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Interactive Quiz Game produced by OxFam International relating to Climate Change. Players must challenge celebrities such as Gael Garcia Bernal to answer questions about the seriousness and impacts of Global Climate Change.
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PEACE MUSIC
While you’re checking out the YPI site, why not listen to some music?
YPI now has a DJ Station on BlipFM. Use the controls below to stream the YPI playlist direct to this page:
PEACE EDUCATION RESOURCES
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For educators and/or for those interested in what’s happening in peace education in Australia and around the world, visit the PEACE EDUCATION RESOURCES page for a variety of links to peace education sites and resources.
Student leaders and teachers may also find the multimedia resources listed below useful for in-class activities, as well as for exploring creative ideas for awareness-raising and fundraising campaigns.
PEACE GAMES & INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Below are links to free online games & interactive challenges relating to the negative impact & experience of war, the process of building peace, and methods for promoting social justice & environmental sustainability. The list is regularly refreshed with new links. A short description is provided for each:
OXFAM CLIMATE CHALLENGE - Interactive Quiz Game produced by OxFam International relating to Climate Change. Players must challenges celebrities such as Gael Garcia Bernal to answer questions about the seriousness of Climate Change.
DARFUR IS DYING - MTV & International Crisis Group “game for change.” Gives a sense of the experience of the 2.5 million refugees in Darfur, Sudan. Players must keep their refugee camp running despite possible attack by Janjaweed militias.
AGAINST ALL ODDS - UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) interactive challenge for raising awareness about the situations of refugees and asylum seekers. Builds understanding around the experience of displacement.
AYITI: THE COST OF LIFE - Interactive challenge for raising awareness about poverty in developing countries. Help the Guinard family struggle to make ends meet, get an education and stay healthy in their poverty-stricken homeland, Haiti.
PRISONERS OF WAR - Interactive challenge jointly produced by the Red Cross & Nobel Peace Prize organisation. Builds knowledge about the Geneva Conventions & explores issues relating to prisoners of war camps.
FREE RICE - A UN World Food Program (WFP) vocabulary game. Small amounts of rice are donated by sponsors with every correct answer.
You can view a selection of movies and video clips arranged by theme by clicking on the links below:
- CELEBRATING UNITY IN DIVERSITY
- ENDING WAR, TRANSFORMING CONFLICT
- ERADICATING POVERTY & DISEASE
- OVERCOMING HATRED & VIOLENCE
- PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS & JUSTICE
- PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
…Also, below is a varied selection of embedded YouTube videos - some short films, some documentary clips, and some movie previews. These may be used to inspire and inform on a range of issues, either in the classroom or for personal viewing at home. The list is regularly refreshed with new clips. A short description is provided for each:
Global Oneness Project - The story of the Global Oneness Project
Pangaea Day - The story of Pangaea Day
The Land Owns Us - A Yankunytjatjara elder and traditional owner of Uluru (Ayer’s Rock), explains how the connectedness of every living thing to every other living thing is not just an idea but a way of living. (NOTE: This footage main contain images of deceased Indigenous Australians.)