Introduction

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog. My name is Constança Soromenho, and I would like to present you my ideas for a project for a children's book. The book would be a way of trying to introduce young children to concepts such as ecology and recycling as well encouraging them to explore and learn different languages. Even though the final idea isn't clear yet, this project is based on a little presentation I did for Niels Peter Flint's class (Micro Macro Monde). I talked about the evolution of lansuage in Europe and its effects on family and so, as an introduction to this theme, I'm going to summarize the presentation in the next post. This will help you understand, I hope, how something as learning new languages and ways of expressing yourself is related to sustainability, wich is normally associated to ecology and the capacity for biological systems to remain diverse and productive over time. I must say that although the link between the two may not be obvious, if we think about it, what is more important to preserve our planet than comunication and tolerance? By understanding languages, we understand cultures and therefore we are closer to that utopycal but ultimately imperative idea that we could live together in harmony.