3. Participating Countries South Africa Slovenia Slovakia Russia Romania Sweden Spain Tunisia France Finland Denmark Czech Republic Greece Germany Dominican Rep FYR Macedonia Italy Ireland Latvia Kenya Kazakhstan Iceland Japan Jordan Lithuania Portugal Norway Netherlands Poland Puerto Rico Malta Morocco UK: Wales UK: Scotland Turkey UK: Northern Ireland UK: England Uganda USA Belgium Croatia Chile Bulgaria Cyprus Brazil China Bahamas
4. How many participants? 8,604,397 Students 628,903 Teachers 31,145 Schools 4,659 Local Councils
14. June 05 Session: EkoSkola featured in the electoral manifestos of the political parties AND a regular feature in the National Budget Request for support from politicians for the Programme
15. June 06 Session: Developed a children’s version of the Report AND used different media to communicate message Review of the State of the Environment Report 2005
16. June 07 Session: Students presented a memorandum to political parties for the coming General Elections Reported findings of a nationwide survey involving over 8,000 households
17. June 08 Session: Requested that Climate Change becomes a national concern and collaboration between the two political parties on the issue Responding to the problems of Climate Change
18. May 09 Session: Developed a Children’s Version of the Report Review of the State of the Environment Report 2008