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We intend to include kids in our future projects!
A large percentage of children these days (up to 60%) is growing up in big cities or urban areas.
As a result they are less likely to get direct experiences in nature, let alone wild nature.
Music is a tool to spark and inspire children to get interested and involved in wild nature. So far 3 kids songs have been written. About redwoods in California, whales in Hawaii, and the Kabini River in India.
We will jump at the next opportunity to record these songs, and make them part of one of our projects.
The Tall Tree (for kids)
The tree is very tall
The tree is very tall
As tall as a house with thirty floors
How did it get so tall?
How did it get so tall?
It started out so little and so small
It asked the sun
'Can I have some of your yellow beams?'
It asked the rain
'Can you please bring me your clear blue
streams?'
And then
-Just like that-
Began to grow!
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The tree is very wide
The tree is very wide
To hug it, you need more than 20 arms!
The tree has many charms
The tree has many charms
It gives us air to breathe for free
Stands so quiet, high above the mists
It's hard to believe
That such a tree exists!
But yes
-Just like that-
The tall tree stands
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The tree is very old
The tree is very old
It lived for more than a thousand years
How did it grow so old?
How did it grow so old?
Through winter storms out there in the cold
Kept stretching its branches
Way up in the sky
Cause when it saw the clouds
Was eager to say hi
And then
-Just like that-
The years went by
(Drawing: Sarah Roth)
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Prize Winner University of Amsterdam Alumnus Prijs 2018
The making of our documentary won an encouragement prize at the University of Amsterdam. The prize is meant for alumni who make a valuable contribution to society and are capable of inspiring others.
Geert van Dam, president of University of Amsterdam's executive board, hands the 3rd prize over to Ellen van den Honert.
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Having been the basis of all our sophisticated society, doesn’t wilderness itself have a right to live on?
~ Mardie Murie