environmental projects at the school.

In 2010, students raised over "10,000, equivalent to protecting 12,800 sq m of forest. Funds will also be used to develop the school grounds, for students to study plant and insect life. Matt hopes to link up IB World Schools in future exchanges and fundraising for conservation projects. If your school is interested, visit www.wilderness-international.org.

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!"#$#%&#'%$()*#'Mit 50 Prozent der Einnahmen bei Wildnis-läufen und für Waldpatenscha! en kau! die Sti! ung Grund und Boden in Urwäldern auf und sichert deren langfristigen Schutz. Die verbleibenden 50 Prozent der Gelder verwen-det Wilderness International für regionale und internationale Umweltschutz- und Umweltbil-dungsprojekte. Die am Wildnislauf beteiligten Schulen können mit einem Teil der erlaufenen Gelder eigene Umweltprojekte durchführen.

+(",%-./#01"2#'%-*%13#%4),%Wilderness International will use 50 percent of the funds raised to purchase and protect pristi-ne areas in Canada’s unique West Coast Tempe-rate Rainforest, guaranteeing immediate and sustainable protection from clear-cut logging, mining and other forms of environmental de-struction. Wilderness International commits the remaining 50 percent to development and implementation of regional and international conservation-oriented education and projects of the engaged schools!

5($&6(1#,'03(*1#,Gemeinsam erscha" en wir ein großes Natur-schutzgebiet im Küstenregenwald Kanadas: Die Sti! ung Wilderness International kau! von wirtscha! licher Nutzung bedrohtes Privat-land inmitten eines bestehenden Naturschutz-gebietes dauerha! auf, und die Schulen und Schüler werden Waldpaten für dieses Land. Diese Regenwaldareale verbleiben für immer im Besitz der Sti! ung und sind damit vor Zer-störung geschützt.

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5(4)+%7(,(&(8Nirgendwo sonst auf der Erde wird jährlich so viel Natur zerstört wie in Kanada. Riesige Urwald# ächen fallen dem Kahlschlag, dem Ölsandabbau und dem Bergbau nach Uranerz, Zink und Eisenerz zum Opfer. Naturschutz in Kanada ist zukun! ssicher. Unsere einmal ge-kau! en Land# ächen bleiben mit dem Grund-bucheintrag für immer rechtssicher geschützt und damit ist Ihr Engagement als Sponsor und Schule nachhaltig. Jeden Sommer begeben sich Schüler der beteiligten Schulen als Umwelt-botscha! er in den Regenwald, um dann ihre Stipendiaten - Projekte in ihren Schulen zu prä-sentieren.

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!"#$%&'($"!)*#($%&#+*%Bist Du neugierig? Hast Du Lust, den Regen-wald zu erleben? Wie wäre es, Wissenscha! -ler an den Südpol zu begleiten? Willst Du deinen Teil beitragen, die Welt ein Stückchen besser zu machen?Welche Abenteuer und Wunder die Natur für Dich bereithält, davon berichten die Wild-blogger. Wissenscha! ler und Schüler blog-gen über Forschungsreisen in die entlegens-ten Gebiete der Erde. So entsteht ein Puzzle, das Dir ermöglicht die Welt zu erkunden und Deine Heimat mit anderen Augen zu sehen.Es erwarten Dich viele spannende Berich-te aus unserer Heimat und fernen Ländern. Wenn Du Lust hast, selbst Wildblogger zu werden oder mehr über unsere Projekte zu erfahren, dann schaue vorbei! www.wildblog.org

,-.&+#(#$#/Nowhere else in the world is nature so impe-riled as in Canada. Huge areas of forest are being clear-cut for timber and in search of tar sand, uranium and other minerals. Through Wilderness International‘s conservation pro-ject Canada‘s temperate rainforests are safe-guarded for future generations. Once Wilder-ness International has purchased the land, it remains legally protected guaranteeing its preservation for all time. Each summer stu-dents from participating schools undertake a conservation expedition to the rainforest, and upon return, present their " ndings to their fel-low students.

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)69()9!"()'+-"/Die Schüler suchen sich Sponsoren, füllen mit ihnen gemeinsam die Sponsorenvereinbarun-gen aus, bringen diese mit zum Lauf zur Run-denbestätigung durch die Lehrer und geben die ausgefüllten Formulare dann beim Spon-sor wieder ab. Nach der Auswertung der Er-gebnisse bekommen die Schüler und Schulen ihre Waldpatenurkunden mit den individuellen Flächen bei der Auswertungsveranstaltung im Juni an der Schule überreicht und die Sponso-ren bekommen die Zuwendungsbescheinigun-gen für die Steuer zugesendet.

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Das Land der Wölfe liegt in den Westküsten-regenwäldern Kanadas, die aufgrund ihrer Artenvielfalt als das »kanadische Amazonien« bekannt sind. Diese Wälder bilden die größten zusammenhängenden temperierten Regenwäl-der der Erde und sind akut durch die Holz- und Bergbauindustrie und Tourismusprojekte be-droht. Weltweit sind heute nur noch 25% aller temperierten Regenwälder mit ihrem einmali-gen Tier- und P! anzenleben erhalten. Gewalti-ge Riesenlebensbäume, die bis zu 2000 Jahre alt werden, ragen auf dem Naturschutzgebiet gen Himmel. Ein Hochmoor beheimatet seltene Orchideen, Moose, Farne und Flechten. Wolfs-spuren am Strand zeigen die Unberührtheit des Gebietes. Diese Wälder speichern pro Hektar mehr Kohlendioxid als jeder andere Waldtyp der Erde und sind damit sehr wichtig als Pu" er gegen den Klimawandel. Dutzende Indianer-völker leben seit Jahrtausenden in dieser Region und mussten in den letzten Jahrzehnten miter-leben, wie ihre Heimat systematisch ausgebeu-tet wurde. Das Leben der Westküsten-Völker ist reich an Traditionen, die einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit der Natur bezeugen. Wilderness International unterhält eine enge Naturschutz-Partnerscha# mit dem Volk der Cowichan, dem größten Westküsten - Indianervolk Kanadas und den Gwich’in Indianern aus der Arktis.

The conservation area, o# en referred to as the “Canadian Amazon” lies along the coastal re-gions of Western Canada. This true wilderness shelters the largest interdependent Temperate Rainforest of the world. Only 25% of Tempera-te Rainforests remain in existence worldwide, and this pristine ecosystem is under immedi-ate threat from logging, mining and tourism. Huge 2000 year old Cedar trees reign over the region, stretching to the heavens.Orchids, moss, fern and lichen grow in the wet-lands; along the coastline wolves leave their mark on the otherwise undisturbed landscape. The forest stores more carbon per hectare than any other forest on earth, a last bastion against global warming. Numerous First Nation people have inhabited this region for centuries, but have su" ered in recent times as they watch their home systematically destroyed. These tribes are steeped in traditions founded on a meaningful connection to the nature around them. Wilderness International maintains a close bond with the Cowichan and Gwich'in people, aware of the important role that this partnership plays in the protection of one of Earth’s last wild lands.

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!"#$%&#'()*+,,'*-).&,)/$,)Top prizes!) Your commitment is a valuable contribution

to nature and climate protection! !) Your involvement is a valuable contribution

to conservation. !) Your school will receive an aggregate

adoption certi! cate for total rainforest saved. !) Students who have recruited at least 50 Euros

in sponsorship will receive a certi! cate with speci! c geographical coordinates to the area of the rainforest they have preserved.

Classes with the largest adopted regions will be eligible for group prizes.

The most motivated and successful runners are eligible for individual prizes such as iPods and outdoor equipment from Yeti and Globe-trotter.

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zum Regenwaldschutz und lokaler Projekte an der Schule Ihres Läufers!) Unterstützung des Engagements eines

Schülers !) Es besteht die Möglichkeit, Ihren Beitrag

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#4')*'/&*(-)"6)-2",-"*-4$2!) Supporting both international and local

conservation projects !) Encouraging the next generation to become

committed and involved in conservation!) Possible tax bene! ts (please consult your

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&+-/'*#+,5)+,()2*'$-%'*5&1')$,)('*)-.4+0'Für die Vergabe der Preise sind die Anzahl der Sponsoren, die gelaufenen Runden sowie die geschützte Wildnis (eingegangenes Sponso-rengeld) ausschlaggebend. Vor den Sommer-ferien werden die Ergebnisse an den Schulen bekannt gegeben, die Urkunden verteilt und die engagiertesten Klassen und Läufer erhalten ihre Preise. Alle Sponsorengelder, welche bis zum 18. Mai bei Wilderness International eintre" en, # ie-ßen in die Schulpaten# ächen ein.

2*'-',#&#$",)"6)2*$7'-)&,()*'-+0#-)&#)-.4""0To qualify for prizes we use a point system that multiplies the number of sponsors with the area of protected rainforest (sponsor mo-ney received) and laps run. Before the Summer Break results will be presented to the students, whereby the certi! cates and prizes will be dis-tributed. All sponsor money received before the 18th May will be attributed to students individual adop-ted piece of land.

*'&(8)+,('*-#&,(8)&.#8Are you curious? Would you like to see the rainforests ! rsthand? How would it be to accompany scientists to the South Pole? Do you want to do your part to make the world a better place? Check out the Wildblogger. Both scientists and students blog about re-search journeys to the most remote areas of the earth. Many exciting reports from near and far await you! For more information, log on to www.wildblog.org

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!"#$!%#&'()('"*&+,$((-.+(,$/"#&-%+01!,*2(3(,-'4(-%+01!"*(-.+(56"(,$/"#&(Heute leben auf der Erde knapp 7 Milliarden Menschen, 2050 werden es voraussichtlich 8 bis 11 Milliarden sein. Sie alle haben Ansprü-che an eine gute Lebensqualität. All das, was wir tagtäglich so selbstverständlich nutzen, muss hergestellt, verarbeitet, transportiert und irgendwann wieder entsorgt werden. Damit beein! ussen und belasten wir die Umwelt, ver-brauchen Rohsto" e, die uns die Natur kosten-los zur Verfügung stellt.Was sind uns diese kostenlosen Dienstleis-tungen der Natur – der Regenwälder, Mangro-venwälder, Korallenri" e, Moore – wert? Wie können wir sie nutzen und zugleich erhalten? Beispielsweise entwickeln UFZ-Forscher Wald-simulationsmodelle, mit denen abgeschätzt werden kann, wie sich verschiedene Nut-zungsstrategien langfristig auf Regenwälder auswirken und wie sie trotz Holznutzung er-halten werden können. Daher bringt das UFZ in diesem Forschungsprojekt seine Expertise ein und kooperiert mit der Sti# ung Wilderness International bei einem Projekt im Regenwald-Naturschutzgebiet der Sti# ung. Ein Team von Wissenscha# lern hat im letzten Sommer in Ka-nada die Biomasse im Regenwald untersucht und Dauerversuchs! ächen für ein Langzeit-monitoring angelegt. Dazu haben die Wissen-scha# ler den Umfang und die Höhe der Bäume vermessen.Nach der Rückkehr ! ießen die gesammelten Daten am UFZ in Computermodelle ein, um den CO2-Speicher und die jährliche CO2-Bin-dung der Regenwälder zu berechnen. Mehr zu den Erlebnissen mit Wölfen und ! eischfres-senden P! anzen berichtet das Wissenscha# ler-Team im Wildblog unter: www.wildblog.org

Die über 1.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbei-ter des UFZ, die viele weitere Bereiche erfor-schen, haben sich der Aufgabe verschrieben, dabei zu helfen, unsere Lebensgrundlagen unter dem Ein! uss des globalen Wandels lang-fristig zu sichern.Deshalb unterstützt das UFZ die Sti# ung Wil-derness International und den Wildnislauf für Waldpatenscha# en.

!"#$!%#&'(1"*&+"(-%+("*76+%*$"*&8#(+"0"8+1!(3(,-'+"0"8+1!(-%+(&!"("*76+%*$"*&Earth is home to almost 7 billion humans; by 2050, global population could reach 11 billion people all wanting a good quality of life. Na-ture has provided us with raw materials to help us achieve this goal. What are these free services worth to us – the rain forests, mang-roves, corral reefs, moorlands? Can we learn to use them responsibly so they will be available to future generations? UFZ research on forest simulation models is helping to discover how to better manage our woodland resources, lending its expert assessment and coope-

rating with Wilderness International in its conservation e" orts. Last summer, a team of scientists examined the biomass in the pro-tected area of the Canadian rain forest and established long term monitoring for endu-rance tests. In addition, the scientists measu-red the extent of CO2 storage and the height of the trees. The science team also experienced wolves and carnivorous plants which were re-ported and displayed in the Wildblog under: www.wildblog.org. More than 1,000 employees of the UFZ, who study a wide range of environmental sciences, share the same goal of long-term environmen-tal protection and sustainable change. The UFZ supports the foundation Wilderness Internati-onal and speci$ cally our Walk for the Wild.

Kontakt / For more information contact: Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung – UFZ (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ)Permoserstraße 15, 04318 LeipzigE-Mail: info@ufz.de Web: www.ufz.de

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