User:Onetotrees/123s

INTRO 123s is the symbol used by "One to Trees", an Ecologial Education Non-Profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) started in August 2006 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, presently having projects running in Nova Friburgo and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Kimana (Kenya).

VISION 123s' vision is to live in a planet where human beings and environment are seem as one, developing this relationship since early childhood, in schools that teach not a single "environmental" subject, but all tradition school subjects from an environmental point of view.

MISSION 123s' mission is to foster the use of natural resources in a conscious, efficient and sustainable way, in order to make the Earth a peaceful, prosperous and life-sustaining place.

DEFINITION 123s defines itself as "a growing group of scientists, entrepreneurs, teachers, communities and organizations, directing the creation of efficient work, health and abundance, with an interest in protecting both nature and the profits of our investors."

This means 123s promote an understanding of "economy" as not-incompatible with "ecology": to prosper in a long-term way, 123s defends that any company needs to think about ecology, calling attention to the etymology of such words: eco-logy means the study (logy) of the house (eco) and eco-nomy means the management (nomy) of the house (eco); in this sense, economy could be seen as a sub-discipline of ecology, because to "manage the house" it would be necessary to first "study the house".

GLOBAL WARMING 123s faces Global Warming as an opportunity to cultivate actions based on ideals of unity. Not as something bad or good on itself, but simply as an opportunity to re-thin ideas, as for instance, our idea of "economy", "school" or "education".

ADOPT A TEACHER Our main Project of Union is the Adopt a Teacher program, promoting an environmental review of traditional school subjects in Brazil and Kenya.

PROJECTS OF UNION bodyECOLogy ECOnscience AME recyclART rePCycling

LANGUAGE All 123s Glossary intends to promote the union between mankind and nature that the NGO envisions. Examples are: - idea-seed - seeder-teacher - sun-sponsor - greenhouse-school