みどりの日 Día del Verdor

El Midori no hi es día de respetol a la naturaleza y la vegetación.

Se celebra el 4 de mayo de cada año y se dedica a la contemplación de la naturaleza.

Os enseña una película antigua que se llama kinenyu o la plantación conmemorativa.

今日は「みどりの日」なので、『記念樹」という名作 video を載せておきます。

「寅さん』シリーズで有名な 故 渥美清 が出ていますよ。

次は、Ernesto Mr. T が 現在 授業で 用いている Powwow という教科書の GREENING MOVEMENTS AROUND THE WORLD からの 抜粋を 載せておきます。

  In 1954, Jean Giono, a French writer, wrote a story about an elderly man. 

In the story, the man plants 100,000 acorns in a large barren area.
  Over time, the acorns grow into big oak trees, making a beautiful forest. 
Water flows in brooks again, and birds and small animals return.  People come
back to enjoy the beauty, too.  The story is easy to read and is loved all
over the world.  It tells us how important planting trees is.
  Forests work as “lungs” of the Earth, taking in CO2 and giving off O2. 

To our regret, however, more than 50 percent of the forests in the world

disappeared during the last century.  What should we do?

  In 1977, Wangari Maathai began a movement to save Africa's forests by

planting seven trees in her yard.  Maathai formed a women's group, and little

by little they planted trees across Kenya and other African countries.  The

movement was difficult to continue, but Maathai was sure it would help the

environment.  Now, it is called “The Green Belt Movement.”  It has grown

into the largest tree-planting project in Africa.

On December 10, 2004, Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her

tree-planting efforts.  For the first time in history, environmental work

was rewarded with the Peace Prize.

  How is protecting the environment related to peace?  “The environment is

very important for world peace.  When we destroy our resources and our

resources become scarce, we fight to get them,” Maathai answers.

これだけ読んだだけでも、なかなか良い教科書だと思いませんか。

Wangari Maathai passed away last year. ワンガリ・マータイさんは昨年の9月25日に亡くなられました。