OLLIE SAVES THE PLANET - BACKGROUND
Ollie
Saves the Planet is an industry led interactive environmental education
initiative that introduces the concept of sustainability and asks users
to reduce, reuse, recycle and rethink their actions in the areas of waste,
water, energy, air and biodiversity. It does this within the context
of local conditions and the local school educational guidelines.
Educationalists, industry representatives and experts in multimedia
have developed the Ollie Program utilizing the latest in multimedia technology
to create a learning tool for children between the ages of 5 – 13
years that is exciting, challenging and up-to-date with environmental
information.
The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive, the Solid Waste Association
of North America (SWANA) the National Recycling Coalition (NRC), the
Water Education Foundation, CHEP, V-COM and the US Postal Service are
all proud sponsors of this new program.
The Ollie Saves the Planet Program has many hours of activities, information
and challenges delivered through an animated multimedia format. It has
been written using the North American Association of Environmental Education
Best Practice Resource Guidelines so that it can be used in the classroom
or home environment.
Now that the CD ROM and Website Program are finished, the producers
are working with a number of community and industry groups to get the
program used as widely as possible across the USA. To this end they are
carrying out “Train the Trainer” and “Train the Teacher” workshops
to show educators the best way to use the Ollie Program in their classrooms.
See the Educators section of this website for more information about
these workshops.
CURRENT AND FUTURE PROGRAMS
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Ollie Recycles
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Australia
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June 1997
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Ollie Recycles
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United Kingdom
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Nov 1999
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Ollie Recycles 2001
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United Kingdom
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July 2001
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Ollie Saves the Planet
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Australia
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September 2003
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Ollie Saves the Planet
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USA
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January 2004
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Ollie's Island
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Australia
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2004
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Ollie Saves the Planet
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China
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2005
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FEATURES OF THE OLLIE SAVES THE PLANET PROGRAM
- Hours of easy-to-use edu-tainment
- Suitable for kids aged from 5 - 95
- 50 interactive activities - games, puzzles, movies and more
- 20 projects using web page-making software included in the program
- 190 info-screens with further environmental information
- Search facility to enhance navigation
- Practical real-life case studies to enhance understanding
- Extensive teachers'notes
- Direct hyperlink to Ollie's Website
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