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a campaign created to increase childrens' awareness about the environment
STARTING FROM THE THEORITICAL PART ..
Focusing on the 13th Goal of the UN agenda;
Environmental awareness and the thematic concerning climate change is already very present in our society. Wether on social media, in politics or in the supermarket, so much talking about causes and solutions! We know about reusable water bottles, how useful it is to bring your own bag or box instead of buying plastic all the time, waste belongs into a bin and taking the public transport instead of the car reduces CO2 per Person... These aren't secrets. But still we lack concrete action and a change of destructive habits. We are far away from combating climate change but seem to get used to the topic and numb ourselves to the aftermath.
Realising that, we started searching for a yet unknown way to help our environment. Something not so popular. And we came across a material which is not only natural Portuguese but also environmental friendly in EVERY way! Getting deeper into the material, learning about the origin and use of CORK we started seriously wondering, why only very few people know about it´s impact on preventing climate change. I mean you don't even have to cut down the cork oak for producing cork! In fact, harvested cork trees absorb 3-5 times more CO2 than non-harvested trees. The forests in Portugal alone help offset 10 million tons of carbon every year and this is far not everything Cork has to offer.We´ve found our source of fresh air in the proposed solutions on the environmental issue! So may I indrouce : This is Corty!
Olá!! I am CORTY!
Olá!! I am CORTY!
I am a famous guy here in Portugal because my parents are the 200 years old cork oak trees in the big forest of 'Alentejo'.
They are very high valued in they business. Every year they consume over 20 tons of CO2 and produce the air you and me are breathing right now. But that's not all! They host a lot of animals and act as a protective barrier against fire and heat.
So yeah I am pretty proud. But I am awesome too.🕺 When I was born I did not harm anybody like those plastic stopps do all the time 🙄.
Cork trees don't need to be cut down for me and when I finish my close relationship with the wine bottle 🍷 you can recycle me into various different things. Shoes, floors, bags, I am even used for building houses.
Puuh I have a lot to share with you but let's continue somewhen else.
So here we attach the practical part of our campaign for children.Corty is the one to present the environmental issue through a series of comics and hopefully raise awareness in a special and rather uncommon way 🥳
Enjoy!!
Enjoy!!
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Now let's talk about the corktrees and how cork is produced..
Now let's talk about the corktrees and how cork is produced..
In the pictures we can see an example of a corktree and all the amazing products that are produced from it, cork is a material which is not only natural portuguese but also environmental friendly in EVERY way! The precious and versatile vegetable tissue known as cork is the outer bark of the cork oak tree. Cork is most easily stripped off the tree in late spring and summer when the cells are turgid and fragile and tear without being damaged. The tree quickly forms new layers of cork and restores its protective barrier. No tree is cut down. This simple fact makes cork harvesting exceptionally sustainable, leading to a unique balance between people and nature.
In the pictures we can see an example of a corktree and all the amazing products that are produced from it, cork is a material which is not only natural portuguese but also environmental friendly in EVERY way! The precious and versatile vegetable tissue known as cork is the outer bark of the cork oak tree. Cork is most easily stripped off the tree in late spring and summer when the cells are turgid and fragile and tear without being damaged. The tree quickly forms new layers of cork and restores its protective barrier. No tree is cut down. This simple fact makes cork harvesting exceptionally sustainable, leading to a unique balance between people and nature.
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