Utopia: children paint their future.In these pages we highlight many of the artworks created by children for an ICAF ICAF International Child Art Foundation ICAF Industrial College of the Armed Forces ICAF International Comic Arts Festival ICAF International Capoeira Angola Foundation ICAF International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue ICAF Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation competition on the theme "Utopia: children imagine and paint their future". Some children wrote text, others created artwork--anything that could be scanned into a poster was permitted. Come explore Utopias from around the world! Living in Harmony "Living in Harmony" is an episode of the 1967-68 television series The Prisoner. It differs from most other episodes of the series in that it does not begin with the show's standard opening credits sequence. : The Key to My Utopia! Lying in bed at night, I often dream of a place where everything would be perfect. Perhaps just a fictional paradise, or maybe even a reality--a Utopia. We must learn to live in harmony, not just with fellow humans, but also with all the inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. of the jungles and forest: the animals and plants ... I am talking about the animals that we test medicines on, whose fur we make coats out of and those that we hunt for our pleasure. I speak for the trees that provide us oxygen to breathe and purify the air that we need. All animals in the food chain depend on trees for shelter and food. But we chop them down to make fancy furniture and wasteful packaging. The most recent cause for global disharmony dis·har·mo·ny n. 1. Lack of harmony; discord. 2. Something not in accord; a conflict: "the disharmonies that assail the most fortunate of mortals" Peter Gay. is fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are the most widely used source of energy, but they are running out ... This insecurity is driving countries into wars for oil, thereby disrupting global peace ... Unless alternate sources of energy are found, the wars will grow even worse as the oil reserves Oil reserves refer to portions of oil in place that are claimed to be recoverable under economic constraints. Oil in the ground is not a "reserve" unless it is claimed to be economically recoverable, since as the oil is extracted, the cost of recovery increases incrementally decrease. These alternate sources of energy will have to be 'clean' fuels. Excessive use of fossil fuels is harmful to the environment because when burnt, they release carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. into the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide gas released by these fuels warms up the atmosphere. A phenomenon known as the Greenhouse Effect greenhouse effect: see global warming. greenhouse effect Warming of the Earth's surface and lower atmosphere caused by water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other trace gases in the atmosphere. Visible light from the Sun heats the Earth's surface. occurs when the earth's atmosphere “Air” redirects here. For other uses, see Air (disambiguation). Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding the planet Earth and retained by the Earth's gravity. It contains roughly (by molar content/volume) 78% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0. heats up. If the earth heats up too much, then the inhabitants of warmer countries will ultimately be forced to move into colder countries, thus creating even more fights and tensions. We have to find new sources of energy to prevent all the fights between countries and to protect the environment. Renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. from the sun and the oceans are the key to my Utopia. Learning to live in harmony amongst ourselves and with our environment is what we require. Only that can lead us into Utopia! Salaar Khan (age 12) Pakistan Yotam Gidron (age 14) Israel Utopia: What is it made of? We continuously create our own future. In doing so we should remember that our resources for such a creation are the world's natural resources. (Here symbolized by the sea, flowers, mountains and our history--symbolized by Pyramids and skyscrapers). If we shall not forget both nature and mankind creation- our future will be- UTOPIA! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Philbert Tiki Tiki Tick of Dow Jones Industrial Average component issues. Yong (age 12) Malaysia World peace In the 21st century science and technology has made the world so small. With advanced telecommunication, we can communicate with one another easily, no matter where we are. Air travel has united many countries across the globe. Internet access See how to access the Internet. has made humans interact with one another more often. Despite globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation and modernization, people in many countries fear terrorism and bombings. Iraqis live in sadness and misery. In large cities, folks live in fear and are terrorized psychologically. The world has so much unrest. Therefore, I hope my art piece will help the world realise the importance of world peace. I would like to plea the world for unity and to care and share among one another. Let us children have our rights of protection therefore child abuse will not exist in the future. Let our voices echo to all children of the world to express themselves through art. Art allows us to be creative, gives us inner peace and above all, helps us develop patience. These are the virtues of peace on earth. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Qanita Qamarani (age 9) Indonesia I imagine our house in the future. We will have much kind of houses. We will have houses in the sea, which has beautiful and colorful fishes. We will have houses in space, which has many twinkle of stars, Wow ... It is very interesting! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Raja Atisam Sajid (age 15) Pakistan Peace rings [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bianca Diediw (age 16) David Avetisyan (age 15) Armenia BLACK UTOPIA This is my poster. This is not my imaginative, dreamed future. That is one "utopia" which Lenin realized. But to realize this "utopia" and keep it for 70 years there had been great many victims. Many bright ideas were destroyed, and from the "Red utopia", the "Black" reality was born.. I don't want to realize the same kind of "utopia" any more. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vladimir Shvets (age 15) Rassia [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nelly nel·ly or nel·lie n. pl. nel·lies Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for an effeminate homosexual man. [Probably from the name Nelly, nickname for Helen.] Vulkova (age 9) Bulgaria [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Laura Hesse (age 7) Germany Image of a flower [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Milen Minkov (age 6) Bulgaria The world is a magic school [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Klara Laux (age 12) Germany [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Paveleta Emilova Purvanova (age 9) Bulgaria [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Khyati Shukla (age 12) India Human Computer In the future, people will be addicted to Junk Food junk food n. Any of various prepackaged snack foods high in calories but low in nutritional value. junk food , which would convert their tummies into big balls. Seeing the mouth watering pizzas and burgers which contains nothing except fat, any person would be attracted towards it. It may be possible that the future world will be full of fatties ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sarah Abruzzo (age 9) USA [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nileshwari Desat (age 14) India Strange trend Culture is a symbol of our recognition. Seeing the trend adopted by today's generation, I think that in the future people will create unique fashions. So I have shown the black and white portion to show our generation which will be considered as the past in the future generation. In future generation the clock of time would be running so fast that we will become out-dated. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Josi Buchholz (age 8) Germany No starvation I don't want anyone to suffer from hunger! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sanem Tokyay (age 8) Turkey [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nele Ilic (age 11) Germany [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alexander Schwankner (age 12) Germany Bridge through the universe I am worried that we people will destroy our world through environmental pollution, nuclear power plants and war and will have to find a new living space. My vision is for us to find a source of energy which enables us to rush through the universe at the speed of light. The universe will be habitable habitable adj. referring to a residence that is safe and can be occupied in reasonable comfort. Although standards vary by region, the premises should be closed in against the weather, provide running water, access to decent toilets and bathing facilities, heating, . I hope that we humans are clever enough to protect and save our world from ourselves so that the bridge through the universe would not be a necessity but rather a nice stroll. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Georgios Balezos (age 9) Germany Ascent of the tower of peoples "There are more and more people and they all want to the ascend the tower of peoples. I am the first one and at the top of all people." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Rudra Kansara (age 8) India Overburden o·ver·bur·den tr.v. o·ver·bur·dened, o·ver·bur·den·ing, o·ver·bur·dens 1. To burden with too much weight; overload. 2. To subject to an excessive burden or strain; overtax. n. 1. of study material Books, books, books.. Give me a headache and makes me weak. I am scared of growing anymore. Still I am young and have to grow a tot. From now only 9. I have to study so much. Then where will these books take me ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Harschini (age 8) India [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eliott Frank (age 13) USA Shadows of Cultural Economics This picture focuses on the differences in traditional vs. modern ways of life. The Native American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. represents a traditional form of old world culture. The graph depicts modern technology verses traditional economies and ways of life. As lack of freedom goes up, utopia goes down. As Utopia goes up, lack of freedom goes down. We are currently living in a technological world and forgetting the traditional ways. Do we have more freedom today? It is up to each individual to decide! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ksenia Eshchenko (age 14) Russia Tourist voyage The most important hobby of all people in the future will be intercontinental travel. All world will be entangled en·tan·gle tr.v. en·tan·gled, en·tan·gling, en·tan·gles 1. To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl. 2. To complicate; confuse. 3. To involve in or as if in a tangle. by uncountable uncountable - countable roads with a special covering, something like highspeed tapes. They will transfer people on huge distances for short time. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ankita Venkatesh (age 11) India My dream is to travel all around the universe. And also, I want to do Many research connected towards planets, comets, stars and all about the living organism present in some other planets. Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla (Hindi: कल्पना चावला)(Punjabi:ਕਲਪਨਾ ਚਾਵਲਾ) (7 March 1962 – 1 February 2003), was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle is my Inspiration; I want to serve my country as an astronaut like her. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Roman Nekludov (age 15) Russia Spring forward 3000 years. Time to twist jacks and to think of posterity POSTERITY, descents. All the descendants of a person in a direct line. . It seems to me that our future is triumph and full victory of mechanisms and technologies over wild nature and man. As a result of technogenous transformations at our planet it won't be even a bit of land for animals and birds to make a nest and breed posterity. And to my mind it will be a great loss for mankind. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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