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Design and Edition of the book:

Adamos Christofi

Panikkos Xiourouppas

COMENIUS PROJECT 2010-2012

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All the schools that

participate in the

Comenius program

"Go green, go clean,

Act Now"

2010-2012

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Introduction from the coordinators of the program

A book about environmental problems all over Europe!

Perhaps not a bright, positive prospect, but it is a common issue.

We often have the same problems.

So we can share it, we can work together to find solutions to make a better world for

tomorrow.

The Sint-Jan Berchmansschool Viversel enjoyed working in the common project “Go

green, go clean – Act now” and it was a privilege to learn from you and know you all.

We want to thank you for everything.

Rita Maes & Koenraad Beerten

Sint Jan Berchmansschool Viversel (Vrije Basisschool) [Heusden-Zolder]

Working together as a team is always something enjoyable and productive. It’s really

miraculous to make successful products when so many schools, teachers and students

are involving in the whole procedure…and we actually succeed. This eco-story you hold

in hands is a remarkable proof.

After 2 years knowing each other, communicating through internet, sending mails,

cards, exchanging products, we come to the end. The program ends this year but

friends stay forever. Thank you all friends for the lovely journey.

Panikkos Xiourouppas

A’ Primary School of Aradippou [Aradippou]

BELGIUM

CYPRUS

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The fact that children from 8 different countries are able to work together,

continue to work on a single theme for 2 years, write a story together and many

other things, is proof to all of us that we have much more in common than there are

differences. It is very easy to get to know each other and become friends – despite

the long distance between us, as it´s easy to form very close friendships online.

Having a Comenius project like you/we have is a fantastic gift to us all. Let´s promise

each other to always have an open mind, a desire to want to know each other and

become friends across borders and different cultures. Not only in this project but

whenever you meet a stranger, he or she may become a dear friend one day.

All of you children, who made this book, thank you ever so much for your stories and

your pictures – and to all the children in our “Go green, Go clean, Act now” project –

thank you so much for wanting to take part and for all the great work you have done.

Jytte Gill

Sennels Skole [Thisted]

Our “Go green, go clean, act now!” project is the second cooperation with most of the

partners. Our successful first project lead to a more mature and demanding

cooperation which offered our students knowledge about the global environmental

problems and the ways we can deal with them and thus protect our planet. Our

students enjoyed the project through the various activities they carried out and we

are sure that it was just the beginning for their friendlier environmental behaviour.

We hope that you will enjoy reading our eco tale in which the students present the

environmental problems of their countries but they also give hope that a lot can be

done and things will get better in the future.

Stavroula Makaronopoulou

8 (merged with 5) Dimotiko Scholeio Neas Smyrnis, Athens, HELLAS

HELLAS

DENMARK

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Ozone concentrations in the troposphere, hazardous chemicals, waste generation,

marine and coastal environment, soil degradation, climate change are just few of the

many and common problems in the European environment. Despite progress in some

areas, Europe must do more to create the 'green economy' needed for the continent

to become sustainable and should seize the opportunity of improving quality of life

while adapting everyone's lifestyles to the big changes. "Go Green, Go Clean: Act

Now!" That's what our students worked out with in this Project. They studied the

topic together and wrote a common story, one piece for each Country. The Italian

students and their teachers enjoyed the issue very much and now they'd love to

share their work with the ones who may be interested in. We hope many people!

Patrizia Salutij

Scuola secondaria di primo grado G. Borsi [Livorno]

The two years of our Comenius Project have passed so quickly. Looking backwards, to

the period before September 2010, I can see real changes: there are many activities

which I believe shall survive and will be continued even after the project, like for

example: collecting paper rubbish and giving them to the recycling centre, taking part

in actions like: Clean Up the World, An Hour for the Earth, the Earth’s Day, the

Ecological Week, the Green School and many other. Therefore I hope this little book,

as one of the final project of our cooperation will bear all those memories to our

minds and will be also a source of hints how to be eco-friendly. Enjoy the stories

about the adventures of the Little Star and never forget that we are all part of this

world and we have to GO GREEN! GO CLEAN! ACT NOW! to make it last forever.

Ewa Nawrocka

Szkola Podstawowa Nr 20 im. Ks. Prymasa Stefana Kardynala Wyszynskiego

[Bydgoszcz]

ITALY

POLAND

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Agrupamento de Escolas Diogo Cão little star travelled across our country to help

solve environmental problems and with its brightness to show the kids how urgent it

is to save the planet and build a better world.

João Pena Gil

Agrupamento Vertical De Escolas Diogo Cão [Vila Real]

This book includes just few environmental issues from all Comenius partner countries.

Other problems we discovered during our project period (2010-2012), perhaps more

dangerous for our Planet. But always there will exist some other well-intended

persons (even children) looking forward to protect the nature and to conserve its

resources for next generations.

Also, future students and teachers from Rediu commune, together with their

European friends will continue to act for a greener and cleaner Earth. We’ll do this

for us...

Thank you, Comenius, for your help!

Daniel Lozbă-Ştirbuleac

Scoala cu clasele I-VIII Rediu [Rediu, Iasi]

PORTUGAL

ROMANIA

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SUMMARIES OF EACH CHAPTER

Cyprus –Chapter 1:

Eco, a small shining star, wants to help the European environment and

make it clean and green. He arrives to Cyprus and finds out that pollution

threats the life of plants, animals and people. Beautiful places such as

“Athalassa Lake”, “Kalopanayiotis Dam”, “Troodos Mountain”, “Avakas

Canyon” and “Aliki Salt Lake” need help and support to overcome severe

environmental problems like waste of water, fire in the forests,

endangered species and rubbish. Eco and Mingo-a pink flamingo- work

together to save the island: “Go green, Go clean, Act now”!

Hellas – Chapter 2: The little star and a big flamingo arrived in Greece

where they saw that the sky of Attiki was covered of a black cloud

because the forest had been burnt down. Then they saw an injured little

deer. It was scared and sad because his family was missing. There they

met a tortoise that told them their life in the forest was wonderful

before the fire. Later a group of volunteers arrived to help out with the

reforestation. The star, two eagles together with the volunteers helped

the little deer find his parents in a shelter, recovering from their

injuries. Everybody was happy and then the little star left for another

country.

Italy – Chapter 3: The star went towards west, to the coasts of Italy.

Flying over Tuscany's coast, it spotted a long dark stripe in the sea and

also some kids misbehaving on the beach. There was a dumping pipeline

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bringing poisonous substances into the sea. The star sent one of its beam

to project a kind of a video on a cloud in the sky, as it was a cinema

screen. Terrible imagines of dirty beaches, broken bottles and dead fish

all over were projected. This way the star taught everybody the

importance of behaving and being Clean and Green.

Portugal – Chapter 4: The little star reached the Portuguese skies and

fell on the main mast of Sagres, the school ship of the Portuguese Navy.

She felt sea sick, fainted and was saved by a dolphin who took her to the

shore. In Lisbon she met a girl and her family who invited her to go on a

trip throughout the country. She saw many wonderful places! On the way

she met a baby frog and learned that frogs are an endangered species in

Portugal. She thought of a plan to save the frog population, arranged

meetings with the local authorities and showed the children of Diogo Cão

School what to do.

Belgium – Chapter 5: Yanda, a Panda on a special mission, is on a journey

and passes through Belgium.

He noticed there is a huge problem with garbage.

Then Yanda meets the little star who is on a roundtrip through Europe.

They become friends and together they find a solution for the growing

Belgian garbage belt.

So, they visit the schools to tell the teachers and children about their

waste-plan but will they succeed …..?!

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Romania – Chapter 6: Eco, the star arrived then in Moldova (a region in

northern Romania), somewhere in the Carpathian Mountains. There is an

important natural reserve: Vânători-Neamt National Park. Here she met

with bison, the king of beasts from this territory, trying to save

together this wonderful country from reckless deforestation of last

decades.

Both of them arrived at Rediu School from Iasi County. With help from

some students of this institution, they made aware more adults that

forest is very important to maintain life on our planet and for its better

quality. Deforestation occurred as a result of the greed and the

recklessness of wrongdoers for their rapid enrichment (selling wood or

through excessive extension of the land for construction). Unfortunately

the negative effects of these actions will be felt by future generations.

To limit damages of the nature, jointly with the local authorities and

other members of the community, they acted for a restoration of "the

green gold" of Romania country planting seedlings and protecting

remained forests.

Poland – Chapter 7:

In Poland the little star is trying to save the nature and founds a national

park. She meets some wild animals like an eagle and the seal which help

her to fight the pollution in the area. The whole team blames the people

for polluting the atmosphere, seas and devastating the nature. They

decide to give a lesson to the human representatives. They arrest people

and make them experience the extreme noise, taste some dirty water

and breathe smog. Then the people begin to understand the problem and

promise to change their behavior. They swear to do everything to protect

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the environment and they introduce the new laws. That’s how the first

national park begins….

Denmark – Chapter 8:

Eco is fighting against hard wind and finally it reaches the coast of

Denmark. In Denmark it finds very strange phenomenon’s like strange

sticks coming up from the sea, a green flag, and a school where the kids

look very unhappy.

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Chapter 1

ECO, a small shining star,

was travelling in the

European night sky. It was

very sad because of the

environmental dangers

that threat the life of

plants, animals and people

all over the world.

“I must do something about it!” it thought.

“I must convince everyone to act now! I will start with that island, at the

end of the Mediterranean Sea. Let’s see who I will meet there…” he said

to himself as it approached Cyprus.

There, in an almost empty salt

lake, he saw a flamingo trying to

fall asleep. He came closer and

said:

- Hello my friend! I’m ECO, a

European star. Who are you?

- Hello ECO. I’m MINGO, the pink

flamingo. I have travelled from

Russia to Cyprus, to avoid the cold

winter. I have migrated here

because it used to be an excellent place for vacation. It used to have

great environment and plenty of food to eat… But what about you? What

are you doing so close to earth?

- I’m travelling through Europe to find about the environmental problems

and convince everyone to act and save the planet!

- What a great idea! I have so many things to tell you about the water

problem here in Cyprus.

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- I’m very interested to here what you know, said ECO the shining star.

- My first stop when I arrived

in Cyprus was ‘Athalassa Lake’

in Nicosia. I was very shocked

to find the lake full of litter. A

few ducks were roaming

unsatisfied with their beautiful

wings dirty and muddy. A polite

mother duck explained to me

that the rubbish has polluted

the water and the fish have

died. Now there was not enough

food and clean water for the

ducklings. So, I had to leave

from there…

-Then I arrived to

“Kalopanayiotis Dam”. I

hoped that the conditions

were better there but

unfortunately the dam was

almost empty of water. A

few trouts were gasping

for air and searching for

food. A kind trout

described me how people

have wasted almost all the

water of the dam. All the fish were suffering and their lives were in

severe danger. Sadly I had to fly away from there as well…

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-The third stop was at

“Troodos Mountain”.

There I found a

destroyed forest full of

burned trees. Frighten

birds and animals were

leaving in search for a

new home. I asked an old

mouflon what have

happened and it

explained to me how the

fire had destroyed the environment. With no more trees, food and water

I had to leave again…

-Next I flew to

Paphos and stopped at

“Avakas Canyon”. The

lack of water was also

obvious in that place.

The plants that used

to grow there have

withered and the

insects have died.

Only a few water

snakes were moving

through the dry stones. A friendly snake told me that many endemic

species have been extinguished because there was not enough water. I

couldn’t stay there so I continued my journey…

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-My final stop was at

“Aliki salt lake”. I knew

that the salt lake used to

be full of water and

delicious shrimps. All the

flamingos used to come

here to rest and eat. I

was looking forward to

swim in the salty water

but a strange surprise

changed my plans. There was very little water and the fish and shrimps

have all died. The other flamingos explained to me that because of the

little rain, the salt lake was not a good place to live in anymore. So they

all flew away. I decided to rest here for the night and leave next

morning. I was trying to fall asleep when you I saw you shinning in the

sky.

-That’s what I saw in my

visit here, said MINGO,

the pink flamingo. I’m

really very sad about the

water problem in Cyprus

and I would really like to

do something to help…

- I have an idea, said

ECO, the shining star.

Why don’t you write

some environmental

slogans on the sand of the empty lake? I can help you with my light while

you write them with your beak! In the morning people will read them and

think about their actions!

- Great idea! said MINGO, the pink flamingo. Let’s start!

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So, MINGO and ECO worked all night to prepare their slogans:

‘KEEP LAKES CLEAN!’

‘DON’T WASTE THE WATER OF THE DAMS’

‘SAVE THE FORESTS FROM FIRE!’

‘WATER IS LIFE!’

‘SAVE WATER!’

‘GO GREEN, GO CLEAN, ACT NOW!’

When dawn breaks, the little European star left to continue its journey

to other countries and help to save the planet from the environmental

danger.

The Cypriot chapter was written from the students of the class 2E and

their teacher, Dora Theodorou and illustrated by Constantinos Louca.

Translation by Argyro Savva.

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Chapter 2

A little before its departure from

Cyprus, the star said goodbye to

Bingo the Flamingo and asked him for

some information about the route

flamingos follow on their way back. A

big flamingo, the chief of the flock,

told the star that they usually fly

over Greece where they find a lot of

famous wetlands and rest for a few

hours.

So, they decided to travel together to Greece because the star had been

informed that there were serious problems there concerning fires in the

forests. Every year vast areas of land are burnt down all around the

country due to people’s negligence and recklessness or even worse

because some people want to turn forests into residential areas. Actually,

some years ago, one of the rarest forests of Europe, situated on Mount

Parnitha, was almost burnt down and a lot of rare species of animals and

birds were in danger to be extinct. This forest is very important for the

residents of Athens since it is situated in the Prefecture of Attiki.

The little star and the flamingo flew away as fast as they could and soon

they arrived in Greece. While they were approaching the sky of Attiki,

they saw an unpleasant sight. A big part of the slopes of Mount Parnitha

was coal black.

The star said goodbye to his friends and went down to the burnt slope. It

got sad and at the same time scared while looking around the burnt land.

Animals, birds and insects were trying to survive in that ugly landscape. A

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lot of them had abandoned the place while some others were still living

there.

Then, in the fog of the smoke

and the ash, our friend saw a

scared, helpless, little deer. It

was a red deer, one of the

rarest kinds of deer all over

the world, which is in danger of

being extinct. The star

approached the deer and

noticed that it was injured.

- Hello my little deer, the star said. Why are you crying? What’s

wrong?

- Hi! A big fire burnt the forest as well as my house and my family is

missing, the little deer answered.

- How can I help you? You know… I’ve come to Earth to help those

who are trying to save the environment and I can tell that you are

having serious problems and you need help.

- Thank you for offering me your help, the relieved deer replied.

Unfortunately, because of the fire, it is difficult for us to find

food or shelter on Mount Parnitha. We are all in danger of dying. A

lot of us are injured and feel sad because our families are missing.

It would be great if you could help me look for my parents. I’ve

heard that a lot of animals have been saved thanks to volunteers’

care as well as some students’ help who have visited our area.

- Come on! the star said at once. Get up! We have to hurry. We don’t

have much time.

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- Ok. What are we going

to do? the little deer

asked curiously.

- Follow me …, the star

said and they set off.

On their way they met an old

tortoise that had been living

in that forest for a lot of

years.

- Hey, little star! What

are you doing in the

burnt forest? the tortoise asked. What about you my little deer?

Where are you going?

- My parents are missing and I’m looking for them along with my

friend, the star.

- Please tell us Mrs Tortoise about this place. What did it look like

before the big fire? You must know a lot because you’ve been living

here for so many years! I suppose your life here must have been

beautiful… the star said.

- Oh, my dear kids…our life here was wonderful before everything

was burnt down… The land was bright green. There were a lot of

trees, most of them very old. A lot of animals could find food and

shelter here, hares, squirrels, hedgehogs, foxes and ferrets. There

were also a lot of rare birds, such as eagles, hawks, owls and many

others.

- Please tell us Mrs Tortoise. Will life come back to the forest again?

Right then a wise owl, who had heard their conversation, landed

next to them and told them.

- My friends, let’s be optimistic! There’s surely hope. It all depends

on people’s help. We need their care, protection as well as patience.

Please tell me. Why have you gathered here? What’s the problem?

- We’re looking for the little deer’s parents. He lost them in the big

fire, the star answered.

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Then happy children’s

voices were heard. They

had arrived in the

forest with their

teacher and some

volunteers of

environmental

organizations to help out

with the reforestation.

Three kids left their

group, approached the

spot where the animals

were lying and saw the

injured little deer.

- Oh, look! a little kid

said. That deer is wounded.

- It’s a red deer! another kid noticed.

- Well, I think we should take it to the shelter for wounded animals.

I’m sure it is somewhere near here!

The star was very happy to hear the kids’ conversation and flew

high up in the sky. There he met two eagles and after telling them

about the problem, he asked them to help them. You see eagles can

see very far and fly very fast. The eagles were happy to help. While

they were looking for the shelter, they saw very sad things. The

atmosphere on the mountain was unpleasant. Luckily, they soon

spotted the shelter men had made.

So, the star’s golden beams lit up the path the kids should follow.

Soon, the group of volunteers reached the shelter and gave the

deer to some specialists.

While they were taking care of his wounds, the deer got

enthusiastic because he saw his parents. They were sitting next him, in

an enclosure, recovering from their injuries. The little deer was anxious

to be with them. All his friends were also very happy and relieved.

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After the star had fulfilled its mission, it told everyone:

- My dear friends, we must admit that there aren’t only dishonest

and indifferent people in this world. There are also a lot who have

devoted their life to the protection of the environment, because

we’re part of it.

Right that moment, in front of the happy eyes of both men and animals,

big and small, a flash could be seen in the sky. It looked like a rainbow.

It was the star’s farewell that was heading to another country, to deal

with some other environmental problems.

Text: Class 4c Teacher: Kiki Avramidou Illustration: Class 5a Teacher: Marilena Provatari

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Chapter 3

The star went towards west, to the coasts of Sicily and Calabria, in Italy.

It saw beautiful beaches and decided to stop and rest watching the blue

Mediterranean Sea. After a while it went ahead and faced north.

Flying over the Tuscany's

coast, it spotted a long dark

stripe, a kind of a river which

was going from the coast into

the sea. It was strange, but

the star couldn't give any

answer to that. It was dark

and when the star was laying

on a cloud, it heard some loud

music coming from the beach

down there. It looked out of

its cloud and saw a group of

young people who were dancing on the sand.

The kids had lighted up a fire

and seemed to enjoy a lot

dancing, talking, smoking

cigarettes (bleah!), eating

pizzas and sandwiches and

drinking beer and coke.

When they got tired of all of

this and it got late and dark,

they decided to go home,

leaving all their garbage on

the beach. They jumped on

their motorbikes making a lot of noise. "I must stop them" thought the

star. So it sent down some of its light beams to hit those badmannered

kids' eyes. Everybody stopped and complained immediately, then the star

went down over their head and started to speak. "You reckless people!

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You haven't understood yet the importance of being respectful with your

beautiful beaches and

your fragrant pine-wood!"

While the star was

saying so, it sent one of

its beam to project a kind

of a video on a cloud in

the sky, as it was a

cinema screen. The

star's beam projected

terrible imagines of durty

baches, broken bottles

and dead fish all over.

There were just a few

pine-trees left, being the majority burned by fire. A fisherman was

crying on the sand, because there wasn't any more fish in the sea, and

some sea-gulls were starving because they hadn't any food by then.

The fisherman was desperate, since there was nothing he could do. The

young boys and girls were astonished. "This is going to be your

environment very soon, if you won't change your bad behaviour towards

it" said the angry star. "In order to start changing, go back to the beach,

take care of the fire you left burning, since it could turn into a real

danger for the forest. And also thow away your garbage into the

appropriate bins."

The kids were so much

impressed by the terrible

future they would have, that it

was now clear and necessary

for them to go back and follow

the star's advice. "Next time

you come here with new

friends, you'd better tell them

about what you've just seen

tonight. You have the

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responsibility to make them understand to have respect for Mother

Nature, or there will be hard troubles for all of you and even worse for

the ones who will come in the future. A suggestion: why don't you share

this experience on Facebook? Just go and update your profiles."

Everybody understood this lesson and posted the story of that night;

then they found out a meaningful motto for their important message: "Go

Green, Go Clean: Act Now!"

After that the star fell asleep and woke up the following morning to fly

ahead. In the sunshine it was possible for it to see again that long and

dark stream in the sea water, so it decided to get closer to watch better.

The stripe was a dark track which came from a factory standing on to

the seaside. "It's a factory!" thought the star.

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But the weather suddenly changed: The skies turned darker and darker

and a strong rotating column of air, a tornado, captured the star and

pushed it back to the ground. When the tornado was over, a child came

out, saw the star and picked it up with his hands.

"Where am I?"

asked the star

"You've just had a

bad adventure, my

dear star!" said the

child "You are in my

mum and dad's

house garden. They

are not home now,

because they are

both working in

their factory, the

one on the seaside."

"You mean that

factory with those tall chemnies near the beach?" asked the star "That's

it!" said the boy.

The star then told the boy about the dark stream in the water it had

seen from the sky:

that durty stripe was

leading into the clear

water. There must be a

dumping pipeline

bringing poisonous

substances into the

sea. In a short time it

would destroy the

whole life in that part

of blue sea. "We don't

have much time." said

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the star "Quick, we must go and explain to your parents, who are the

owners of that factory, that they can modify the dumping ducts. There

are ecological devices and special filters which can be used to stop

damages to the environment. Please take me soon to your parents!" The

child put the star in a quilted box and took everything to his parents'

office. As soon as they heard the star's good advice, they soon realized

it was time to act. They called together the industries' owners of the

neighborough and established a kind of environmental reclamation plan.

Then there was time to chose a slogan which could mark off their way to

work: "Go Green, Go Clean: Act Now!" The owners wrote it on some big

banners and hung them high on their factories' chemnies, which already

started throwing blue clouds in the clear air.

But the fallen star had to leave for the next Country. When the night

came, the boy's Dad climbed the ladder of one of the chemnies holding

the star in his hand and reached the top. He put his arm up and trew the

star high in the sky, like it was a precious stone. The happy star twinkled

twice to say "bye-bye!" and so it went high far away in the darkness.

The italian story was prepared by the students oft he class 2N and their teacher Patrizia Salutij.

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Chapter 4

In a simple but weird act of magic, the little star reached the Portuguese

skies. Only 57 seconds had passed since she had last been seen in Italy!

Tired of such impressive performance (flying at the speed of light), the

star fell on the main mast of Sagres, the school ship of the Portuguese

Navy, which was arriving from her third circum-navigation trip. This tall

ship is a tree-masted ship with 22 square sails on the fore and main

masts. The star got stuck in

her main mast which rises

42 metres above the deck.

After some painful

moments, she finally

managed to free herself

from the hooks and fell on

the deck… luckily she didn’t

get injured!

The ship was reaching the

Sado estuary, a broad,

shallow estuary to the

South of Lisbon. This

amazingly beautiful place is

worldwide known for its breeding and wintering waterbirds, a large

population of dolphins, frogs, lizards and snakes as well as its well-

conserved sand-dune habitats.

The little star was absolutely delighted with the scenery! “Wow, this is

awesome! What a lovely place! I’m sure it’s a SPA! Yes, it must be a SPA –

a Special Protection Area. Everything is so natural and well cared for.

But, what place is this? Where am I?

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A strong male voice was heard not far behind her: “We are overlooking

the Sado estuary at the moment. It is one of the biggest Special

Protection Areas in Portugal…”. Simultaneously the melody of a typical

Portuguese song - Fado – was being played on one of the crew’s IPOD. It

was so loud that the star could tell what it was… and that was enough!

“I have always heard that Portugal was a small country but a very

beautiful one and it is, indeed, very beautiful!” The star was fascinated!

The view was absolutely breath taking. However, as the ship was reaching

the shore the waves were stronger, so the star got sea sick and fainted!

She was saved by a baby dolphin who had been watching her for a long

time. Her light was so bright and engaging that the dolphin couldn’t help

following it. He wanted to save the star so he took her to the shore! The

entire population of dolphins followed behind as well as hundreds of

different species of birds. It was a wonderful parade!

The star woke up very

dizzy. Her sugar

levels were very low…

she opened up her

eyes. The place was

crowded. People were

speaking in very

different languages:

tourists! The place

was full of tourists!

She woke up in Lisbon,

the capital city of

Portugal. There was a pretty young girl in the crowd. She was wearing a

lovely silver dress along with a very nice hat made out of recycled cloth,

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cork bottle tops and pink paper flowers. The girl looked gorgeous! She

was eating a pastel de Belém (a typical delicatessen from Lisbon), which

she shared with the frightened star. She then realized it wasn’t a dream.

”Yes!... I’ve made it! I’m alive! I’m alive! I know this place, I googled it for

one of my History assignments. This is Lisbon! That’s the Torre de Belém

and that’s the Padrão dos Descobrimentos over there! The first

Portuguese navigators departed from here to discover Africa and Asia

and America… Vasco da Gama, Diogo Cão, these are just a few I can

remember … ”

The star twinkled twice at the pretty girl in the silver dress and within

seconds she was on her shoulder. Neither the girl nor her parents had

experienced such an impressive moment ever. The star was grateful too!

“If you’re in Portugal, you have to visit all the beautiful places we have

around here”, said the girl’s mother. So they set off on a trip along the

coast line of the country and visited many wonderful white sandy

beaches, tall lighthouses, great medieval castles and fortresses… The

girl’s father was driving an electric car. There are plenty of these cars

in Portugal. People are getting friendlier with the environment each and

every day. Then they went to the countryside where they contemplated

equally beautiful landscapes, green forests, crystal clear rivers… No

matter where they were heading, south or north, east or west,

everything was beautiful. “You, guys, recycle a lot, don’t you? You have so

many recycling points… they’re everywhere!” the little star uttered. “You

know, I’ve travelled a lot lately, I’ve seen not seven but a hundred

wonders all the way to Portugal. I’ve been to some unpleasant places too,

that’s true, but the most important thing is that I’ve learned a lot!”

The star was so happy and, therefore, so bright and shinning that she

flew high up in the skies, disappearing out of the people’s sight and reach.

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The silver dressed girl wasn’t sad or worried. She said to her mother:

“Love and joy led her up where she belongs, mommy!!”

Tired again, the star woke up in a different dimension. At least she

believed so: everywhere she looked at was green, natural, divine. The sky

was bright, no clouds, mist or whatsoever… just some huge white blades

hanging somehow from the skies..... “I died and now I’m in heaven….”, the

star said with relief.

She was somewhere in the Douro Valley region. The place was

spectacularly beautiful with the hills falling steeply down to the river’s

edge. The most dominant feature of the landscape was the terraced

vineyards which have been built throughout the centuries, row upon

row. The Douro Wine region is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and

Cultural landscape, where Port wine has been produced for the past two

thousand years.

The white blades were part of the huge turbines belonging to one of the

many wind farms in the place. She was marveled!

While the star was contemplating the magnificent view, she heard a

strange sound…

croaking, she

thought. She

looked right and

there it was: a cute

baby frog! The

amphibian couldn’t

stop crying. He was

desperate. He had

lost his family:

both daddy and

mommy frog were

run over by a car

and his twin sister died of grief. He was all alone in the world now.

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The star was all ears to the frog’s story! She had no idea of the problems

this species was facing: habitat loss, climate change, pollution,

pesticides, competition (this is, new introduced species) and predators.

She knew that frogs absorb air and water through their skin, so they are

the first to be affected by a polluted environment - they are affected

by water, land and air pollution because they live on land and in the water.

However, she didn’t know that in Portugal most frogs and toads are run

over by cars …… “That’s bad and……….strange, too!” she thought. “But I

have an idea! It’s very easy! I’ll help you my friend!”

A strange noise,

followed by a strong

vibration, was felt by

the star… someone had

posted a like in Go

Green, Go Clean, Act

Now Facebook. “Thank

you Comenius people!

With teachers and

students like you, our

planet will always be blue!” could be read in Diogo Cão’s laptop.

“Diogo Cão, the navigator?” the star asked.

One of the talking wind turbines answered: “Not in this world! Diogo Cão,

the teenage boy from Vila Real! That famous boy from Diogo Cão School!

Come on, let’s meet him!

“The boy must be very interested in environmental matters!”, the star

thought! She was right, indeed.

Diogo Cão introduced the star to all his schoolmates and showed her all

the projects they were dealing with, the ideas they came up with to help

solve some local environmental issues… They showed her their Comenius

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Project website as well as the Facebook. After adding her name as a

friend, she promised to advertise it worldwide and add as many eco-

friends as she possibly could. The star was really very surprised to learn

that all the children in Portugal were very friendly and cared so much

about planet Earth. She was also happy to learn that many schools were

awarded green flags meaning they were eco-schools, friends of the

environment!

“Well, well, well!! What about the frogs?” the star asked the students.

“Frogs? What frogs?” the students asked.

“Well, you know, on my way to Vila Real I met this lovely baby frog… He is

an orphan! His parents were run over and his sister…well, it’s a very sad

story! Now I know that’s the first cause of frogs’ death in your country.

But I had an idea to save the frogs population! I had some meetings with

your local authorities (Town Hall, Environmental Associations, Animal

Protection Groups, University…) and everything is settled.

“So, tell us! What can we

do to save the frogs?”

asked the curious kids.

“There many things you

can do but let’s just focus

on these four things:

building underneath road-

crossing tunnels for them

to cross without being

smashed under the wheels

of passing cars; setting up 40 cm high walls along major roads to trap the

amphibians and then capture them and safely transport them to the

other side of the road; joining in special events such as “Clean up Alvão

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Mountains”; making a frog habitat in your garden or in your school. It’s

easy, isn’t it? You’ll get the leaflets with all the detailed data tomorrow

and then you can start working!”

“Wow, that’s rather easy! Why didn’t it cross our minds before? But, are

you sure it will work? Will the politicians and the “big green leaders” help

us? Do they even care about the frogs?”

“Of course they do! Partnerships with schools are already arranged. And

let me tell you something: they showed themselves very interested and

helpful!” the star explained.

The kids were very enthusiastic with the brand-new project and couldn’t

find the right words to express their happiness!

Brighter than ever before in her long star life, she flew over the kids’

heads, performing an old stars’ dance, touching each of them here and

there. Blessings! That’s what she was doing, blessing them! She wasn’t an

ordinary star, she was a fairy star, who was also a friend of the

environment. And by that time she was ready to leave. She had

accomplished her mission among the Portuguese people. She twinkled

twice and disappeared into the misty sky. She headed east to Belgium.

The Portuguese story was made by the students of the English club and

their teacher Joao Gil.

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Chapter 5

As you know the panda is an almost extincted animal. You can barely find

them.

One of them, a real special one, was Yanda.

This Panda had power strength and he was on a special mission:

SAVIN THE WORLD.

Because Yanda was visiting Belgium today, he was dressed up in yellow

and red. Black, yellow and red are the Belgian colours you know.

Belgium is a very small country

with a lot of people living there.

So, waste here and waste there …

yes,waste everywhere

Yanda noticed that everyone was

putting his garbage in bags. Then

trucks were picking up these bags

and were bringing them to a big,

big garbage belt.

Yanda also noticed that the belt

became bigger and bigger. The

belt is growing ! That’s a problem !

Yanda said: “I must find a solution

! But what can I do?”

Suddenly a star appeared in the sky. The star came closer and closer.

It stopped just before Yanda, the yellow –red panda.

Yanda asked the star: “Who are you? And why are you visiting Belgium?

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The star explained the purpose of it’s visit and told Yanda about other

countries and their ecological problems. Yanda told the little star about

the growing Belgian garbage belt. It

became like a mountain … but

everybody knows Belgium as a flat

country without mountains.

The star and Yanda started to think

about this problem.

The star said: “It’s a shame that

people throw away so many good

materials”.

“Yes”, said Yanda, the yellow-red

panda, “a lot of these materials are

still good enough to use again”.

The star and Yanda looked at eachother, smiled and shouted out: “Yes,

that’s it !, we have to use it again !” Yanda said: “eveyone must sort out

the litter and then we can try to recycle it”. The star said: “recycling,

you mean, making new things out of old materials?”

“Yes”, said Yanda, “we need a system, so that people know where to put

their litter”.

Good idea said the little star, let’s give them coloured garbage bins:

Blue for PMD: hard Plastic Metal cans and Drink cartons.

Green for branches, leafs, fruit, vegetables …

Yellow for glass

Red for paper

And black for all the rest which cannot be recycled.

“Great”, said Yanda, “and don’t forget a special bin for old batteries”.

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The star said: “So, now the trucks can pick up the different bins and

bring them to factories where new things are made of old material". “A

star knows a lot of shiny things, so I know that they can make new

bottles and pearls from old glass”.

“For a Panda trees

are very important.

New paper can be

made of old paper, so

we save the trees.”

“Metal cans will be

melted, so new chairs

or even bicycles can

be made”,said the

star.

“Did you know they

even can make

sweaters of fleece

out of plastic waste”,

said Yanda.

“I heard they even make furniture and car parts out of drink cartons”

shouted the little star.

“Let’s go to the schools”, said Yanda, “and tell the teachers and children

about these possibilities”.

“Sure”, said the little star, “if we learn the right way to the children

today, the world of tomorrow has a chance again.

So, now the schools in Belgium have coloured bins. The children try to

sort out in a proper way. The children even inform their parents how to

do it right.

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The star said goodbye the Yanda the yellow-red panda, but they

promised to stay in contact and be friends. The little star left for

Belgium and continued his journey for Romania.

The Belgian story was prepared by the students of the third class and

their teacher Steven Goris.

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Chapter 6

In the morning, the Star arrived in a Carpathian forest, somewhere in

Moldavia, a region in the north-eastern part of Romania country. She was

completely glamorous by the presence of so many, so different and so

gentle animals in a place. The Star was getting in the middle of one of the

most important Romanian nature reserves: Vânători-Neamţ National Park.

She saw the Bison, the king of these animals, resting in the middle of the

forest surrounded by trees and breathing its fresh and clean air.

Wow! What a great pleasure relaxing there, feeling the oxygen which it’s

flooding entirely their bodies, listening the birds’ divine songs, and seeing

how all the creatures around them are enjoying peacefully that green and

clean forest. All of them are depending on that. Ohh!... Obviously, now we

understand better why the forests are acknowledged as ‘the green gold

of the nature’.

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In that morning, the Bison didn’t get to admire all beauties around him or

to enjoy more benefits of the forest, because the little Star from the

‘civilized world’ came with some terrible news:

‘Dear great and wise Bison, I dare to appeal you because I know that you

are the king of these regions. With the help of some well-intended people

you have managed to survive. Here there are all necessary conditions to

survive you and your friends, to have careless lives. But outside, there

are happening terrible things. You must save Romania from deforestation!

People became irresponsible and are cutting down the trees without

thinking about the consequences of their actions. Many forests were

cutted down for timber or to make room for commercial buildings. We

must act now, before it is not too late!’

‘Ooooohhhhh, silence!!!’ yelled the angry Bison and all the inhabitants had

lost their tongue. The Star got a scare that it hid behind a tree. ‘I must

do something to stop the mass deforestation!’

‘Yo…, yo…., you’re right, wise Bison! That’s why I came to you.’

‘Don’t be scared, little Star! I’m just angry on the situation. You don’t

have to be afraid, said the Bison with a sugary voice. Do you realize how

many creatures will be

left without any home?

Do you realize that the

oxygen is getting less

day by day and living

beings will be forced to

breathe a polluted air?

Oh, my little friend...

Their health is in

danger. People must

realize their mistake

and stop the

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deforestation now! Quickly! It’s no time to waste! I need the best

assistants...’

‘I’ve thought of everything, my sire! The children that are studying at

Rediu School, in Romania, are the most suitable for this job. They have

learned a lot of things about pollution, trash, deforestation, ecosystems

and many other things within their Comenius project titled ‘Go green, go

clean, act now!’. They are willing to help you find the best ways to

minimize the deforestations, and to make people understand that without

oxygen life on Earth it’s not possible.’

Without anymore

hesitations, the Bison and

the Star went to Rediu

School to meet some

famous assistants:

students involved in a

Comenius project with other European colleagues. The pupils were

anxiously waiting them to start a very important mission for their lives.

Before that, they took some drastic measures. Our heroes skulked day

and night in the counties where mass deforestations occur: Maramureş,

Bacău, Bistriţa, Argeş or Gorj. The Star saw how they have caught a few

of irresponsible men: those who illegally were cutting down the trees

transforming the forest into buildings areas or some other things for

personal interests.

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Through this experiment, they intended to show them the role of the

forests in supplying an important quantity of oxygen absorbing CO2,

contributing this way to the pollution’s minimization. After they have

learned this lesson and came outside from that room, those people took a

deep breath, filling their lungs with oxygen, and realizing the importance

of the forest for beings’ lives.

Taking this into account, the heroes kept those people into a room

without fresh air for some minutes.

But the Bison and its assistance didn’t stop here. Students explained

more benefits that everyone can get from a forest, such as:

• it stabilizes the ground preventing earth flows;

• it represents a complex ecological system that is home for many

different kind of plants and animals;

• it filters the water from precipitations;

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• it is a moderator of the air’s temperature and humidity;

• It’s a well known place for tourism and recreation with

therapeutically effects.

The Star and Romanian team concluded that a live forest is more valuable

then the things obtained from its sacrifice. The massive cutting of

forests had impoverished the flora and the fauna and drove to the

extinction of some animals or plants. Also, it is very important to protect

and to conserve all species of flora and fauna from forests in order to

prevent the disappearance of some of them (as was happened in the past

with the bisons in this country).

After this lesson, a part of those persons understood their mistakes,

than joined the heroes’ team. They realized how horrible it will be if

someday we should wake up without a home, as many of the living

creatures of the forest did after the deforestation. So, they started a

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public campaign to protect forests gathering up signatures against

deforestations.

Also, together with local authorities, they initiated reforestation actions

with some genus of walnuts from Geoagiu and Giurgiu farms which need

only 5 years till its’s ripeness. They made a lot of people to join their

cause with the help of their placards on which they’ve written:

‘STOP THE DEFORESTATION!’

‘SAVE THE GREEN GOLD OF THE NATURE!’

‘MORE GREEN, MORE OXYGEN, MORE HEALTH!’

‘PEOPLE WILL SURVIVE ON EARTH ONLY IN ALLIANCE WITH THE

FOREST!’...

In that way, the Bison and its assistants from the Rediu School managed

to save their country from more deforestations... for a while at least.

Anyway, they are aware that there is still a lot of work to do, but this

doesn’t scare of them, thought the Star than followed its journey around

a greener and cleaner Europe.

The Romanian story was made by the students of class 1, 3 and 6 of the

Horlesti-Rediu school and their teachers Iulia Lupu and Daniel Lozba-

Stribuleac.

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Chapter 7

It was a dark night but the sky was clear, full of stars with the

Moon big and round like a big golden Ball. The little star was flying not

very high admiring the sparkling navy blue water below. She was thinking

about all her adventures, smiling slightly to herself. She even didn’t

notice that the sea was left far behind her and now she was above the

large area of something yellow. Suddenly she realized that and thought in

surprise: “What’s that? A desert? Where am I? In Africa? She decided

to land for a while and look around.

The little star landed on the highest sand dune but she could see

nothing but more and more sand dunes. “How strange”- she thought –

“It’s a bit too cold as for Africa and the sand is humid, I can feel it with

no doubt.” She was very tired so she decided to have a short nap and wait

until the daylight. She fell asleep immediately.

The first sunrises woke

her up. It was a nice quite

warm day, the sky was blue and

the little star heard a

beautiful tune coming from

above. There, up in the sky she

saw a little grey bird. It was a

nightingale, an amazing singer.

“So it can’t be a desert as I

thought” she thought and set

off. As she was walking, the

sun came higher in the sky and

the sand became warmer and

drier. It was really difficult to

climb 12 metres high dunes but

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the Little Star was really tough and a bit stubborn which surely helped

her. Suddenly she saw a huge mountain of the sand right in front of her.

“Oh no! I hope this is the last one!” When she climbed it, a wonderful

view spread before her eyes. She looked down and she saw a little forest

of pines and after that a wide white beach and the sea. The little star

rushed down and soon she got to the beach. “I think I deserve a short

holiday in this beautiful place!” – she exclaimed smiling. Then she ran

towards the sea. She was about to jump into when she saw a big grey

shape a few meters from her. She looked interestingly and approached

carefully. The figure moved. “It must be an animal” – thought the Little

Star. She was right, it was a seal.

- Hello. Who are you? Are you OK? – asked the Little Star.

- Hello. I’m the grey seal and no, I’m not OK at all. I used to have a

large family. There were thousands of us living in this sea. And now

only a few of us survived but, as I suppose, our end is coming, too.

Look at the water. It’s so dirty. People pour different toxic

substances, throw rubbish into the water. As the result many fish

have died and we have no food. Besides I don’t feel well. I think my

skin is allergic to some element in the water. Look at my back. It

hurts.

- Show me. Ups! You are right. You are wounded. You need some help.

Suddenly a big shape covered the sun for a moment. The Little Star

looked up and she saw a beautiful but also scary white bird landing

nearby.

- Good morning Ms Seal.

- Hell, Mr Eagle. How are you? I hope better than I am? Look, this is

the Little Star. She is trying to help me. Look at my back.

- Hello Star. Nice to meet you. But I am afraid nothing can be done

and nothing can help us as long as people live here.

- Why is that? Do you also have problem with them? – asked the Star.

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- -Unfortunately yes. They hunt us to have trophies or put us in

cages. They behave as if the were the only ones to have the right to

live on the Earth.

Then the nightingale

joined the discussion:

- True. Moreover

they pollute the air

so much that we

can hardly breathe.

- I agree – added

the Seal. – the

same happens to

water. They pollute

every river, lake or the ocean.

- You shouldn’t be so passive, my friends. – said the Little Star. –

believe me, I have seen many difficult situations in other countries

and there is always a solution.

- What do you suggest? – asked the Seal.

- What can we do? People will not pay attention to our needs and they

won’t listen to us. – The Eagle wasn’t so optimistic.

The Little Star had an idea:

- I know! – she exclaimed happily. – I they are so blind and deaf and

don’t understand the problem, then we should make them

understand it.

- But how? – asked the Nightingale.

- We should give them a lesson. Let’s take some human hostages and

make them feel the way you do all the time.

- Good idea – smiled the Fox who joined the group a moment before. –

There are some important people here who have just gathered in

the forest to have a barbecue. Let’s call our brothers and go there.

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This is the war and we are fighting for our future but also for the

future of the whole mankind. This is for their sake.

- OK. Let’s act now! – said the Little Star. – Go to the forest and call

every living creature. We will meet here in an hour. See you.

Then all the animals ran to the forest. They had very little time.

Only the Seal stayed on the beach and shouted to call for other seals.

In the meantime the Little Star used some star dust to cure the

Seal’s wounds.

The hour passed quickly and the beach became crowded with

animals living in this territory: wolves, foxes, deer, beavers, eagles,

hawks, blackbirds, seagulls, seals, vipers, snakes, wild pigs, hares and

many other wild animals. The Little Star flew up and announced:

- Dear animals, you have been gathered here in order to prevent

destroying your environment by the people. Now we are going to go

to the forest, surround the group of men having a barbecue there

and capture them. We will take them as our hostages and set them

free when they understand the necessity of protecting the wildlife

and the environment. I will show you the way.

So the Little Star led the animals through the dunes right to the

forest. When they got there, they saw a terrifying view: there were

three bonfires. The grass was smoked and the bushes were broken

because the men

used the benches

to make the fire.

Large

loudspeakers

were standing

near a big car and

playing loud and

disturbing music.

The kids were

running, shouting,

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throwing the flowers and leaves. There were plenty of plastic forks,

knives, mugs, papers and empty cans everywhere.

The animals were afraid because the noise was very disturbing for

them as they can hear much better than the people. But the Little

Star gave them hope and they were now determined to save their

home from such disaster. So the surrounded the people and the Eagle

was brave enough to unplug the CD player. All the people looked

shocked and they seemed terrified. The Little Star found some rope

and now she helped the animals to tie the people. The beavers built a

huge cage and all the people were closed there.

- Why are you doing this? Are you crazy? – asked a middle-aged man.

- We are crazy? – asked the Eagle. – We don’t destroy our own home.

- I don’t understand what you mean. – said a young woman. – We are

just having some fun. We are not destroying anything.

- We have a bit different point of view. – said the Seal sarcastically.

- I’m not surprised that you don’t get the whole point – added the

Eagle. – That’s why you are going to spend some time here. And you

will see......

The Little Star started the engine of all the cars parked in the forest.

All the birds started to move their wings so that all the fumes flew

straight towards the cage. People started coughing.

- Stop it! We can’t breathe! Children are here! – shouted some

women.

- Now you see! – said the Eagle. – We know this feeling. You didn’t

realise what we feel when you come to the forest by cars or

develop industry and let the smoke throughout the chimneys.

- Mum, I’m thirsty! – cried a little boy.

The Seal gave him a glass with stinky and dirty water.

- Are you mad???!!! Do you want to poison my child?! – shouted the

boy’s mother.

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- Oh! Now you care about the water? Pity you hadn’t done it before.

Maybe I wouldn’t have got sick and I wouldn’t have these wound on

my back! Look!

- But it’s not fair. We didn’t pollute the water. – said the boy. – It’s

not us.

- Maybe it wasn’t you personally but generally people are the ones

who are responsible for this. – explained the Seal. – You hunt the

sea animals, you pour lots of chemical substances into the rivers,

lakes and seas. Even when you come to the beach you throw empty

bottles and other rubbish into the sea. Or you put the olive or

cream on your body and then you go swimming. Water gets dirty.

- That’s true. You’re right. – some people admitted.

- People, it’s high time you started to act. The animals are equally the

inhabitants of this planet. They have the right to live here. They

don’t come to your houses and they don’t ruin them. You should do

the same. Show them your respect and let them live their lives. –

said the Little Star. – Don’t you see that if you ruin the planet,

make all the creatures die, you will be the next ones to become

extinct?

- Yes. Now we can see it. Thank you the Little Star. Thank you my

animal friends for opening our eyes. – said the mayor of the nearby

city. – But we are like a drop of water in the sea. There are just a

few of us here. How can we stop pollution, how can we convince the

world’s population? It’s impossible!

- Dear Mayor – said the Little Star. Every little step is important.

You can start the process of changes, give the good example and

this will give you the fame. Then other people will do the same.

Firstly, I suggest you to announce this beautiful are to be the

National Park, the area protected by certain rules.

- Great idea – exclaimed all the people and they started giving

examples”

- No industry here!

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- No polluting!

- No littering!

- Stop the noise!

- Let’s let the nature to take care of itself – don’t interfere.

- Stop picking up flowers, forest fruit and breaking or cutting down

trees!

- Let’s have a wild nature reservation here!

Then The animals let the people out of the cage. Both the people and

the animals were so happy and grateful to the Little Star. Now they

really had hopes for a better future.

The animals surrounded the Little Star.

- Time to say goodbye – said the Star.

- Can’t you stay with us? – asked the Seal whipping.

- We need you. – added the Eagle.

- It’s nice to hear that. But I’m sure that you will be OK now. –

answered the Star.- Besides I’m not saying “farewell” but “see you”.

This place is so beautiful that I will surely return here..... For

holiday this time. Bye - bye.

Then she flew away, high to the sky. It was getting dark already and

soon the Little Star disappeared among other sparkling stars. But the

National Park still exists in this area and what is more, this idea

became so popular that nowadays there are 23 national parks in Poland.

But nobody knows who this idea came from. The Seal and the Eagle

still live there happily. But they very often look up at the dark night

sky trying to spot their favourite Star......

The polish story was made by the students:Roksana Malinowska, Marcin Malas, Krzysztof Kropidlowski, Malswina Rafinska, Dawid Sheng and their teacher Ewa Nawrocka. It was illustrated my Anna Gorska and Jakub Gorski.

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Chapter 8

The star left Poland, and went north, to the little country called

Denmark. The trip over the Baltic Sea was very hard as the little star

was fighting against the hard wind coming from West, and it was difficult

for her to move forward.

Finally the star reached the coast of the Danish island called Sealand,

The little Star enjoyed the beautiful view, but suddenly her eyes caught

a strange sight straight ahead from the coast. In the sea there where

strange sticks coming up and on top of them there were three sticks

turning around. “This strange phenomenon I have to find out more about”

the star thought. I have to continue my journey and see if anyone can

give me an answer about this strange thing. The little star was also

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wondering about the strength of the wind in this country and how the

Danish people could cope with this.

After several hours of journey searching for the right place to get the

answers the little star suddenly saw something interesting, a green flag

waving in the wind like an invitation to come and look. The place it had

found was a school called “Sennels School” When it got closer it saw a lot

of kids gathering on a big green area, the kids were looking so unhappy.

The star addressed the kids and asked them “why are you so unhappy?”

and they said “We have great troubles here. Every day when we go to our

playground it is full of garbage.

The young people from

our town leaves their

garbage after having fun

here every night. The

star says “we must do

something” and asks the

kids for suggestions.

One student says we can

put up garbage cans and another suggests that they must be in different

colours to help the young people sort the garbage correctly in stead of

throwing it on our green area. We have another issue too…. Our parents

keep driving us to school and we really want to go by bike. The star

guides them to go home and tell their parents about the pollution

problems connected to driving a car. The kids went home and the parents

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were really embarrassed about their ignorance and encouraged from that

point on their kids to take their bikes.

The star asked the kids about the phenomenon in the sea and they told

her how wind turbines works and creates wind energy from that strong

wind she had felt while flying over sea.

With all the problems solved she flew happily up in the sky and now kids

all over Europe can see a twinkling Comenius star in the sky.

The Danish story was made by the students of 5th class and their teacher

Margit Sejer.

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COUNTRY E-MAIL ADDRESS

Denmark jyttegill@msn.com

Belgium koen.beerten@telenet.be

Cyprus panikkx@hotmail.com

Greece makarono@sch.gr

Italia patrizia.salutij@virgilio.it

Poland ewa_nawrocka@wp.pl

Portugal jpenagil@sapo.pt

Romania daniellozba@yahoo.com

This project has been funded with support from the European

Commission. This publi-cation reflects the views only of the authors, and

the Commission cannot be held re-sponsible for any use which may be

made of the information contained therein.

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