Christiana Figueres sends video message to ZOOM participants

European  Campaign "ZOOM – Kids on the Move" officially launched again

UN Climate Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres sends video message to ZOOM participants

 

Grassroots actions rather than unfruitful negotiations: "ZOOM – Kids on the Move" demonstrate to politicians and the adult public worldwide that they do not accept empty promises. They cannot be prevented them from contributing personally to climate protection. Children between four and twelve years of age may participate in the 2012 campaign actions weeks.

Since 2002 young children all over Europe are participating in Climate Alliance’s climate protection activities. In 2012 they get special support by the UN Climate Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. In a short video message she does not only thank the children for their previous success but also asks them for a further challenge: “Can you also teach your parents how important it is to transport themselves in a responsible way?” 

"Kids on the Move" travel climate-friendly by foot, bike, roller-skates, bus and train etc. in their daily life and collect "Green Footprints" for a better global climate. Each journey travelled by sustainable means counts as one Green Footprint. Climate Alliance will hand over the footprints collected all over Europe to the participants at the United Nations Climate Conference in the Emirate Qatar at the end of the year.

Tens of thousands of children in kindergartens and schools in Austria, Czechia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine are already ZOOMing for sustainable mobility and climate protection in a playful way. They are ready to find out ...

Full press release as pdf (55kb) please click here

Video message from Ms Figueres please click here

Handover in Durban

Children in 25 countries joined forces and collected 2.7 Million “Green Footprints” for the UN Climate Conference in Durban

 

On Wednesday, 30 November, Climate Alliance handed over 2.7 Million “Green Footprints” collected by 200,000 children in 25 countries to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres in Durban.

In 2011 Climate Alliance’s campaign “ZOOM – Kids on the Move for Climate Action” did not only run for the tenth time but also set new records:
201,146 kids from 16 European and further nine countries (Austria, Belgium, Cocos Keeling Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, La Reunion, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand and the Ukraine) ZOOMed in and together collected 2,710,340 “Green Footprints” by using sustainable means of transport for their daily journeys, by saving energy in their schools and kindergartens, and by eating regional food.

 

The children presented these splendid results of their Climate Action to the UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres substitutional for the participants of the UN Climate Conference and called to take concrete steps towards saving the world’s climate right now. Figueres was very impressed by the presentation of the collected miles illustrating the children’s efforts and looked over the respective results of each country. “I also would like to have Green Miles”, she said, “because I go to work by ...

Full Press release as pdf (50kb) please click here 

Photos and further details here

Launch of ZOOM Campaign 2011

Relaunch of ZOOM Campaign 2011 during EU Sustainable Energy Week

Green Footprints for a Better Climate

European Mobility Campaign “ZOOM Kids on the Move” Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
Campaign includes 5th and 6th graders for the first time

Grassroots actions rather than unfruitful negotiations: Kids on the move demonstrate to politicians and the adult public worldwide that they do not accept empty promises. They cannot be prevented them from contributing personally to climate protection. Children between four and twelve years of age may participate in the 2011 campaign actions weeks...  

 The full Press Release as pdf  (60 kb) you find here.

Short film to ZOOM Campaign

	shooting date at Hardtwaldschule, Germany

The ZOOM Campaign explained in a short film powered by astramedia can now be seen in our Home section.

Climate Alliance is very pleased with the result and wants to thank all those being involved!