El Círculo Juvenil en el Pittsburgh Post-Gazette!

Gracias a Diana Jones por su artículo! Thanks to Diana Jones for her article!

Todo listo!

Todo está listo para la presentación de la obra de teatro este domingo, 1 de mayo! L@s niñ@s estarán actuando, cantando y bailando con un tema ecológico!

Everything's ready for the play this coming Sunday, May 1st! The children will be performing, singing and dancing to a "green" theme!

Feliz Dia de la Tierra! CARNEGIE MELLON RECOGNIZED FOR BEING "GREEN"

...Y El Circulo Juvenil orgulloso de ser parte de todo esto!

...And the Circulo is proud to be a part of it!

This Earth Day (Friday, April 22), Carnegie Mellon has reason to celebrate.
The university has been recognized by The Princeton Review and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its leadership in environmental
research and education and for its sustainability practices, positioning CMU
among the greenest colleges and universities.

CMU will be featured in "The Princeton Review's Guide to 311 Green
Colleges," a free guidebook available for download at
http://www.princetonreview.com/green-guide.aspx that profiles the most
environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada. The
schools included in the guide were chosen based on their
sustainability-related policies, practices and programs. The Princeton
Review cites CMU's robust environmental research programs, commitment to
green design and building, and dedicated Green Practices Committee among the
reasons for the university's inclusion in the listing.
 
The EPA's Green Power Partnership announced that Carnegie Mellon used the
most green power of any school in its athletic conference, the University
Athletic Association.  By purchasing close to 87 million kilowatt hours of
green power, CMU significantly bested its cohorts in the UAA, as well as
most schools in other athletic conferences. Of the participating schools,
only one other, the University of Pennsylvania, purchased more green power
than CMU.  

For more on the EPA's College and University Green Power Challenge, go to
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/initiatives/cu_challenge.htm

Disfraces!

(English text below) !Sólo nos queda un domingo más para ensayar! El domingo anterior l@s chic@s trabajaron en la fabricación de sus disfraces para la obra de teatro: "La Tierra y sus amigos". Los disfraces son muy sencillos, y los están elaborando con cartón, y otros materiales (escarcha, papel aluminio, papel lustrina,cartulina de colores, listón de colores, etc.). Los personajes que van a representar son: La Tierra, Sol, luna, estrellas y gotas de agua; otros personajes son niñ@s.Vean algunas fotos.

También hicimos una "salida de campo" para aprovechar el buen tiempo y visitamos lugares en la universidad donde se ponen en práctica los principios del reciclaje y la conservación. Visitamos el "cuarto verde" en el

que se pueden reciclar diferentes materiales que normalmente no son aceptados, como zapatos, baterías, CDs, etc. Estuvimos además en un lugar creado por estudiantes que acaba de inaugurar en campus en el que la gente puede dejar productos en buen estado que ya no use para que otros los reusen: The Giving Wall. Fue muy interesante para l@s niñ@s conocer éstos espacios, llevar personalmente alguno de los materiales listados al "cuarto verde", y obtener algunos materiales para sus disfraces en el Giving Tree.

Esperamos ver a tod@s el próximo domingo: último domingo para ensayar!

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Only one more Sunday to rehearse the play! Last Sunday the kids worked in making their costumes for the play out of recycled cardboard and other materials. The characters they are representing are: the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and drops of water, as well as some children. See some pics.

We also went out on a "field trip" to take advantage of the gorgeous weather and to take a look at two places on campus dedicated to recycling and reusing. We visited the Green Room in which we dropped off some hard-to-recycle materials such shoes, batteries, CDs, etc. We also visited a recently launched place created by students in which people can drop off products in good condition that can be reused by others: The Giving Wall. It was interesting for the kids to get to know these places and they even got to pick some things from the Giving Tree for their costumes.

We hope to see everyone next Sunday: last chance to rehearse!

Ensayamos!

L@s niñ@s siguen practicando el dramatizado sobre la ecología para la sesión final en tres semanas! Vean el video!

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Kids continue rehearsing a play on ecology for their final presentation in 3 weeks! Watch the video!