Regulations concerning the realization of the International children’s ecological forum "The Green planet 2009”

The International children’s ecological forum “The Green planet 2009” is carried out on the initiative of the Russian social children ecological movement “The Green planet”. It is realized within the limits of the International programme “Dialogue of cultures: from recognition to respect”, that is fulfilled by the same organization. This programme is supported by Russian and foreign state, social, scientific and cultural institutions and organizations. Children of school age from different countries with their works can participate in the contests of the Forum in 9 nominations.

Aims and tasks of the forum:
- development of international child cooperation and child diplomacy;
- upbringing careful attitude towards common to all mankind values;
- formation of ecological culture and active life position towards global problems that the humanity faces.

This forum is carried out in two stages.

The first stage is national. It is held in participating countries. All the institutions and organizations that are interested in preservation of cultural diversity and formation of ecological culture with children and young people can be organizers of national stages.
For the participants from Russia the national stage is carried out according to the regulations of Russian children ecological movement “The Green planet 2009”.

The second stage is international. It is for all participating countries. The organizer of this stage of the forum is the all-Russian social children ecological movement “The Green planet”. The official (communication) languages of the forum participants on the international stage are Russian, English, German, French and Spanish.

The forum combines creative contests in the following nominations:

1. “Nature is a priceless gift, one for all”- the contest of the socially important research and design works on ecology, energy supply and careful attitude towards natural resources:
- theses of works – no more than 2 pages, A4 format with standard margins, the 12 Times New Roman type, interlinear interval 1.0;
- the name and the surname of the author (full name), the date of birth is stated on the following line after the title;
- the topicality of a problem, the social importance of surveys and author’s own contribution to the solving of the problem are estimated.

2. “Experiment in the outer space” - the contest of school projects on making physical, mechanical and ecology-biological experiments on board of the International Space Station:
- theses of works – no more than 2 pages, A4 format with standard margins, the 12 Times New Roman type, interlinear interval 1.0;
- the name and the surname of the author (full name), date of birth is stated on the following line after the title;
- the real opportunity of carrying out an experiment on board of the International Space Station, the topicality of a problem, the scientific way of exposition, the social importance of the surveys are estimated.

3. “The life of the forest and destinies of people” – a literary contest (prose, poetry, newspaper publications, essays, scripts, etc.) about the beauty and ecological problems of the native region and also about those people who devoted their lives to the conservancy:
- the creative works are presented in the A4 format with standard margins, the 12 Times New Roman type, interlinear interval 1.0;
- the name and the surname of the author (full name), date of birth is stated on the following line after the title;
- the topicality and originality of a problem presentation, creative and artistic unity of a work, the vividness of exposition are estimated.

4. “The Green planet through children’s eyes” – the contest of drawings:
- the original drawing, A3 format is sent;
- the name and the surname of the author, his/her date of birth is written on the reverse side of the drawing;
- the reflections of the ecological subject-matter, the compositional solution, the level of fulfillment, expressiveness, the originality of the idea are estimated.

5. “The Green planet through children’s eyes” – the contest of photographs
- the photograph of 21*30cm format and more is sent;
- the name and the surname of the author (full name), his/her date of birth is written on the reverse side;
- the reflections of the ecological subject-matter, the compositional solution, the level of fulfillment, expressiveness, the originality of the idea are estimated.

6. “The diversity of ancient traditions” - the contest of articles made of natural material, which reflects the originality of peoples inhabiting the Earth:
- the photograph of the article of 18*34 format and more is sent;
- the name and the surname of the author (full name), his/her date of birth; the list of spent materials are written on the reverse side.
- the reflection of the competition topic, the compositional decision, the level of performance, the artistic expressiveness, the originality of usage of natural materials are estimated.

7. «Contemporaneity and traditions» is a competition of clothes collections made up from ecologically clear materials, associating contemporary style and people’s traditions:
- the photo of clothes models (18х24 cm), and videotape recording of defiles (DVD, CD) should be sent;
- the name of the author(s) (fully), the date of birth, the list of used materials are pointed on the photo downside;
- the reflection of the competition topic, the model’s design, the level of performance, the ecological compatibility of the used materials are estimated.

8. «Modern technologies serve Nature» is a competition of the sites and web-pages on the Internet on the ecological and environmenta themes:
- the strict demand is the necessary placement of a site on the Internet during whole period of the competition, the availability of the information of the site authors, the given site should be a participator of the International children’s ecological forum «The Green Planet 2009»;
- the description of a competition work: no more than 2 pages (format A4 with standard margins, type 12 Times New Roman, line-to-line spacing 1.0 with a necessary indication of e-mail);
- the author’s name (fully), the date of birth are printed on the line followed by the title;
- the reflection of the ecological themes, the originality of the working out, the level of information technology knowledge are estimated.

9. «Nature. Culture. Ecology» is a competition of folklore and theatre groups:
- the playbill or programme, the photos (18х24 cm) of the performances and the performance videotape recordings (DVD, CD) should be sent;
- in the playbill or the programme the following should be pointed out: the name of the staging (play, performance, item, etc.), the list of characters and performers (names are pointed out fully) with the reference to their age; and the names of script writer, producer, stage manager, artistic director;
- the reflection of the competition topic, the urgency of the given problem, the creative and artistic integrity, the performance level are estimated.
Only the creative works that answer the following demands can be admitted on the final international phase:
- competition works are not plagiarism, a copy or a part of other author’s works;
- every competitive must meet the above mentioned requirements;
- every competitive work must have an application (see Supplement) with filled cells of the tables;
- all competitive works and documents must be sent by organizers of the national stage in one official envelope ( or in several envelopes sent simultaneously) to the international organizer’s address no later than June, 10 2009 with the note “The Green planet” to the address: 119049 Russia, Moscow, Bolshaya Yakimanka St. , apt. 38A.

Received competitive works are not returnable.

Proceeding from the international forum:
- all competitors and winners are awarded with certificates and diplomas;
- some winners are invited to represent their works to different international cultural events, including participation at the award ceremony according to
the International children ecological forum “The Green planet 2009” which take place in Moscow at the end of 2009.
- the winners’ works can be published in the printed materials of “The Green planet” movement and put on its web site with pointing out the authors (Russian social children ecological movement “The Green planet” is not responsible for plagiarism and mistakes in spelling of authors’ names, which were made not by organizer’s fault).

Electronic version of the Regulations concerning the realization of the International children’s ecological forum “The Green planet 2009” can be found on the web site www. greenplaneta.ru under the button “Documents”.

The contacts of the International Children’s Ecological Forum “The Green planet 2009” Organization Committee:
Tel. /fax: + 7 495 737 5430
E-mail: zelplaneta@mail.ru

Postal address: 38A, Bolshaya Yakimanka St., Moscow, Russia, 119049