"We are surrounded by water, but there is no drop to drink"

ECOLOGICAL GUIDE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:59:00 +0000

ECOLOGICAL GUIDE OF ‘WATER’

WATER AS A SOURCE OF LIFE

• Water is probably one of the most necessary of all our needs!

• Next to oxygen, it is the most needed element.

• We can not live without it and neither can anything else!

• Lack of water means no jobs in rural areas.

Water Resources:Importance & Utililty

•Most of the land used for agricultural purposes worldwide requires artificial irrigation.

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Without this, yields would drop dramatically, or the land could become unsuitable for agriculture altogether.

Water used in agricultural irrigation as a percentage of total water consumption in selected countries:

•Italy 57%

•Turkey 79%

Pakistan 98%

üIrrigation is a means of reducing weather-induced production variations. Therefore, Turkey is giving high priority to improving land and water resources and expanding irrigation. It has designated about two-thirds of total public agricultural investment for land and water improvement.

WATER IN FISHING

•Income level is around 54% of people in our country making a living from fishing.

•Water pollution has negative effect on fish reproduction and growth. This effects are emerge in different ways as fish death, inhibiting fecundity or testicle-ovarium growth.

WATER POLLUTION

•Water pollution is the main problem in all over the world that affects all people in the world.

•Water pollution has been seriously affecting the life of humans, plantas well as animals.

•Before going about finding a solution to the problem, we need to look into its underlying causes.

1.Dumping of industrial wastes, containing heavy metals, harmful chemicals, by-products, organic toxins and oils, into the nearby source of water is one of the visible causes of water pollution.

2.The residue of agricultural practices, including fertilizers and pesticides, are some of the major sources of water pollution.

3.Pathogens, sediments and chemical pollutants are other sources of water pollution.

4. Effluents from factories, refineries, injection wells and sewage treatment plants are dumped into urban water supplies, leading to water pollution.

SOLUTIONS TO SAVE WATER

•There are many ways to save water and stop water pollution.However all these ways can not be applied by each person.For that reason we can start to use some simple ways to save water at our homes.

•The first rule everbody should know is that:

‘Shared responsibility is the only way to protect water supplies’

Some simple way to conserve water at home:

•1.When washing dishes by hand, don't let the water run while rinsing. Fill one sink with wash water and the other with rinse water.

•2.Collect the water you use for rinsing fruits and vegetables, then reuse it to water houseplants.

•3.When you are washing your hands, don't let the water run while you lather.

•4.To save water and time, consider washing your face or brushing your teeth while in the shower.

•5.Water only when necessary. More plants die from over-watering than from under-watering.

•6.Washing dark clothes in cold water saves both on water and energy while it helps your clothes to keep their colors.

•7.Wash your car on the lawn, and you'll water your lawn at the same time.

•8.Water your lawn and garden in the morning or evening when temperatures are cooler to minimize evaporation.

•9.Wash your fruits and vegetables in a pan of water instead of running water from the tap.

•10.Teach your children to turn off faucets tightly after each use.

Saving water at home does not require any significant cost outlay!!!

Ecological Guide - part four

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:29:00 +0000

Solutions to save water

Finding solutions for water saving (France)

Finding solutions for water saving (Lithuania)

Finding solutions for saving water (video, Lithuania)

Finding solutions for water saving (Greece)

Finding solutions for saving water (video, Greece)

Mjere za očuvanje vode

Ecological Guide - part three

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:28:00 +0000

Water pollution

Chemical experiment on water quality (Lithuania)

Chemical and biological tests of the river water in Mazeikiai district (Lithuania)

Water's pollution (Greece)

Water pollution (France)

Uzroci zagađenja vode

Ecological Guide - part two

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:25:00 +0000

Water resources: their importance and utility (in agriculture, fishing and other...)

Water’s importance for agriculture and fishing (Greece)

Water’s importance for agriculture (video - Greece)

Water in biologic agriculture (France)

Važnost vode za poljoprivredu i ribarstvo

Ecological Guide - part one

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 May 2012 13:21:00 +0000

ECOLOGICAL GUIDE-TURKEY

Water as a source of life

Essays, poems and legends related to water (Lithuania)

Water as a symbol of creation (Lithuania)

Traditions and rituals related to water (Lithuania)

Water as a source of inspiration in art (Lithuania).

Water as a source of inspiration in art (part 2, dance, Lithuania).

Water and light - photo experience (Lithuania).

Ecological march "Be water's friend not its enemy" (Lithuania)

Water as a Source of Life in the Universe (Greece)

Water as source of life and in the world (France)

Project meeting in Romania

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:22:00 +0000

ROMANIAN TASK IN TURKEY
WATER SYMBOL REFLECTED IN COLERIDGE'S THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER"

ROMANIAN TASK IN POLAND
WATER AS SYMBOL OF CREATION

ROMANIAN TASK IN CROATIA
WATER AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION

ROMANIAN TASK IN GERMANY
WATERS IMPORTANCE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FISHING

ROMANIAN TASK IN UK
WATER AS A SOURCE OF LIFE

ROMANIAN TASK IN SLOVAKIA
WATER AS TERAPHY
ROMANIAN TASK IN HUNGARY
MEANS OF PROTECTING WATER
ROMANIAN TASK IN LITHUANIA
CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION

Project meeting in Latvia

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:21:00 +0000

13th Visit Report Water Eco-guide of Latvia

Project meeting in Hungary

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:20:00 +0000

Project meeting in Greece

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:17:00 +0000

11th project meeting report

Task 1. Essays, poems and legends related to water
Task 2. Water as a symbol of creation
Task 3. Chemical experiment on water quality - water’s cycle in Nature.
Task 4. Traditions and rituals related to water.
Additional task - Greek poet by C. Cavafi.
Task 5 Discovering causes of the water’s pollution.
Task 6. Study case – Exploitation of the water’s resources. Water’s importance for agriculture and fishing.
Task 7. Water as a source of inspiration in art.
Task 8. Water and light - photo experience - Part one.
Water and light - Part two.
Task 9. Water –way of therapy and relaxing.
Task 10. Throughout the Universe – water as a source of life.
Poster
Task 11. Finding solutions for water saving.
Task 12. Ecological march "Be water's friend not its enemy".
Task 13. Documentary films for the Ecological Guide.

Task 14. The final project

Our song about water

Xanthi - Greece - Our school

Water's importance

Project meeting in Greece - photos

Project meeting in United Kingdom

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:16:00 +0000

Project meeting in Slovakia

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Report From Comenius Meeting in Slovakia

Poems And Stories About Water

Water As A Source Of Inspiration In Art

Water And Light

Water As A Way Of Relaxing

Project meeting in France

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:12:00 +0000

French Task Comenius -1 French Task Comenius second year 8th Visit Report Meeting in France

Virtual slide show about our project, part two

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:27:00 +0000

We haven't been waiting too long. Georgia made the part two of the slide show, showing the photos taken at the meeting in Croatia and preview of future meetings.
What can we say, great work again, Georgia!

«WE Are Surrounded by Water, But There is no Drop to Drink» Slideshow: COMENIUS’s trip from Valpovo, Croatia to 12 cities London, Zagreb, Rastoke (near Novigrad, Istria), Plitvice Lakes National Park, Craiova, Xánthi, Clamart, Trnava, Latvia (near Rezekne, Latvia), Tikveš (near Batina), Kopacki Rit Nature Park (near Erdut) and Ráckeve (near Kunszentmiklos, Hungary) was created by TripAdvisor. See another United Kingdom slideshow. Take your travel photos and make a slideshow for free.

For my part (webmaster) I must say, you made excellent choice of music - all by yourself!

Virtual slide show about our project, part one

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:58:00 +0000

Our dear colleague Georgia Levaki just updated the virtual slide show about project meetings during the first year of our project. We are looking forward for more!

So, let's take a look!

«WE Are Surrounded by Water, But There is no Drop to Drink» Slideshow: COMENIUS’s trip from Ankara, Ankara, Turkey to 14 cities Krakow, Granada, Porto, Vilnius, Córdoba, Jaen, Nida, Armamar (near Lamego, Northern Portugal, Portugal), Euskirchen, Oświęcim (near Oswiecim, Southern Poland, Poland), kappadokia (near Avanos, Cappadocia), Trakai, Sosnowiec and Mažeikiai (near Saldus, Latvia) was created by TripAdvisor. See another Spain slideshow. Create a free slideshow with music from your travel photos.

Project meeting in Croatia

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:52:00 +0000

Seventh Visit Report

Taken from news on local TV-station "Osječka televizija

Project meeting in Germany

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:39:00 +0000

Project meeting in Lithuania

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 13 May 2011 23:38:00 +0000

5th project meeting report

Task 1. Essays, poems and legends related to water.
Task 2. Water as a symbol of creation
Task 3. Chemical experiment on water quality.
Task 4. Traditions and rituals related to water.
Task 5 Discovering causes of the water’s pollution.

Task 6. Water and fishing.

Task 7. Water as a source of inspiration in art.
Task 8. Water and light - photo experience.
Task 11. Finding solutions for water saving.
Task 12. Ecological march "Be water's friend not its enemy"

Geriamo vandens kokybes tyrimai
Vanduo lietuviu liaudies paprociuose ir apeigose

Project meeting in Lithuania - photos

Project meeting in Portugal

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:16:00 +0000

Video " Portuguese Rituals "

Fourth Visit Report

20th to 25th March 2011

Armamar, Portugal

Programme: Lifelong Learning Programe

Sub-Programme: Comenius

Action Type: Partnership

Action: Multilateral School Partnership

Project title: “ We are surrounded by water, but there is no drop to drink”

Theme: Traditions and rituals related to water

The 4^th meeting of the partners involved in the Comenius Project “We are surrounded by water but there is no drop to drink” had as main objective to share DVDs presenting the activities that were developed by the students in each of the schools that participate in the Project, according to traditions and rituals from each country and region related to water.

From 20th to 25th March 20011, the Agrupamento Vertical de Escolas de Armamar hosted 20 people from 6 countries: 14 teachers and 6 students. The teachers were accommodated in “Hotel Folgosa” where they were surrounded by the River Douro, source of water to the UNESCO Heritage’s Douro Valley, and the students were hosted by 3 families of Portuguese students in the region of Armamar.

Working programme:

20^th March- Sunday

Teacher from our school were picking up our guests from airports ( Oporto “ Sá Carneiro” and Lisbon), bus stations (Peso da Régua) and taking them to the hotel. The students were taken to the Portuguese host families.

21^st March- Monday

In the morning of the 21st of March, in the auditorium gently borrowed by the Firefigthers of Armamar, a small show of varieties was presented, with music, dances, coreographies, performing and slides presentations, in which the main intervenients were the students of the classes involved in the project: EB1 São Cosmado, EB1 Aldeias, EB1 Folgosa, 4º A and 4ºB of Armamar classes A. B and C of the 7th grade. After the show the partners had lunch at the school canteen before having a meeting for the rest of the presentations. They also participated in the school’s Reading Week by reading poems from Greece, Turkey and Lithuania.

22^nd March - Tuesday

In the next morning, the partners were officially hosted by the Mayor of Armamar, Hernâni Almeida, in the Town Hall. After lunch there was a visit to “Quinta das Carvalhas” in the Douro Valley to get to know more about the vineyards and the wine, and more specifically the Port Wine. The partners also visited a Douro cellar : “Nieport”.

23rd March - Wednesday

On the 23rd of March the partners visited the primary schools of Folgosa , S. Cosmado e Aldeias, stopping along the way in Lumiares Dam which supplies water to part of Armamar County. In the schools, the parents, the sudents and the teachers warmly welcomed the visitors with musical and gastronomical traditions of the region. In the afternoon there was a visit to the Convent of Salzedas, to Murganheira’s cellar and to Lamego’s historical part. In the evening the partners and some teachers of the host school gathered during dinner, where the traditional Portuguese group “Jograis de Gogim” played and danced traditional folk Portuguese music.

24^th March - Thursday

In the next day the partners left in the morning towards Oporto to visit the Water Pavillion, the sea shore of Matosinhos, and the mouth of River Dopuro into the Atlantic Ocean. In the afternoon, they had some free time to visit and explore the river shore of Oporto, a very traditional part of town.

25^th March - Friday

The partners returned to their countries.

Conclusions:

All aims mentioned at the beginning were achieved.

The partners evaluated the meeting and discussed some activities to the next meetings.

All groups received certificate and all documents were signed and stamped by our school.

The Portuguese Coordinator Head Mistress of the school

Ana Lázaro CristinaMexia

Portuguese Tasks

Portugal- Poems related to water.
Portugal- Poster - Water as a symbol of creation
Portugal- Leaflets about water´s cycle in Nature
Thermal-Water
Portuguese traditions and rituals related to water
Causes-of-Water-s-Pollution
Water-and-Its-Importance
Water as a source of inspiration in Art
Water as a Source of- nspiration inArt -Monotipia
Water and Light - Photo experience- a view fromPortugal
Water- Way of Therapy and-Relaxing
Throughout the Universe - Water as a Source of Life
The 10 commandments to save water

Virtual slide show about our project

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:18:00 +0000

Our Greek friends have made a wonderful slideshow about first three trips made in our project and also have made an outlook on future ones.

«we Are Surrounded BY Water, But There IS NO Drop TO Drink» Slideshow: COMENIUS’s trip from Xánthi, Thrace, Greece to 18 cities London, Krakow, Granada, Ankara, Córdoba, Jaen, Armamar (near Lamego, Northern Portugal, Portugal), Euskirchen, Oświęcim (near Oswiecim, Southern Poland, Poland), kappadokia (near Avanos, Cappadocia, Turkey), Clamart, Sosnowiec, Galiciuica (near Vidin, Vidin, Bulgaria), Trnava, Balvu Novads Latvia (near Rezekne, Latvia), Valpovo, Mažeikiai (near Saldus) and Ráckeve (near Kunszentmiklos, Hungary) was created by TripAdvisor. See another Spain slideshow. Create your own stunning slideshow with our free photo slideshow maker.

We are waiting for your impressions and comments on our Facebook group.

Project meeting in Spain

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:57:00 +0000

Report meeting Spain

Products:

Poems related to water

Chemical analysis of water

Water and light

Water for relax

Water resources

Saving water

Short student interview with contributors from our school about the project:

Second project meeting in Poland

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:55:00 +0000

TASK 1: POEMS RELATED TO WATER

TASK 3: CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT ON WATER QUALITY

TASK 5: DISCOVERING CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION

TASK 6: LETTERS TO PEOPLE

TASK 7: WATER AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION IN ART

TASK 8: WATER AND LIGHT – PHOTO ALBUM

TASK 9: WATER AS A WAY OF THERAPY AND RELAX

TASK 10: THROUGH THE UNIVERSE - WATER AS A SOURCE OF LIFE

TASK 10: THROUGH UNIVERSE - VISITING PLANETARIUM

TASK 11: FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR WATER SAVING -Water in the World

TASK 11 - FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR WATER SAVING

ADDITIONAL TASK - Water in Numbers

Second Visit Report

Here are few photos taken during the second project meeting in Sosnowiec:

VISITING KRAKOW

Kracow

Romanian partners

The castle

square market in Kracow

With the castle in the background.

In Polish school - workshop

And the winner is.... :)

And the second place goes to.... ;)

dictionary

children's works

during work

First place

and the third place

All together now

Santa Clause is coming to town :)

All students

Students

All partners

VISITING THE MINE IN BOCHNIA

with miners

underground

IN OUR SCHOOL IN SOSNOWIEC

Logos from our partners

VISITING AUSCHWITZ

Our Partners at Gimnazjum Nr. 18 from Sosnowiec in Poland made their weblog about the project.

You can find it HERE.

First project meeting in Turkey

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:48:00 +0000

Our Turkish partners will post here.


Cappadocia