Carbon footprint murals at Cherbourg

Cherbourg State School and the IKC are working with community members to produce 5 large murals with educational materials to support them to speak to the community about what people mean by carbon footprint, carbon sequestration, pollution, and what our responsibility is regarding these matters. We are discovering that what Cherbourg people used to know and practice in the past might be better practice than what is happening today, and that the 'new green' can learn from the 'old black'. We will be gathering community knowledge, and creating some exciting new educational materials to use in communities like Cherbourg. The project honours the elders and their knowledge and provides opportunities for children to listen to their elders and also to share some of their new knowledge with them. This project must be finished by mid June and will be launched then. We are excited and will post some pictures as soon as the project goes into full swing next week.

Hello Everyone,

What a great IKC conference with the wonderful family we all belong to. Here we all are. We have eaten together, studied and laughed together, and today we all go home.

Each day has been very helpful, but the day in State Library was amazing. I am so thankful for all the help and encouragement provided by SLQ, especially the Heritage Collection staff.

Last night at the opening of the Meriba Gidhal was very special

IKC Conference Brisbane, 2009

Well, we had a busy day today in Brisbane. We played with Marvin, Flip Videos, digital cameras, and design ideas. It has been great renewing friendships from last year. We'll have a bit more to say at the end of this week.

Time to catch up after the conference

Hello Friends,
It has been over a month since we all met in Cairns. I am just looking back at this and wondering how to do this all over again. After trying to figure it out, I tried the manual, but still couldn't find the right buttons to press to add your blogs to my page. Finally,, after a lot of trial and error, I found the right button.
I hope you are all well, and that the fishing is good,

Cheers,
Marilyn

IKC Administrator's conference in Cairns

This week at Cairns at the IKC administrator's conference has been a very useful time. I have enjoyed meeting other administrators and hearing their stories.
The training that we have received has been relevant, practical and inspirational. I have new ideas that I will follow up on, and understand more about the role of IKC administrator.

I hope the opportunity to put this into practise continues on.

Cherbourg IKC

Cherbourg community has its own school with about 200 students. All of these children come to the IKC. There are some 3000 people in the community. There are many agencies in the community. There is aged care, after school care, a TAFE college, community essential services, and a new boomerang making business.

Hello Tenaio,
I hope you make a fabulous newsletter and send me a copy
Marilyn@Cherbourg