“Life in 2020: your creative vision”
2012 Video Competition for Students
on the theme of
Moving towards more responsible lifestyles
Resources to help you explore the theme…
Examples of videos
Note : these examples are only mentioned in order to give you some ideas related to the theme of the
video competition ”sustainable/responsible living”. Remember that your video must be a maximum of
60 seconds running time, including titles and credits. No talk/dialogue is permitted, however sounds
and music are Ok (see #4 of Competition rules).
> Examples of 60-second videos without words on sustainable/responsible living issues:
1st PERL Video Competition winner (2011) http://youtu.be/iEaSM3mo7EM
2nd PERL Video Competition winner (2011) http://youtu.be/-W5UqhzWg4c
> Example of a cartoon (from the LOOP SCOOPS broadband series for kids).
http://www.youtube.com/user/PBS#p/u/7/5c5cnM_TdHw
> Example of a 60-second video without words on a sustainable/responsible living issue.
http://en.alternativechannel.tv/communication-durable/videos/Act-Responsible/there-room-leftnature-Stichting-Natuur-Milieu/117/
> Example of a 57-second video without talk / dialogue on a sustainable/responsible living issue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3lnuEtmyGI
> Example of a video explaining sustainable / responsible living issues.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmrx9z8T4Zo
> Example of scenarios on sustainable / responsible living issues made by students of Sukuma
Millennium Award. http://www.sukuma.net/Prize-giving.215.0.html?&L=1
> Example of video made by student winner of video contest on Education for sustainable
development.
http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/index.php?s=films_details&id_page=33&id_film=1564
Example of PERL Resources from www.perlprojects.org
Education for Sustainable Development - Images and Objects Active Methodology Toolkit
The Images and Objects Toolkit is for facilitators and teachers interested in education for sustainable
development.
The kit includes step-by-step instructions for planning and implementing Education for Sustainable
Development activities by using images and objects, together with a starter kit of sample images.
http://tinyurl.com/639bkv7
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What are the 7Rs— reduce, reuse, recycle, respect, reflect, repair, and responsibility?
• Reduce
is about reducing the consumption of food, materials, and resources, which may involve working with
parents on the problem of children’s exposure to advertisements promoting endless consumption.
• Reuse
is about showing children that materials can be used many times for different purposes in preschool and
at home.
• Recycle
can be encouraged by asking children to bring recyclable materials to school and integrating them into a
range of activities.
• Respect
is about nurturing understanding of and respect for nature and natural processes and reducing the extent
to which they are violated.
• Reflect
is a habit and skill everybody will benefit from in working for sustainability.
• Repair
involves taking care of broken toys and other objects and repairing them.
• Responsibility
is about trusting children to take care of something or do something they can feel proud about.
From ”State of the world – Transforming Cultures from Consumerism to Sustainability”
(The Worldwatch Institute, 2010)
Examples of stories from the resource ”Our life, Our world”
This is a publication produced by CCN during 2008/2009.
www.perlprojects.org
The resource includes 14 lessons plans to help teachers provide opportunities for students to consider their
behaviour and their view of the world. There are 7 lesson plans for elementary school children and seven for
secondary school children.
Lesson plans cover a full week and are symbolic of the experiences of children, allowing them to consider issues
affecting their behaviour, their family and the community. The problems or issues that are presented as stories or
case studies for each day of the week will be familiar to most children and will ask them to make decisions.
Examples:
Water, water everywhere but…
Use of water in everyday life. Today, the teacher talks about water problems. At this moment the bell rings break
time. In the courtyard, Peter drinks his bottle of water which is the preferred drink of his TV-superhero. At the
same time, Sam, his best friend, is drinking tap water in the toilets. Peter calls him to join in a football game
played in the courtyard and Sam, in a hurry, leaves the tap on. They have time to play for a quarter of an hour
before returning to the classroom. Now, the teacher asks Peter’s class to think about using water at school. There
are many ideas...
Phones, tones and groans
Buying technical equipment-mobile phones. Peter has got a new mobile phone and everyone in school likes it.
His father has bought a brilliant new ring tone and it takes short movies. Sam’s phone works well but is not as
new, it does not have the extra functions.
There are adverts on the internet of these newer phones and he has found one that he likes. He has already
decided on the ring tone and it is free. His parents think that the phone is too expensive. Sam thinks that everyone
else has phones that are cooler and that they are allowed to use the internet without limits. Emma is the only
person in the class who does not have a mobile phone.
Mobile phones – cool! Mike has got a part time job and saved some money. He used the money to buy a new
mobile phone and everyone likes it. His father paid for brilliant new services. Mike has also got a great new jacket
free from the service provider. Maria is in trouble with her parents because she has a huge bill to pay. She doesn’t
really know why it is so huge. Was it the calls, texts, ring tones or what? Jason’s phone works well but is not as
new, it does not have many extra functions. There are adverts on the internet of these newer phones and he has
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found one that he likes. His parents have checked and think that this is too expensive. Jason thinks that everyone
else has phones that are cooler so he is going to save up to buy a new phone. Mark does not have a mobile
phone. The rest of the class think he is different because of his lifestyle.
Party time
Going to a party. Peter is celebrating his 9th birthday today. He has invited 12 friends to his home for a party.
Yesterday Peter went shopping for food with his mother and he chose the following: 4 big bottles of cola, 12 bags
of potato crisps, 3 bags of colourful sweets, a chocolate egg for each of his friends, paper hats and plastic whistles
for friends, and a pack of disposable cake plates and cups. In the evening Peter’s mother baked him a chocolate
cake. It’s a sunny day. Peter is impatient to meet his guests. Soon after lunch his friends arrive. He gets lots of
presents including a computer game, a cartoon, 2 piggy banks and a new rucksack. Peter and his friends have a lot
of fun at the party; two of his friends go to the backyard to play football and the rest take part in a computer
games tournament. Afterwards they all watch the newest cartoon Peter has got as a birthday present. They eat
plenty of potato crisps and sweets and drink a lot of cola. After the cartoon ends it’s time for the cake! All of them
put on their hats, sing a birthday song and Peter’s mum brings in the cake. The chocolate cake is delicious! Soon
Peter’s friends start leaving for home. Mother cleans the house, washes up and throws away 3 bags of rubbish,
packaging and disposable plates and cups. She is happy the party is over and Peter is happy that his friends had a
good time.
How to be cool? Just before going to sleep on Thursday night Maria got a SMS from her best friend Eve inviting
her to a party the next day. Maria was looking forward to going to the party and was very excited about meeting
her friends. However, she had some worries. The next morning, before going to school, she started planning what
to wear at the party. She went through her wardrobe and found out that it’s been quite a long time since she was
shopping for clothes and that she doesn’t have anything trendy. On the way to school she grabbed the last issue
of the Girl magazine at the kiosk and before her first lesson started she found out that wearing yellow fake leather
short jacket combined with red cowboy boots along with the handbag made of plastic bottles would really make
you look cool. She really wanted to impress her friends in the evening and she was distracted from her lessons
because she kept thinking about the party. After the school ended she went shopping to the biggest mall in town.
She saw Jason there shopping for new clothes. After two hours of hard work she was very satisfied – she bought
all the things she wanted to wear in the evening. She had even enough time to visit the trendiest hairdresser in
the town who fixed her hair and sprayed it in light green colour – just the same colour her best singer Silly Sally
wore in the last spot. After returning home she spent another hour changing to her new clothes and very pleased
with how she looked she jumped on her motorbike and drove to the party. Well, usually she would use the helmet
but today she had this great hairstyle she didn’t want to damage. She took her helmet along (after all, her mother
always makes sure Maria never leaves home without it when going with her motorbike) but later – when parents
weren’t looking – hid it in her rucksack. Around the corner she met Jason who, guess what, also had green hair.
Confused
Buying presents. Maria and Peter have a problem. It’s their friend’s birthday tomorrow and they need to buy her
a present. Maria has seen three bags she really likes and which she is sure her friend will like as well; but she
cannot decide which one to buy. All the bags are colourful and have a fashionable design and they are more or
less the same price. So Maria tries to look for things which can help her decide. On one bag there is a label which
says it is made in India by a cooperative, using local organic material. In fact, the fair trade label is also attached.
The other bag is made in Sri Lanka and all it says is that it is made from mixed materials, The third bag is actually
made in …….(own country) by a local company and the label also indicates instructions for care. Maria remembers
seeing a TV advertisement for this local company which said that some of the profits go to after school
programmes for children in need. Recently, she also saw a documentary about child labour in certain countries.
All these different choices make Maria confused. Can you help her?
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