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| Scandinavian Air Services (SAS) recycles enough aluminum beverage containers from flights each year to build three-quarters of an MD-90 airliner. | |
| Holly Arntzen The creative force behind ART and the Cycle of Life, Holly is passionate about the environment. She sings songs about nature and inspires children to learn. Discover more about Holly. |
Educators
Integrated environmental learning solutions
Cycle of Life uses music, art and humour to entertain, engage and educate children about the environment and sustainability. Great music grabs their attention; powerful lyrics deliver the educational message; and beautiful artwork completes the package. It is education with impact, and its drawing rave reviews from educators across Canada. Read what Canada’s educators are saying about Cycle of Life...
This pioneering program includes:
Cycle of Life CD
A CD of original music about endangered species, featuring Holly Arntzen and the Voices of Nature Singers (some of the thousands of young people from across Canada who have participated in ART’s artist-in-residence eco-ed programs), with performances by some of Canada’s finest musicians. Have a listen.
Educator’s Handbooks –
Beautifully illustrated companions to the CDs, written by talented teams of authors, with contributions from a veritable ‘who’s who’ of environmental education. The handbooks provide activities in science, social studies, music, language arts and social responsibility that are connected to song lyrics, and fulfill prescribed learning outcomes. “Provincially Recommended” by the BC Ministry of Education for the new Science curriculum. More about the handbooks.
| FOR TEACHERS: Download the song Eternity to accompany the Cycle of Life educational supplement distributed with Maclean’s Magazine In Class Program November 2006. Look for another Cycle of Life supplement about the Spirit Bear coming in February 2007 |
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www.cycleoflife.ca
Our website is designed to help educators, children and families learn more about sustainability. It provides online support to the handbook and school programs. Lesson plans are available for free downloading in PDF format, and teachers are encouraged to submit their own Cycle of Life lesson plans to the website, and receive an honorarium if their work appears. Check out the lesson plans.
Voices of Nature School Program –
The Voices of Nature School Program involves young singers, teachers and schools in British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec. Teachers use Cycle of Life learning resources to engage in activities linked to song lyrics. Children learn songs, and perform them in concerts for their families and friends. These concerts often take place in theatres, where the children perform along with professional musicians, and are the highlight of the school year. School choirs are recorded and appear on a variety of CDs, which the school may choose to sell to recover program costs. More about the school program.
Voices of Nature Radio Show
(3rd Season, Village 900, Victoria, BC) – Whether it’s the music, the message, or the inimitable news anchor mollusk, Walter Chiton, Victoria listeners are wild about Voices of Nature Radio. Now entering its third season, this innovative half-hour program is packed with quality from top to bottom. Each installment highlights an environmental theme and delivers a fast-paced blend of eco-education and new age vaudeville, complete with a funny and endearing cast of characters, and featuring appearances by children from schools taking part in the Voices of Nature school programs. This season the show will enjoy a great new time slot that will bring it into family homes over the Monday dinner hour, or download a podcast of the show and listen anytime. Listen to a sample from Voices of Nature on Village 900.
The ART of teaching people about sustainability
The Artist Response Team Inc. (ART) was established in 1990 as a “cultural swat team” that responds peacefully to environmental issues through music, art, humour and entertainment. ART produces CDs, curriculum resources, live events, school programs and radio shows that feature musicians, artists, scientists and children’s choirs. ART has established an international reputation as a leader in the development and delivery of eco-educational resources. Learn more about the ART of teaching people about sustainability.
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