Children ready for the green challenge; Chronicle editor PAUL ROBERTSON welcomes you to our latest Go Green supplement, all about youngsters' achievements in helping the environment and saving the planet.IT MAY be a well-worn phrase, but young people really are the future. Our environment is changing for good and it's the next generation which will pick up the pieces. Luckily the North East is packed with children and young people who are working their socks off to have a positive impact. They have taken on board the motto of our Go Green campaign, to think global and act local and are doing things which will help keep our region a green and pleasant place for years to come. Here, in the latest of our supplements for our campaign we are profiling youngsters of different ages and their activities to make the North East greener. Over the next 20-or-so pages you will meet the teenage twitcher twitcher Noun Brit informal a bird-watcher who tries to spot as many rare varieties as possible whose snaps are scooping prestigious prizes and encouraging others to learn more about the environment, middle school pupils who made a surprise discovery in their pond and Newcastle's latest Green Flag winners. We've also profiled youngsters helping with an autumn leaves and litter litter /lit·ter/ (lit´er) stretcher. lit·ter n. 1. A flat supporting framework, such as a piece of canvas stretched between parallel shafts, for carrying a disabled or dead person; a crackdown crack·down n. An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint: a crackdown on crime. Noun 1. in North Tyneside North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear in the North East of England. Its seat is at the Town Hall, Wallsend. Created in 1974, the borough lies within the historic county boundaries of Northumberland. and children taking part in a minibeast "Minibeast" or "Minibeasts" is a term for a variety of arthropods and other invertebrates, including but not limited to spiders, ants, butterflies, bees, wasps, flies, woodlice [1],and many others. hunt on a local nature reserve. Everyone at the Chronicle chronicle, official record of events, set down in order of occurrence, important to the people of a nation, state, or city. Almanacs, The Congressional Record in the United States, and the Annual Register in England are chronicles. would like to congratulate these children for their superb efforts in becoming more aware of the problems facing our environment and what they can do to help. And we hope that by reading about all the great things they have been doing some of our other readers may feel inspired to find out how they can help save the planet. Finally, we're launching our third annual Environment Awards and kicking off our call for entries. We're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. all the greenest Geordies to enter and have the chance of picking up an award at our ceremony in February. That's what our Go Green campaign is all about: celebrating and rewarding your efforts to help the environment. So read on to find out more and don't forget to enter our awards. To find out more about Go Green visit www.chroniclelive.co.uk/gogreen |
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