Competition- Opportunity to Win a trip to Sweden and £300 for Expedition

Saw this advertised today- it may be an opportunity for some of you to get together and come up with an entry based on water problems in Andranosoa, our project village in Madagascar.

The 2012 Tomorrow's Water Competition is open for entries.
Tomorrow's Water is a competition open to those with a curiosity about the diverse functions and uses of water and who wish to persue a project in how we can manipulate and analyse water to improve our quality of life and/or the environment.

If you are interested, then think about ways in which water can be collected from rainfall e.g roofs. It would be good to invent your own design of rainwater harvesting for our secondary school building.

Here are some links to look at:

http://www.ciwem.org/FileGet.ashx?id=2108&library=Public%20Access

http://www.ciwem.org/competition-and-awards/tomorrow's-water/getting-started.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_Vhbgj8Lk

http://www.wateraid.org/international/what_we_do/where_we_work/madagascar/2576.asp

http://www.watercache.com/education/rainwater-how/#.TxduBmO28w4

or what about this: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53521 Fog catching will work well on the hills surrounding the village.

Look at the graph above. The challenge is to provide year round water for the village when there is very little rain from April to September.

Let me know if a group of you want to enter. Will be a shame if no-one wants to. Deadline is March.



Mr Cornish

Team Meeting Tuesday Lunch Time in Science Block

It is really important that everyone attends this meeting. Please remind each other and bring with you ideas for future fundraising. We still have a long way to go but time will go quickly! If you cannot make it please email Mrs McCall asap.
Thanks
Mr Cornish

Iridium Partners With us to Supply Satellite Phone

Dan Mercer, Vice President & General Manager of Iridium Communications has kindly agreed to supply us with a top of the range satellite phone which will go a long way to help us communicate our work in Madagascar with the outside world. We are hoping to be involved with some text, voice or even Skype calls with classes back at Coopers' during our stay in the Village of Andranosoa. The phone will also be a vital part of our emergency plans during the 3-4 day river trip. Also having an inbuilt GPS, it means that we will be able to map our progress as we go along.

Many thanks to Dan and all at Iridium. Well done to Joe Dunne who secured this partnership.

Photographer Toby Smith Talks about his Experiences in Madagascar

Toby Smith is one of the UK's up and coming environmental photographers. He has work published in National Geographic and most national newspapers.
Come and hear him speak about his time in Madagascar and India in R16-18
10th Jan 2012 3.30-5pm.

Visit his website http://www.shootunit.com/current_projects/madagascar/

Inspirational Talk from Explorer Alistair Humphreys

Alistair came to our school 3 years ago to give us an inspiring talk about his exploits on a 4 year round the world bike ride. Visit his website at http://www.alastairhumphreys.com/ for lots more expedition and adventure tips. He is the National Geographic young explorer for 2012.