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Burping and Slurping to Save the Waters of the World!
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The Burping and Slurping Challenge at http://www.londonfrogs.com encourages children to get involved with helping to save the waters of the world by writing and recording a song for "The London Frogs" Blog. Songs are inspired by the children’s book “The London Frogs,” published by my company Kiba Kiba Books (http://www.kibakiba.com).
A propos de vous
Section 1: About You
Prénom
Jessica
Nom
Riley
URL du site Web
Organization
Kiba Kiba Books LLC
Pays
États Unis
Section 2: About Your Organization
Nom
Kiba Kiba Books LLC
Site Web
Téléphone
Adresse
New York, New York
Pays
États Unis
Your idea
Name Your Project
Burping and Slurping to Save the Waters of the World!
What is your idea? What makes it innovative? Why is it important?
The Burping and Slurping Challenge at http://www.londonfrogs.com encourages children to get involved with helping to save the waters of the world by writing and recording a song for "The London Frogs" Blog. Songs are inspired by the children’s book “The London Frogs,” published by my company Kiba Kiba Books (http://www.kibakiba.com).
Will you launch your idea as a business or non-profit?
Entreprise
Country your work focuses on
États Unis
What will be the impact of your idea?
The challenge will ultimately help raise awareness about the world’s water crisis and get more people involved in taking action to find a solution! Nearly one billion people - about one in eight - lack access to clean water. The younger generation will be most affected by this. Therefore, it's important that they are given a platform to be involved with finding a solution. Once they do, they will know they made a difference in the world. The project is an experiment in the creative process, using new media tools to engage and empower the youngest generation in creating a better world for all.
Who will help you develop your idea? Why are you the one to make this happen?
Children around the world will help develop this idea. The most recent book that I published is a companion songbook to the children’s book “The London Frogs.” Children are asked to write their own story/song in the book, inspired by the original children’s book. What makes it unique is that the companion songbook has the same title as the children’s book. So, ultimately, there will be thousands of different stories for a book with the same title. This has never been done before. Writing and publishing the book was preliminary preparation for developing "The London Frogs" Blog. I am now ready to start collecting and expanding the content by holding song writing workshops at schools and libraries across the country and around the world. My hope is for music and film teachers to encourage their students to get involved and for schools to start the conversation with their students about how to save the waters of the world. This project is also a chance for teachers to integrate music and art back into the school curriculum, into an English lesson, into schools where the arts have been cut. I've already connected with friends in India and London to start rolling.
How much will it cost to launch your idea? (This can be an estimate)
The budget so far for this project has been extremely small. If I had $25,000 to build this idea, I could start a "burping and slurping" movement nationally and internationally! I can imagine children in thousands of schools around the world participating and eventually a children's series on PBS.
Another way to look at it: this project is like "crowdsourcing" for the youngest generation. Because the youngest generation is not yet active on the internet, they don't have profiles, tweet, engage in discussions, so you have to GO TO THEM and bring their collective voices into the equation by giving them a platform. My project will build a foundation for the youngest generation to participate on the internet. Elementary schools have yet to fully embrace "new media" and get their students online, but when 2yr olds know how to use iPhones, it's time for schools to embrace new media BOLDLY.
BURP!
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Commentaires
Please explain why your idea/project, is suited/perfect to using... 'media' ...to bring about A BETTER "WORLD"...the entire planet...? Thanks! a. PS: co-author a book about our 'Love for Water'?
Dear friend,
could you please explain how could you inspire the media by singing the songs and how children's will be involved into it ?
WATER is the only reason needed for any child to sing happy songs to inspire AND build a better world. Yes the lyrics could always be reworked; isn't that the true nature of humanity...being 'willing' to work through it with one another...am i a lyric, living in an earth-song (H2O-body/planet) trying to get the rest of the song to sound good; sung in harmony with the rest of the lyrics, or whom of us can sing alone? That's like saying that the water/air i breathe isn't the same as at least 70% of you! Earth's water is the soul each of may pollute when we ignore this truth. Recognition of water, globally, will transform hu(wo)manity, for good, if i allow your version of the song, to rewrite &/or, to INSPIRE my perspective into transformation, of me & my Community of Practice, because, i LOVE NATURE!
Pace yOur Peace WiTHiN Patience, Perspective & Perseverance with Passion,
a.
aka: earthling (borderless, nationaless, race-less unless we're all ONE/WON!)
Enjoy the trans(for-e)lation: http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/67164
Hi a b,
In the fictional children's story "The London Frogs" the singing helps to re-activate water's original ancient blueprint. After reading your comments, I think you would really enjoy reading the book.
Also, someone I met on Twitter has just contacted me about bringing this project to schools in India - he is going to pitch to a bunch of teachers. I am so excited about this prospect because it will bring the message across the world and begin to get children involved everywhere (a borderless project).
Lastly, English teachers can get creative with this project to help bring back the arts and music to schools where these programs have been cut. By integrating the writing portion of the project with arts and music the project can fit into their English curriculum yet bring much needed creativity back into the classroom. It's about keeping the arts alive by working around strict constraints and helping to make the world a better place all at the same time.
Thanks again for your comments! :)
SLURP
WATER SONG's a chance for all to change the world with one slurpin burpin call!
¡ALL 4, 1 & 1, 4 ALL!
A-b-c-d-e-f-g, age too O like at most fear
not yet i, please give me my waterfall
From sky high sow eye blue too like my
Far i as throw naught be low-and-nigh
Yes con-sieve-me watt-ore share of all
Informed may shun age i spake my eye
¡ALL 4, 1 & 1, 4 ALL!
Please be-li(ke)eve me thy-water's-not all
say cloud IS Lake, Don't this Miss Take,
i am seven-tea-percent a water cake
¡ALL 4, 1 & 1, 4 ALL! (from)
a dirt earthling mud cake that's-all,
E=motion-in-an-notion love conscious nest
If i've clean water i'll do my best
O' inspiring better worlds for all & rest
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¡ALL 4, 1 & 1, 4 ALL!
i hope for and good not saul
And then not given but take from
MEdia-ocean sow potent i'm numb
a boat, moat and open ore wide
door my wind owe breathing sol
am i knot sunshine in's-eyed
my lyrics soar funny but i've not lied?
¡ALL 4, 1 & 1, 4 ALL!
Ore ish it med i call healing inside
Sow please sieve me my seed ore shake³
Please give me clean water is all
that's all. a.
Thanks, a b! Love your song - but where's your burp/slurp? :)) I love when people get in the spirit of things. I'm looking forward to my Kiba Kiba song writing workshops starting in 2010 at libraries and schools. Have already planned a few for Feb and March, many more to come. I think the children are going to have a lot of fun with it (and I will as well!)
Jessica :)
Hello everyone - I just wanted to post a link to the full set of photos from "The London Frogs" book launch party:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kibakiba/sets/72157622263649165/
Kindly take a look - the celebration was a great beginning to a project that I hope gets wings to go a lot farther online with the launch of the Burping and Slurping Challenge on "The London Frogs" Blog at http://www.londonfrogs.com
If you know of any teachers who'd like to get involved with this project, please tell them to contact me at:
kibakibabooks[at]gmail.com
Thanks so much!
Jessica :)