Наскоро ми попадна много ценна информация за всички, които преподават английски, интересуват се от педагогика и методики на преподаване, отворени са за нови идеи и нестандартни подходи. Тези линкове са незаменими помощници – ще ви спестят много време за подготовка, а освен това ще ви помогнат да превърнете ученето  в забавление.

 

Section 1 Pedagogy articles

 

Ways of using cartoon and comics in the classroom

http://www.eslbase.com/articles/comics.asp

Using comics and cartoons in ESL classroom

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/How-to-Play/Educators/

Language teaching with cartoons – good article

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/38/33/ac.pdf

Use of cartoons in the classroom

http://jpnperak.edu.my/portal/download/KajianTindakanWeb/2005/rumusan/bahasa/16_Verakumar_smk_raja_shahriman.pdf

Cartoons are magic

http://oregonread.org/conf_handouts_08/Artell_small_gp.pdf

Cartoon and comics

http://www.esa.co.nz/files/samplepages/SampleSGEn10.pdf

Cartoon language through laughter – excellent summary of suggestions

http://elt.schule.at/downloads/gill.language.thru.laughter.pdf

Using comics with ESL/EFL students

http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Derrick-UsingComics.html

Comics in the multilingual classroom

http://college.heinemann.com/shared/onlineresources/E00475/chapter2.pdf

Teaching reading through humour

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/22/ef/37.pdf

Comics a multi-dimensional teaching aid

http://www.esl-lab.com/research/comics.htm

Using comics to encourage reading writing

http://eslincanada.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/use-comics-to-encourage-reading-writing-storytelling/

Comic book as a course book: Why and How

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/14/4e/72.pdf

Book introduction – general

http://www.geocities.com/dreampsycles/Big_16_page_preview.pdf

Teaching with comics

http://www.flummery.com/teaching/

Comics – effective teaching tool

http://www.joe.org/joe/1979january/79-1-a3.pdf

CDisplay – often needed to view comics. Easy to download and use.

http://www.geocities.com/davidayton/CDisplay

http://www.toggle.com/lv/group/view/kl39723/CDisplay.htm

http://www.4shared.com/file/88962238/95c4b4db/CDisplay.html

Section 2 General MegaWebsites for Cartoons and Comics

Thousands of comic strips and similar resources – absolute treasure

http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/search/label/Mort%20Meskin

Over 200 cartoon resource including many videos – fantastic

http://cool-mo-dee.blogspot.com/search/label/cartoon

Over 500 comic resources – another sizzler

http://cool-mo-dee.blogspot.com/search/label/comics

The premier site with lots of suggested activities and links for cartoons and comics

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/cartoon.htm

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/comics.htm

100 top cartoon sites – brilliant links to site in one place

http://www.100topcartoon.com/

Animal cartoons

http://www.ac-nancy-metz.fr/enseign/anglais/Henry/cartoon.htm

cartoons about teachers and language

http://www.langwichscool.com/english.html

Fishing cartoons

http://www.landbigfish.com/caption/default.cfm

Cartoons under many categories – good source

http://www.glasbergen.com/

Education cartoon for teachers

http://www.glasbergen.com/edu.html

Comic clip art of every variety

http://www.clipartguide.com/_search_terms/comic.html

Cartoon clip art

http://www.mrfreefree.com/free_graphics/free_cartoon_comic_clipart.html

Telling stories through comics

http://www.tmotley.com/images/Classsketches/Beginner’s%20Lesson.pdf

Strips – useful

http://main.complicatedcomic.com/

Writing a comic strip

http://www.weltschmerz.ca/blog/Notes_Comic_Strip.pdf

Creating cartoons, comics, puzzles, slide shows, videos etc etc –

http://www.michellehenry.fr/create.htm

Comic strip printables

http://www.donnayoung.org/art/comics.htm

http://www.ontariotimemachine.ca/pdf/comicstrip.pdf

http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson_images/lesson790/Assessment-Comic-Strip.pdf

Comic strip rubric

http://www.bsu.edu/myvisit/downloads/A02B05L01comicstriprubric.pdf

http://www.wesleyanschool.org/life/highschool/chapmanlibrary/Documents/7th/7thSRWrittenAssignment2009.pdf

Promoting the use of high quality comic literature in the classroom – excellent reviews and suggestions for use.

http://graphicclassroom.blogspot.com/

Using cartoons and comic strips

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/language-assistant/teaching-tips/using-cartoons-comic-strips

Comic strip syndicated collection – useful collection

http://www.stus.com/3majors.htm

Chris Altham collection – lots of clip art ass well

http://www.altham.com/html/strip_cartoons.html

Free registration _ Lots of Good comic strips

http://comics.com/

Celebrating children achievement – kids comics

http://www.amazing-kids.org/akcomics.htm

The man who broke 1000 brains – plenty of comic strips

http://www.russell-richardson.com/

lesson ideas from eslcafe

http://forums.eslcafe.com/teacher/viewtopic.php?t=2203

100s of image makers and sign generators – you can really liven up your worksheets with these.

http://www.sparesomechange.com/funny/

Section 3 Ideas, Activities and Lesson plans

Grammar man comic – excellent free resources

http://www.grammarmancomic.com/freestuff.html

Funny comic strip lesson

http://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/21554/excerpt/9780521721554_excerpt.pdf

Comic life lesson plans

http://naticluster.wikispaces.com/file/view/comic_life_lesson_plans.pdf

Cartoon analysis worksheet

http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/Social_Studies/his/pdf/cartoon_analysis_worksheet.pdf

Cartoon lesson

http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0602/060213-cartoons-e.html

14 visual lesson plans that exploit cartoons

http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:923411630-14178.txt

Comic strip writing prompt

http://www.bookrags.com/plans/SCH0439159776/

Cartoon videos for intermediate listening

http://mondosstudybycartoons.blogspot.com/

Immigration cartoons lesson

http://www.scribd.com/doc/8768887/Immigration-Cartoon

http://www.asdk12.org/depts/socialstudies/clio/6th%20Grade%20Unit/Immigration/cartoon%20commentary.pdf

Analysing a political cartoon

http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/educationoutreach/worksheet_politicalcartoon.pdf

Editorial cartoon lessons

http://712educators.about.com/cs/edcartoons/a/edcartoons.htm

ESL and Archie comics – you can download some cartoon strips.

http://www.archiecomics.com/podcasts/?p=71

Humorous collective noun cartoons

http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/c/collective_nouns.asp

Humorous adjective cartoons

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/cartoon

Cartoons for the classroom

http://www.nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/eval.pdf

Communication through cartoons

http://www.montshire.org/teams/teams3/get-the-message/program_materials/cartoons.pdf

Lessons with cartoons

http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/lp/lessonplans/UsingComicsAndPoliticalCartoons.pdf

Motivation through cartoons

http://www.rainbowhorizons.ca/teaching_units/pdf_samples/A21D.pdf

Cartoon debate

http://www.nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/officialenglish.pdf

http://nieonline.com/cftc/pdfs/replicators.pdf

Cartoons for the classroom – many lessons

http://nieonline.com/aaec/cftc.cfm?cftcfeature=archive

Comic strip Punctuation

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/edit/pdfs/edit1009.pdf

Comic strip grammar – google book just for viewing

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=stmsVMjGhCoC&dq=cartoons+strips+for+grammar&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=BFIgwC78_R&sig=2HY39y75PtUikpFVCak38hX3uHA&hl=en&ei=CC8fSszaCsSMjAet-ISIDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#PPA9,M1

Greeting through comic books

http://www.tjf.or.jp/eng/content/ideacontest/pdf/1_s12e.pdf

Grammar for ESL class

http://www.funnytimes.com/playground/gallery.php?tag=grammar

Multimedia Cartoon for kids

http://www.multimedia-english.com/htm/kids/cartoons/menu1.htm

Learning English with cartoons – many other audio/videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7m0xJ7wna4

Visual literacy cartoons

http://www.iol.co.za/matric_matters_pdfs/vol15pdf/vol-15_page11.pdf

Conversation questions comic books

http://iteslj.org/questions/comics.html

A hole in my pocket

http://eslcomics.blogspot.com/2007/10/hole-in-my-pocket.html

Dana’s tomato caper

http://eslcomics.blogspot.com/

Comic strip game

http://bogglesworldesl.com/speaknbubble/esl_games/esl_comic.htm

Making a comic book

http://www.helenparocha.com/ukay_ukay/topics/comicbook.pdf

Using comics as writing prompts

http://www.uiowa.edu/~amreads/teaching_resources/writing/garfieldwritingprompt.pdf

http://estore.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/estore/files/samples/HBC_estore/SCH/sch0439159776is.pdf

ESL archie podcast directory – excellent

http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/17741

Create you own comic strips

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

Sources of comic strips

http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/safehavn/about.htm

Comics in the classroom – interesting links and articles

http://comicsintheclassroom.net/oonews_reviews.htm

Simpson clip art

http://simpsons6.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?direct=simpsons/homer-clip

http://eightpawsclipart.3lmt.com/simpsons.htm

Lesson on stereotype with Simpson’s

http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Meilleur-Simpsons.html

Cartoon lesson

http://www.helenparocha.com/ukay_ukay/fluency/cartoons.pdf

Tons of comic strips – making worksheets and activities entirely down to your imagination.

http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/

Free Spiderman archives – dozens of strips.

http://macam2komik.blogspot.com/2006/10/free-spiderman-comic-archives.html

Spiderman downloads – great. You usually have to wait between each download but its worth it. Full length comics.

http://rapidshare.com/users/HKMXAN

Same site as above with same wait time but you have access to some 888 comics of all kinds. Absolute must bookmark. This site also provides lots of other useful materials too.

http://allfreedownloadlinks.com/category/free-ebooks-downloads/free-comics-downloads/

The very first Superman comic. You need to free register to download.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/197fde2a-f757-4994-bb57-530ffac67694/Dc-Comics—Action-Comics-1—Superman-1938

Simpson 2003/2004 comic strip – dozens to download

http://www.lardlad.com/comicstrip.shtml

Dilbert site – has over 800 strips for your perusal.

http://www.dilbert.com/

British comics – provides the front page of many comics.

http://www.bookpalace.com/UKComics/UKGeneral/INDEX.HTM

Creating vocabulary mental maps through comic super heroes.

http://scottishboomerang.wordpress.com/teaching-resources/

Creating a comic strip

http://www.oli.org/education_resources/documents/comicstripcreationearlnew.pdf

Comic strip

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2337/2337_allthenews_comicstrip.pdf

Comic strip conversation

http://www.abiq.org/2008%20Conference/Completed%20PDF%20handouts/GRAY-%20Comic%20Strip%20Conversations.pdf

Comic strip book review

http://mrvandkate.com/Documents/Comic%20Strip.pdf

Lesson on cartoons – reading comprehension

http://www.det.nt.gov.au/education/teaching_and_learning/assessment_standards_reporting/nap/practice_tests/docs/2005/reading/band2_cartoons.pdf

Garfield – collection of strips

http://garfieldcartoons.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2006-02-08T01%3A56%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=7

Garfield lesson plan

http://www.mediafire.com/?yy4cammqyt1

A few lessons and links

http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/writing/general/cartoon.html

Comic Makeovers: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media + others advanced lessons

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=207

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=188

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=223

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=1056

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=236

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2126/

Comic strip lesson plan

http://www.mediafire.com/?im2odrzyzzo

Cartoons

http://www.mediafire.com/?w1yztldoyyw

Comics for writing practice

http://www.mediafire.com/?edfmnutiio4

Section 4 Books and Comics

Complete Peanut 1980-1989

http://www.mediafire.com/?2d0zm11v0y2

Complete Peanut 1990-2000

http://www.mediafire.com/?vqizmgzgzlv

Spiderman – lesson plans

http://www.mediafire.com/?tdnjznwdyie

The Amazing Spiderman – vintage 1^st edition

http://www.mediafire.com/?ijfzgjlrc4f

Comic Archie PPT

http://www.mediafire.com/?ijfzgjlrc4f

Comic Dilbert zip

http://www.mediafire.com/?55ztzz5dame

Cartoons PPS

http://www.mediafire.com/?rknmnrgjyjn

Cartoons 1 PPS

http://www.mediafire.com/?2aazwutgmjm

Star Trek 1

http://www.mediafire.com/?zyty4t0tmnq

Star Trek 3

http://www.mediafire.com/?awmzjzmduyd

Star Trek the next generation

http://www.mediafire.com/?ijtwk31nkfk

Superman vs Spiderman Comic

http://www.4shared.com/file/13708025/3655162c/DC_Marvel_Comics_-_Superman_vs_Spiderman.html?s=1

Superman Comic 1

http://www.mediafire.com/?bzqdxyttgtj

Как ви звучи това: ” Какво ще правим днес? Хайде да се изгубим в Квартала на творците в София?”

На мен – прекрасно и отдавна мечтано място! Подобни квартали има вече във всички световни столици, където изкуството, културата и креативната индустрия вървят ръка за ръка, за да създадат не само нови културни хоризонти, но и работа за талантливите хора. Има толкова много творци, които са (или могат да бъдат) двигателят на общественото и културното възраждане в една страна. В България те са особено нужни като се има предвид пост-комунистическото ни културно развитие, глад на ценности и нарастваща алиенация в столицата.

Поради тези и много други причини аз и Джон Мъри ( Гроутклъстърс БГ ЕООД) решихме да обединим усилия и да започнем процеса на изграждането на тази идея и превръщането и в реалност в София. Наясно сме, че една такава идея се нуждае от много финанси и общинска подкрепа, за да бъде осъществена. Но не можем да си позволим да чакаме докато дойдат добрите условия…Започваме с малко…

Подадохме проектно предложение за началното проучване и изграждане на Квартал на Творците в стария еврейски квартал в София (околностите около ул. Будапеща, Екзарх Йосиф, Мария Луйза) . Джон Мъри е участвал в изграждането на подобен проекt за изграждане на London City Fringe и Creative Quarter Liverpool and Preston, Обединеното кралство. Подадохме предложението към Институт Отворено Общество и се надяваме те, като организация с отворено съзнание и стабилна подкрепа за новото и демократичното, да ни подкрепят в тази идея.

Ще се радвам и вие да споделите какво мислите за идеята…

Scholarships – United States

Knight International Journalism Fellowships
Washington, DC, USA
Scholarship / Financial aid: Fellowships available
Date: a minimum of one year
Deadline: undefined
Open to: Applicants from Malawi, Senegal, Indonesia, Malaysia and Mozambique
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=1675,us,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

Scholarships – European Union

Essex Opportunity Scholarships
UK
Scholarship / Financial aid: ?1,000 for full-time students and ?500 for part-time students
Date: the 2009/10 academical year
Deadline: unknown
Open to: students from Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=454,eu,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

Internship at Bretton Woods Project
London, UK
Scholarship / Financial aid: ?13,520 per annum
Date: Six-month contract
Deadline: 5 October 2009
Open to: Candidates with the right to work in the UK
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=455,eu,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Liverpool, UK
Scholarship / Financial aid: undefined
Date: 18 months
Deadline: 25 september 2009
Open to: candidates with a relevant PhD and experience of independent research in a media related discipline
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=456,eu,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

TED 2010 Fellowships
Long Beach, US / Oxford, UK
Scholarship / Financial aid: available
Date: N/A
Deadline: September 25, 2009
Open to: applicants of ages 21-40 from five target regions: Africa, Asia/Pacific, the Caribbean, Latin
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=457,eu,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

PanTheatre Training Programme 2009-2010
Paris, France
Scholarship / Financial aid: scholarships offered
Date: varies
Deadline: N/A
Open to: actors, singers, dancers and performance artists
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=458,eu,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

Scholarships – Other

Master Grants
Universit?t Bern, Switzerland
Scholarship / Financial aid: six Excellence Grants offered
Date: 2010/11
Deadline: December 18, 2009
Open to: international students
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=140,other,sch&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

Conferences – No fee conferences

Tokyo Performing Arts Market
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, Japan
Scholarship / Financial aid: unknown
Date: February 27 – March 5 2010
Deadline: N/A
Open to: directors/managers of theaters and public halls, festival directors, producers
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=134,nfe,int&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

48th Annual Meeting Southern Conference on Slavic & East European Studies
Gainesville (Florida), US
Scholarship / Financial aid: none
Date: March 25-27, 2010
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Open to: people that come from humanities and social science disciplines
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=135,nfe,int&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

Summer courses – European Union

Autumn School – Law & Business in Europe
Torino, Italy
Scholarship / Financial aid: some scholarships will be awarded
Date: two weeks
Deadline: 25 september 2009
Open to: young graduates and professionals from around the world
Website: http://www.eastchance.com/news.asp?q=283,eu,sco&issue=20090920&utm_source=eastchanceMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20090920

 Страхотна статия, много добре написана, страшно актуална и увлекателна!

http://psyglass.net/?p=133&cpage=1#comment-399

Завръщам се към блога на Идеалиста с нов интерес и завладяна от онова уютно чувство да се завърнеш вкъщи след дълго отсъствие, да нахлузиш старите пантофи и да се мушнеш под завивките с книга в ръка.

Днес обаче се завръщам тук и пиша не от вкъщи, макар че съм заобиколена от стотици книги. Тук не ми е по-малко уютно, даже напротив, тук е моето малко скривалище от агресивния живот, тук е моето малко свещено местенце, където имам свободата да позволя на идеите си да се родят и може би развият.

Това малко местенце е всъщност малката книжарничка, която открих преди 25 дни! Да, луда съм и откривам книжарница в момент на криза, в момент, когато хората не четат. Аз лично не вярвам в тези две твърдения, но тези размисли не са за тук…

Как се реших?

Един ден докато се разхождах по малката уличка Петър Берон (успоредна на Любен Каравелов), видях, че малката книжарничка, от която толкова пъти си бях купувала книги, се изпразваше…бяха натоварили книгите в кашони, махаха плакатите, цигари се въргаляха по пода… Нещо вътре в мен реши, че това е огромна несправедливост! От разговора ми с Максим Арие (собственикът) разбрах, че я закрива, защото се готви кризата да удари през септември и той искал да се застрахова предварително като събере двете си книжарници в две сергии на Славейков! ОК, има логика, но…колко хубаво би било ако тук пак има книжарница…всъщност мястото е точно такова като в някой филми с малки книжарнички, липсва му само дивначето, кафе машината, уюта и лекия джаз… и малко чужда литература….и малко цвят…. Някой предприемчив човек би могъл да се възползва и да съживи книжарничката… Ще помисля дали не мога да го предложа на някой. Да, Максим, ще помисля и ще се радвам да ми дадеш телефона на хазяйката за всеки случай да го имам, ако изникне нещо… Даде ми го. Взех го и се качих на 9ката до вкъщи.

Прибрах се, взех душ, гледах телевизия, правих вечеря, гледах филм, легнах си. В 4 часа сутринта се събудих с ИДЕЯТА… Типично за идеалисти… Събудих се и не заспах от вълнение повече от 48 часа, защото реших, че трябва не някой друг да се заеме, а АЗ, аз трябваше да реализирам идеите си за малка книжарничка точно там, на ул. Петър Берон 1 (даже и името на улицата настоява там да има книжарница!) И ето, споделих с Милен (вече мой съпруг!), той се изненада, каза ми да си помисля малко…Аз замълчах и се замислих. По целия път до Търговище на другия ден не можах да говоря за нищо друго, освен за книжарницата… за идеята, за нещата, които могат да се направят, за нуждата от различни места, за нуждата да се вдъхне нов живот на продаването на книги, то трябва да се съживи, трябва да му се даде уют и светлина, трябва да има повече малки и независими книжарници…Трябва, просто трябва…И искам аз да го направя!

Милен миличкият започна да усеща, че пак много съм се запалила, но и това ще отмине, както стана с манията ми всеки ден да си меся и пека хляб с био брашно и жив квас… Нищо не каза, просто е слушаше и чакаше поредния порив на идеализъм да утихне…

Мина целия ден, легнах си…не можах да заспя…мих чинии в 5 сутринта. Чувствах се така както Изабел Алиенде завършва Ева Луна ” сякаш уличките се смутиха от въздишки, гълъбите свиваха гнезда в часовниците с кукувички, за една нощ цъфнаха кестените на гробището и кучките на вуйчо Руперт се разгониха без да им е време.” Така се вълнувах…

Милен видя, че това състояние само се задълбочава и има само един лек – да се отдадем на идеята! Решихме го заедно, това решение засягаше много и него – той трябваше да ме подкрепи в първите месеци, когато аз щях само да влагам…

И така ето ме тук днес, след 3 месеца планиране, ремонт, дизайн, хиляди идеи, прекрасни хора и книги, ето ме тук, седя в креслото зад кафе машината, поставена на масичка-слон. Обградена съм от книги, малко, не повече от 600-700 . Тук вложих много идеи, тук вложих онова, което много често ми е липсвалo като идеалист – действие за осъществяване на идеите! Ето – една идея е изваденa от скрина на идеалиста и е превърната в реалност. Сега остава да видим дали ще работи успешно. Мисля, че да! Вярвам, че да! Вярвам, че има много хора като мен, които биха оценили тази малка, но уютна и пълна с вълшебни книги и други тайни съкровища книжарница!

Хмм…17:07 часа е, време е за последното кафе за деня…Ще го изпия в компанията на Лаура Ескивел “Съкровени вкусотии”.

Ще ви чакам да пием кафе заедно!

Янина (вече Христова!)

ул. Раковска 172 (на ъгъла с Петър Берон 1)

тел. 0884/195699

y.palkova@gmail.com

 

Най-често срещаните почистващи препарати за дърво са спрейове, вредни за озоновия слой. Те съдържат голям набор от химикали, които влияят негативно на здравето ни и замръсяват въздуха в домовете ни.

Повечето мебели, които се произвеждат в днешно време са или полирани, или импрегнирани и поради това използването на силни химични препарати за почистването им се обезсмисля.  Една обикновена микрофибърна кърпа, намекрена с вода ви е напълно достатъчна, за да почистите праха от полирано дърво например.

Ако все пак държите да почистите и с някакъв препарат, защо не направите екологичен и безопасен препарат в домашни условия?

Ето няколко идеи:

Танинът в черния чай премахва нечистотийте от полирани повърхности и запазва блясъка на дървото. Задушете 3 пакетчета черен чай в чаша вряла вода и оставете да изстине. Намокрете с отварата микрофибърна кърпа и изчистете повърхността. След това нанесете полир, направен от половин чаша вода, четвърт чаша зехтин и няколко капки етерично масло от бор, лимон или портокал.

Зехтинът овлажнява дървото и му придава мек блясък. Етеричните масла почистват, освежават и придават естествен аромат на мебелите и стаята

Почистване на пода:

Почистването на пода, както и всичко останало започва с добре познатото ни средство – добра поддръка – често прахусмучене, бършене на праха и скоростно попиване на разлети течности значително ще ви спести усилия и препарати при по-обстойно почистване на пода.

Идеите за препарати приготвени в домашни условия по-долу ще задоволят нуждата ви от почистване на пода, освен разбира се ако подът ви не е направен от някое екзотично дърво, което изисква специална подръжка Истината е, че ако редовно поддържате пода си чист, не е нужно да минавате с парцал повече от веднъж в месеца.

Напълнете в кофа 4 литра вода

20 мл. марсилски сапун ( от растителна мазнина)

4 капки етерично маслко от лимон или лемънграс (не е задължително)

Натопете парцал в този разтвор и след това добре го изцедете. Повтаряйте тази процедура често. Тази смес може да се използва за почистване на керамични и теракотени плочки, бамбукови повърхности,  дъб и камък. Единствено при камъка се налага след почистването да изплакнете обилно с вода. Освен това, ако някое петънце ви се опъне, не прибягвайте веднага до скъпи химически препарати! Направете си смес от сода за хляб и малко перхидрол, използвайте стара четка за зъби и малко под на челото и ще успеете да се отървете от петното без да изпозвате вредни препарати!

А какво да правите с всички съдове, печки и кухня покрити с мазнина?

Лесно е…и мирише хубаво:

Напълнете един пулверизатор с вода, 30-40 мл оцет, 20 мл етилов алкохол, 2 капки течен сапун и 10 капки  от портокалово етерично масло (или някое друго)!

 

Освежете килима си с евтин и лесен за приготвяне препарат!

Смесете 10 капки от любимото си етерично масло е една кутия сода за хляб. Разбъркайте добре и покрийте сместа за няколко часа. Оставете да отлежи докато двете съставки проникнат една в друга. Поръсете килима с ароматизираната сода, оставете да престои 5-10 минути и ч изчистете с прахосмукачката.

Тук е важно да кажа, че содата поема всякакви аромати много бързо. Затова ако искате да ароматизирате килима си хубаво, използвайте само току-що отворено пакетче сода, за да сте сигурни, че килимът след това няма да мирише на пиле с картофи например

Надявам се тази информация да е полезна и интересна. Ще продължавам да поствам всичко интересно, което ми попадне

Инициатива, взета от : http://oggin.net/vile/failure/

Нека всеки, който желае сложи link (например в блога си) с подходящ anchor (ключова дума за връзката) към сайта на правителството – http://www.government.bg/. Хубаво би било, anchor-a да е една дума и да описва най-точно отношението към това управление.  Инициативата която почна е с думата “ПРОВАЛ”

Ето и аз давам своята лепта :
провал
корупция
провал на правителството

Смятам, че когато човек подкрепя една идея, трябва да е наясно и с всички опониращи аргументи. Само така може да направим информиран и интелгентен избор.

Аз, като подръжник на био продуктите и феър трейд идеята, съм впечатлена от една статия в списание Economist, в която се излагат аргументи, че производството на био храни всъщност не помага за опазването на околната среда, а дори вреди; както и че купуването на феър трейд продукти допринася положително за финансовото състояние на малък брой фермери, но по този начин ощетява други, които са в същото положение.

Не съм икономист и не мога да опонирам на фактите изложени по-долу, но ми се струва, че трябва да ги имаме предвид. Въпреки тези аргументи, аз продължавам да подкрепям био продуктите, най-вече защото те носят енергия и здраве, които не могат да бъдат измерени с традиционните икономически параметри.

Food politics
Voting with your trolley
Dec 7th 2006
From The Economist print edition

Can you really change the world just by buying certain foods?

HAS the supermarket trolley dethroned the ballot box? Voter turnout in most developed countries has fallen in recent decades, but sales of organic, Fairtrade and local food—each with its own political agenda—are growing fast. Such food allows shoppers to express their political opinions, from concern for the environment to support for poor farmers, every time they buy groceries. And shoppers are jumping at the opportunity, says Marion Nestle, a nutritionist at New York University and the author of “Food Politics” (2002) and “What to Eat” (2006). “What I hear as I talk to people is this phenomenal sense of despair about their inability to do anything about climate change, or the disparity between rich and poor,” she says. “But when they go into a grocery store they can do something—they can make decisions about what they are buying and send a very clear message.”

Those in the food-activism movement agree. “It definitely has a positive effect,” says Ian Bretman of Fairtrade Labelling Organisations (FLO) International, the Fairtrade umbrella group. Before the advent of ethical and organic labels, he notes, the usual way to express political views using food was to impose boycotts. But such labels make a political act out of consumption, rather than non-consumption—which is far more likely to produce results, he suggests. “That’s how you build effective, constructive engagement with companies. If you try to do a boycott or slag them off as unfair or evil, you won’t be able to get them round the table.”

Consumers have more power than they realise, says Chris Wille of the Rainforest Alliance, a conservation group. “They are at one end of the supply chain, farmers are at the other, and consumers really do have the power to send a message back all the way through that complicated supply chain,” he explains. “If the message is frequent, loud and consistent enough, then they can actually change practices, and we see that happening on the ground.”

The $30 billion organic-food industry “was created by consumers voting with their dollars,” says Michael Pollan, the author of “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” (2006), another of this year’s crop of books on food politics. Normally, he says, a sharp distinction is made between people’s actions as citizens, in which they are expected to consider the well-being of society, and their actions as consumers, which are assumed to be selfish. Food choices appear to reconcile the two.

How green is your organic lettuce?

Yet even an apparently obvious claim—that organic food is better for the environment than the conventionally farmed kind—turns out to be controversial. There are many different definitions of the term “organic”, but it generally involves severe restrictions on the use of synthetic pesticides and fertilisers and a ban on genetically modified organisms. Peter Melchett of the Soil Association, Britain’s leading organic lobby group, says that environmental concerns, rather than health benefits, are now cited by British consumers as their main justification for buying organic food. (There is no clear evidence that conventional food is harmful or that organic food is nutritionally superior.)

But not everyone agrees that organic farming is better for the environment. Perhaps the most eminent critic of organic farming is Norman Borlaug, the father of the “green revolution”, winner of the Nobel peace prize and an outspoken advocate of the use of synthetic fertilisers to increase crop yields. He claims the idea that organic farming is better for the environment is “ridiculous” because organic farming produces lower yields and therefore requires more land under cultivation to produce the same amount of food. Thanks to synthetic fertilisers, Mr Borlaug points out, global cereal production tripled between 1950 and 2000, but the amount of land used increased by only 10%. Using traditional techniques such as crop rotation, compost and manure to supply the soil with nitrogen and other minerals would have required a tripling of the area under cultivation. The more intensively you farm, Mr Borlaug contends, the more room you have left for rainforest.

What of the claim that organic farming is more energy-efficient? Lord Melchett points out for example that the artificial fertiliser used in conventional farming is made using natural gas, which is “completely unsustainable”. But Anthony Trewavas, a biochemist at the University of Edinburgh, counters that organic farming actually requires more energy per tonne of food produced, because yields are lower and weeds are kept at bay by ploughing. And Mr Pollan notes that only one-fifth of the energy associated with food production across the whole food chain is consumed on the farm: the rest goes on transport and processing.

The most environmentally benign form of agriculture appears to be “no till” farming, which involves little or no ploughing and relies on cover crops and carefully applied herbicides to control weeds. This makes it hard to combine with organic methods (though some researchers are trying). Too rigid an insistence on organic farming’s somewhat arbitrary rules, then—copper, a heavy metal, can be used as an organic fungicide because it is traditional—can actually hinder the adoption of greener agricultural techniques. Alas, shoppers look in vain for “no till” labels on their food—at least so far.

Fair enough

What about Fairtrade? Its aim is to address “the injustice of low prices” by guaranteeing that producers receive a fair price “however unfair the conventional market is”, according to FLO International’s website. In essence, it means paying producers an above-market “Fairtrade” price for their produce, provided they meet particular labour and production standards. In the case of coffee, for example, Fairtrade farmers receive a minimum of $1.26 per pound for their coffee, or $0.05 above the market price if it exceeds that floor. This premium is passed back to the producers to spend on development programmes. The market for Fairtrade products is much smaller than that for organic products, but is growing much faster: it increased by 37% to reach ?1.1 billion ($1.4 billion) in 2005. Who could object to that?

Economists, for a start. The standard economic argument against Fairtrade goes like this: the low price of commodities such as coffee is due to overproduction, and ought to be a signal to producers to switch to growing other crops. Paying a guaranteed Fairtrade premium—in effect, a subsidy—both prevents this signal from getting through and, by raising the average price paid for coffee, encourages more producers to enter the market. This then drives down the price of non-Fairtrade coffee even further, making non-Fairtrade farmers poorer. Fairtrade does not address the basic problem, argues Tim Harford, author of “The Undercover Economist” (2005), which is that too much coffee is being produced in the first place. Instead, it could even encourage more production.

Mr Bretman of FLO International disagrees. In practice, he says, farmers cannot afford to diversify out of coffee when the price falls. Fairtrade producers can use the premiums they receive to make the necessary investments to diversify into other crops. But surely the price guarantee actually reduces the incentive to diversify?

Another objection to Fairtrade is that certification is predicated on political assumptions about the best way to organise labour. In particular, for some commodities (including coffee) certification is available only to co-operatives of small producers, who are deemed to be most likely to give workers a fair deal when deciding how to spend the Fairtrade premium. Coffee plantations or large family firms cannot be certified. Mr Bretman says the rules vary from commodity to commodity, but are intended to ensure that the Fairtrade system helps those most in need. Yet limiting certification to co-ops means “missing out on helping the vast majority of farm workers, who work on plantations,” says Mr Wille of the Rainforest Alliance, which certifies producers of all kinds.

Guaranteeing a minimum price also means there is no incentive to improve quality, grumble coffee-drinkers, who find that the quality of Fairtrade brews varies widely. Again, the Rainforest Alliance does things differently. It does not guarantee a minimum price or offer a premium but provides training, advice and better access to credit. That consumers are often willing to pay more for a product with the RA logo on it is an added bonus, not the result of a formal subsidy scheme; such products must still fend for themselves in the marketplace. “We want farmers to have control of their own destinies, to learn to market their products in these competitive globalised markets, so they are not dependent on some NGO,” says Mr Wille.

But perhaps the most cogent objection to Fairtrade is that it is an inefficient way to get money to poor producers. Retailers add their own enormous mark-ups to Fairtrade products and mislead consumers into thinking that all of the premium they are paying is passed on. Mr Harford calculates that only 10% of the premium paid for Fairtrade coffee in a coffee bar trickles down to the producer. Fairtrade coffee, like the organic produce sold in supermarkets, is used by retailers as a means of identifying price-insensitive consumers who will pay more, he says.

As with organic food, the Fairtrade movement is under attack both from outsiders who think it is misguided and from insiders who think it has sold its soul. In particular, the launch by Nestl?, a food giant, of Partners’ Blend, a Fairtrade coffee, has convinced activists that the Fairtrade movement is caving in to big business. Nestl? sells over 8,000 non-Fairtrade products and is accused of exploiting the Fairtrade brand to gain favourable publicity while continuing to do business as usual. Mr Bretman disagrees. “We felt it would not be responsible to turn down an opportunity to do something that would practically help hundreds or thousands of farmers,” he says. “You are winning the battle if you get corporate acceptance that these ideas are important.” He concedes that the Fairtrade movement’s supporters are “a very broad church” which includes anti-globalisation and anti-corporate types. But they can simply avoid Nestl?’s Fairtrade coffee and buy from smaller Fairtrade producers instead, he suggests.

Besides, this is how change usually comes about, notes Mr Pollan. The mainstream co-opts the fringe and shifts its position in the process; “but then you need people to stake out the fringe again.” That is what has happened with organic food in America, and is starting to happen with Fairtrade food too. “People are looking for the next frontier,” says Mr Pollan, and it already seems clear what that is: local food.

“Local is the new organic” has become the unofficial slogan of the local-food movement in the past couple of years. The rise of “Big Organic”, the large-scale production of organic food to meet growing demand, has produced a backlash and claims that the organic movement has sold its soul. Purists worry that the organic movement’s original ideals have been forgotten as large companies that produce and sell organic food on an industrial scale have muscled in.

This partly explains why food bought from local producers either directly or at farmers’ markets is growing in popularity, and why local-food advocates are now the keepers of the flame of the food-activism movement. Local food need not be organic, but buying direct from small farmers short-circuits industrial production and distribution systems in the same way that buying organic used to. As a result, local food appears to be immune to being industrialised or corporatised. Organic food used to offer people a way to make a “corporate protest”, says Mr Pollan, and now “local offers an alternative to that.”

Think globally, act locally?

Buying direct means producers get a fair price, with no middlemen adding big margins along the distribution chain. Nor has local food been shipped in from the other side of the country or the other side of the world, so the smaller number of “food miles” makes local food greener, too. Local food thus appeals in different ways to environmentalists, national farm lobbies and anti-corporate activists, as well as consumers who want to know more about where their food comes from.

Obviously it makes sense to choose a product that has been grown locally over an identical product shipped in from afar. But such direct comparisons are rare. And it turns out that the apparently straightforward approach of minimising the “food miles” associated with your weekly groceries does not, in fact, always result in the smallest possible environmental impact.

The term “food mile” is itself misleading, as a report published by DEFRA, Britain’s environment and farming ministry, pointed out last year. A mile travelled by a large truck full of groceries is not the same as a mile travelled by a sport-utility vehicle carrying a bag of salad. Instead, says Paul Watkiss, one of the authors of the DEFRA report, it is more helpful to think about food-vehicle miles (ie, the number of miles travelled by vehicles carrying food) and food-tonne miles (which take the tonnage being carried into account).

The DEFRA report, which analysed the supply of food in Britain, contained several counterintuitive findings. It turns out to be better for the environment to truck in tomatoes from Spain during the winter, for example, than to grow them in heated greenhouses in Britain. And it transpires that half the food-vehicle miles associated with British food are travelled by cars driving to and from the shops. Each trip is short, but there are millions of them every day. Another surprising finding was that a shift towards a local food system, and away from a supermarket-based food system, with its central distribution depots, lean supply chains and big, full trucks, might actually increase the number of food-vehicle miles being travelled locally, because things would move around in a larger number of smaller, less efficiently packed vehicles.

Research carried out at Lincoln University in New Zealand found that producing dairy products, lamb, apples and onions in that country and shipping them to Britain used less energy overall than producing them in Britain. (Farming and processing in New Zealand is much less energy intensive.) And even if flying food in from the developing world produces more emissions, that needs to be weighed against the boost to trade and development.

There is a strand of protectionism and anti-globalisation in much local-food advocacy, says Gareth Edwards-Jones of the University of Wales. Local food lets farming lobbies campaign against imports under the guise of environmentalism. A common argument is that local food is fresher, but that is not always true: green beans, for example, are picked and flown to Britain from Kenya overnight, he says. People clearly want to think that they are making environmentally or socially optimal food choices, he says, but “we don’t have enough evidence” to do so.

What should a shopper do? All food choices involve trade-offs. Even if organic farming does consume a little less energy and produce a little less pollution, that must be offset against lower yields and greater land use. Fairtrade food may help some poor farmers, but may also harm others; and even if local food reduces transport emissions, it also reduces potential for economic development. Buying all three types of food can be seen as an anti-corporate protest, yet big companies already sell organic and Fairtrade food, and local sourcing coupled with supermarkets’ efficient logistics may yet prove to be the greenest way to move food around.

Food is central to the debates on the environment, development, trade and globalisation—but the potential for food choices to change the world should not be overestimated. The idea of saving the world by shopping is appealing; but tackling climate change, boosting development and reforming the global trade system will require difficult political choices. “We have to vote with our votes as well as our food dollars,” says Mr Pollan. Conventional political activity may not be as enjoyable as shopping, but it is far more likely to make a difference.

Колко е хубаво, че вече и в България подобни базари стават все по-често срещано явление. Те насърчават отговорната консумация, с респект към природата, производителите, здравето и самите себе си. Важно е как ще похарчите парите си за подаръци – дали ще подкрепите китайските стоки, произведени от гладуващи и тормозени деца, стоки опасни за здравето заради синтетичните химикали, използвани за направата им, ИЛИ ще подкрепите местните производители на био храни, козметика, вино и т.н.? Те не са много и имат нужда от подкрепа.  Подкрепети ги като посетите базара и си купите падаръче от тях… Или може да ги посетите на място – например в Био Ферма Чемерник www.chemernik.com и прекарате един чудесен уикенд далеч (70 км) от София, в един чист и иснтински естествен свят!

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PLANET OF DIVERSITY
I have been asked to wrap up the presentations and discussions that we have had during this wonderful three days. But we received so much information, such rich concepts, so many different experiences were seen, that a synthesis would not only be impossible, it would be disrespectful from my side.
As it has been shown here over the days that we spent together, diversity is about richness, deepness, detail. Regulators usually say the devil is in the details, but I would rather say that in life and in nature is God who is in the details. The magnificence of this planet and its ecosystem is shown in each and every grain of soil, in each flower, each seed, each butterfly.
That is why we are fans of diversity. We are crazy about the beauty of all the lives that surround us and sustain us. There are so many languages, so many dances, so many songs, so many birds, so many foods, so many seeds…
?Why not spend our life defending that richness, the only real heritage that we can leave to the next generations?
And there’s so much to learn, so much to discover, so much to share…
We have to learn how to read the landscape
As the rabbit does, or the red cheated robin standing on a bare autumn acacia branch
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Looking for signs from nature that for him are as clear as neon billboards and we don’t even know how to understand
The wind moves softly and sways the tree tops
The robin just moves further down the branch and lets his feathers shuffle in the morning air
Are we here?
Are we part of this?
Our brain, resulting from neuronal connections and electrical impulses
Travels far from here, to our jobs and occupations, problems and ambitions troubling us all
But we are in the present, that is the only reality
And the birds take it for granted; they live permanently in the present.
Suddendly, a big eucalyptus branch falls crashing and ends with a resounding noise in the yellow leaves on the floor.
Everything becomes silent
Everything is in complete attention
Everything seems to be in its place.
Precisely here:
The smell of the forest
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The creeping leaves
The sunlight creating clear patches between the bushes
A silent moment
A timeless moment
Breathing
Red skin, dark skin, white skin,
Seed and stamen and all the unnamed lives that live
We are all here
We are all one
We belong to this
We are being run through by life,
We are all part of the sacred web.
Trembling, we recognize the fact that we are a part of this immense organism.
We are part of the flow
In a dance we don’t quite understand
But we can feel it
Because it is happening right now
In my heart pounding
In your heart pounding
Your blood washing and nourishing your cells
Like the sap on the trees
The rivers coming down from the mountains
the winds on the planet.
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All together
Being in the cathedral of nature
Vibrating, full of wonders.
Alberto Pipo Lernoud
IFOAM World Board Member

Светът е изправен пред воден дефицит

На 5 ноември 2008г. от 18.30 часа в аудитория 65 на Ректората на СУ „Св. Климент Охридски” ще се проведе семинар – дискусия на тема: „Вода”. Ще видите и прожекция на нашумелия руски документален филм “Великата тайна на водата”. Темата е особено важна поради новите научни изследвания за нейните свойства, както и поради надвисналата на човечеството заплаха за нейното все по-сериозно замърсяване.

През XX век броят на населението на света се е утроило, а водопотреблението се е увеличило 6 пъти. При тези показатели все повече се откроява зависимостта между водните ресурси и изхранването на населението. Нивата на подпочвените води, които се изпомпват за напояване спадат всяка година с няколко метра и това води към световна екологична криза. Все повече започва да се откроява приликата между сегашното развитие на цивилизацията и това на маите, Египет и Месопотамия преди тяхното изчезване. Учените наричат този процес „Преяждане и провал”.

Урбанизацията предизвиква все по сериозно търсене на прясна вода за питейни нужди и промишленост, като по този начин лишава земеделските производители от селските региони. Все повече държави започват да изпитват крайни нужди от питейна вода. Над 1 млрд. души по света (съизмеримо с населението на ЕС и САЩ взети заедно) нямат достъп до чиста вода. Целите на ООН по този въпрос са до 2015 година броят на тези хора да бъде намален на половина, но по всичко личи, че този план няма да бъде изпълнен. Климатичните промени дават допълнителен темп на намаляване на пресните води, както и на опустиняването на големи територии. Изсичането на горите и ерозията са също сериозен проблем който съпътства намаляването на количествата прясна вода и влошаването на техните качества.

Все повече научни разработки оприличават водата като приемник и проводник на ментално замърсяване. В научно-популярният филм „Великата тайна на водата” това бива нагледно представено. Оказва се, че водата реагира на емоции и е съхранител на информация. Тя се използва в почти всички сфери на човешката дейност и съставлява над 70% от човешкото тяло. В нея е възникнал живота на тази планета и тя е основна част от екосистемите.

Този семинар се организира от Университетски клуб за екология и устойчиво развитие „UNECO” по случай 120-тата годишнина на Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски” и висшето образование в България. На това събитие ще имате и възможността да се запознаете с екипа на Проект „Място за бъдеще”, реализиращ се от Софийско гражданско сдружение “Щастливеца” и партньори, подпомогнат от Тръст за развитие на гражданското общество за Централна и Източна Европа, CEE Trust. През тази учебна година „UNECO” ще проведе серия от акции в областта на неформалното образование и устойчивото развитие, в партньорство с фондация „Оранжева луна”, Софийско гражданско сдружение „Щастливеца” и други организации от коалиция „За да остане природа в България”.

За контакти:

Борислав Сандов – 0887 096 757 – borislav.sandov@gmail.com

Панка Бабукова – 0895 671 234 – panka.babukova@gmail.com