For August and September 2006 - leading into - Threatened Species Day and Biodiversity Month - September 2006

Your Copy of the Letter to Principals ( Threatened Species Day and Biodiversity Month Activities )

• Protecting Victoria's Threatened Forests DVD (opposite)

Other Special School activities offered by The Wilderness Society Community Campaigners leading up to

Threatened Species Day this year include :-

Guest speakers from The Wilderness Society on Victoria's Threatened Species, - includes how to write a letter - letter writing campaign to your local member of Parliament, -

Threatened Species Prayer Flag Project - includes supply of flags to schools. - To be unveiled on Threatened Species Day - in conjunction with a public event.

Threatened Species School Choir - help with tuition and songs

Visits to your school by your favourite Threatened Species - to collect letters , prayer flags , or pose for photos in your local paper or school newspaper - This will help highlight your special activities leading up to and Threatened Species Day

This years campaign is informed by the principles of deep ecology- Talks on this theme also available to Philosophy and English students at VCE level

For more details, - how your friends / your students can help Victoria's Forests, and how to get your school involved ! -, .....contact Karina ph 9038 0888, fx 9038 0800;

Also contact Karina about Excursions to the Old Growth and Water Catchment forests that are being logged; Talks on rare species being lost... etc

Let Teachers for Forests know what your school has in mind for Threatened Species Day- email teachers@forests.org.au and see if we can help ?