World Environment Day is held each year on June 5. It is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations (UN) stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. Let's have a look to this year video where UN promote THINK-EAT-SAVE.
And here we can watch these videos at our teaching lessons to talk about environment and our problems.
23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.
It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference, held in Paris in 1995, to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity.
Here you have a video about Jasmine and her life with books ...
This is a short animated film that won an Oscar this year. I think, instead of emphassing the importance of language, this video highlights the power of silent communication and that sometimes, actions speak louder than words. Have a look and ...
Today marks the beginning of Spring - when nature sends her gentle reminder to reawaken the trees and flowers. What gentle reminder do YOU need? Is there a goal you've been trying to reach or a task you've been putting aside? It's time to reawaken!
The
"Lawrence Textile Strike" or "Bread ans Roses
strike" was a strike of immigrant workers
in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912 led by
the Industrial Workers of the World.
Prompted
by one mill owner's decision to lower wages when a new law shortening
the workweek went into effect in January, the strike spread rapidly
through the town, growing to more than twenty thousand workers at
nearly every mill within a week.
The
strike lasted more than 2 months.
The
slogan "Bread and Roses" originated in a poem of that name
by James Oppenheim, published in The American
Magazine in December 1911, which attributed it to "the
women in the West."
Kronos
and Xplane created this video in honor of International Women's Day
(March 8th). The purpose of this video is to provide viewers with a
look at several interesting facts and statistics about the changes
and developments that have impacted women in the workforce.
What
does equal mean to you?
And for all the women in the world, my best wishes
