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A book following Barney Eagle and Echo Squirrel as they talk about the environment
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B a r n e y says l e t ’ s
t a l k a b out . . . the environment
Sparky’s
Big Idea!
POLICECO
MMUNITYCLUBS
OFGREAT BR
ITAIN
By The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain
Name: ........................................................
l e t ’ s t a l k
a b out t h e
e n v i r o nm e n t
B a r n e y says . . .
This book
belongs to...
The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain supports initiatives that help
young people to reach their full potential and become responsible citizens.
The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain is responsible for a range of
sport and leisure initiatives as well as citizenship education projects, such as
the Barney and Echo series of resources. The books have been developed to
support teachers and parents in addressing personal, social and health
education (PSHE) issues at key stage 1-2.
With a committee made up entirely of serving or retired police officers, The
Police Community Clubs of Great Britain also runs a network of young
people’s clubs that stretches across the UK.
Published by Community Initiatives Associates
© Copyright of The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any format without
express consent of the copyright holder.
ISBN: 978-0-9558637-5-2
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Page
Sparky’s Big Idea 6
Learning activities
Activity 1: Let’s help Echo 10Activity 2: Barney’s friend 13Activity 3: Recycling facts 17Activity 4: Help Sparky 20Activity 5: Shady Copse maze 22Activity 6: Feelings 26Activity 7: Stop wasting energy and recycle 32Activity 8: Design an Eco Club poster 35Activity 9: Renewable energy 38
A message from Barney 42
AcknowledgmentsThe PCCGB would like to thank the following
for their contribution to this publication:
LiME for project management
Norman Kirtlan for creative ideas and learning activities
Paul Hogg for illustrations
Mark Crombie for graphic design
Community Initiatives Associates for sales and distribution
Contents
The Barney and Echo series has been developed to support parents
and teachers in addressing Personal, Social, Health, Education (PSHE)
at key stage 1-2. The books follow the adventures of Barney Eagle and
Echo Squirrel who live in Treetop Forest.
Each book has a story relating to a PSHE subject area with activities
to reinforce the learning goals. The books, which are designed to be
fun and educational, can be used in a classroom setting or at home to
support reading and discussion. Sparky's Big Idea is the sixth book in
the series. Over 250,000 books have been distributed to schools
across the UK.
Sparky's Big Idea raises discussion around the environment and
sustainable energy. Living in a forest, there appears to be an endless
supply of wood but as the animals use it up without planting new trees
the forest starts to die. Sparky Fox tries to tell everyone to recycle
and save energy but nobody will listen until the Treetop Forest Council
announce that they need to cut down an area of forest to
supply wood for the winter. This includes cutting down
Echo's home. Its time for change and with Sparky's
help, Echo starts an Eco Club.
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T h e B a r n ey
a n d Ec ho s e r i es
5
POLICECO
MMUNITYCLUBS
OFGREAT BR
ITAIN
BBaarrnneeyy ssaayyss lleett’’ss ttaallkk aabboouutt......
bbuullllyyiinngg aanndd vvaannddaalliissmm
By the Police Community Clubs of Great Britain
Barney and Echo AFriendship MadeBullying andVandalism
Caught in the WebInternet safety
The Bad ApplesAnti-social behaviour
Echo's New WatchCarrying knives
Barney and theMagic MirrorDrugs, tobaccoand alcohol
For samples and ordering visit:
www.barneyecho.co.uk
The PlaysCross-curricularResource
Barney Eagle had never felt so sad.
Soaring high over the ancient oak trees of Treetop Forest, Barney
could see for miles and what he saw worried him very much indeed.
At the edge of the great forest, a loud rumble could be heard as
huge machines crunched their way through trees and thorny bushes.
It seemed to Barney that the whole world was trembling beneath
the yellow lorries and earth moving machines.
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Sparky’s Big Idea!
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Big changes were coming and Barney could see them starting to
happen as he flew over one of his favourite places. The stream that
ran past The Old Water Mill had become no more than a trickle of
dirty water. Barney could remember, not so very long ago that the
stream bubbled and danced over rocks and waterfalls but now the
water seemed sad and so did the trees. It was summer and all of the
animals were wearing their summer clothes but something was wrong,
very wrong.
As the morning sun cast its first rays over the forest, Barney sniffed
back a tear and shook his head. He had much to do. Maybe it wasn’t
too late but Barney knew he couldn’t save the forest on his own. He
needed help and decided to start by talking with his best friend,
Echo Squirrel.
Barney was sad
because Treetop
Forest was slowly
dying.
Trees and living
things can die if the
air around us becomes
dirty.
Barney should just
forget about Treetop
Forest and live
somewhere else.
Looking after our
world is very
important.
What do you know
about the
environment?
What do you want to
know about the
environment?
What do we mean by
a sustainable
environment?
Discussion point:
True False
Down in Shady Copse stood the tallest tree in Treetop Forest.
This was where Echo Squirrel lived.
Echo had just woken from a deep sleep and rolled over to look at
the alarm clock. It was seven o’clock and if he didn’t hurry he would
be late for school, AGAIN!
Even though it was summer Echo had felt a little chilly in the night
and had switched on his bedroom radiator. The room was now very
warm as the radiator had been on all night.
Echo ran to the bathroom where he turned on the tap and let it run
while he went and opened a window. Water gurgled wastefully down
the drain as Echo then splashed his face and brushed his teeth.
It was time for breakfast now as Echo raced downstairs to the
kitchen but such was his hurry, he didn’t quite turn off the tap.
Soon the bathroom was filled with swirling clouds of steam from
the hot water and that wasn’t all, Echo had also forgotten to switch
off the bathroom and bedroom lights.
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Echo was far too busy to think about
lights, water and energy. After all, he
needed his breakfast and he still had
his homework to do.
With a bowl full of nuts and raisins beside
him, Echo sat down in front of his laptop
to do his homework. He didn’t need to
switch the computer on because he never
bothered to switch it off from the last time he used it!
Then Barney arrived.
“Good morning, Echo,” called a very familiar voice.
“Come in Barney, you’re just in time to help me with my homework,”
replied Echo.
Barney wasn’t here to talk about homework. He was here to talk about
what was going on in the forest but he could see that Echo was far too
concerned with the task on his laptop to listen. Barney Eagle gave a
long sigh, his worries
would have to wait
a little longer and
after all, homework
is very important
thought Barney.
“Alright, let me see
if I can help.”
Echo showed Barney
a list that his
teacher had given to
him. The list had the
first and last letter
and then a clue. It
was just like a
crossword puzzle.
Echo and Barney sat down and completed the missing letters. 9
What did Echo do
wrong during his
morning routine?
Discussion point:
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Activity 1
Let’s help Echo with his homework. His Teacher has provided the first
and last letters of each word. Echo has to find out what the word is
using the clues. Can you help?
1. This is what we use when we switch on a light or run
around. E_ _ _ _Y.2. This is what we call the place in which we live or the
world around us. E_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _T.3. This is what we do when we leave lights on when we
don’t need them. We W_ _ _E energy.4. When we re-use things like glass and paper we
R_ _ _ _ _E them.5. This can be made from trees or recycled materials.
P_ _ _R.6. This is what we must do with energy in order to
protect our planet. S_ _ E.7. When the air and water become dirty or full of
waste, we call this P_ _ _ _ _ _ _ N.
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Working together, the two friends soon finished the homework. It
was time for school now but even though Echo was in a hurry he could
see that Barney was not his usual happy self.
“What’s wrong?” he asked. “I’ve never seen you look so sad before.”
“I’m worried,” replied Barney quietly. “One of my best friends is
very sick and no one seems to care.”
“Do I know them?” asked Echo with some concern.
Barney nodded. ”Yes you know them very well. Very well indeed.”
Echo was going to be late for school so Barney decided to leave him
with a clue to think about during the day. The homework puzzle they
had just completed gave Barney an idea.
“My best friend’s initials are T and F,” said Barney mysteriously.
“Wow!” said Echo. “I love puzzles. Now don’t tell me, let me guess.
I’ll think about it today at school.”
Echo looked at his watch. Ten minutes till school time.
“Got to go!” he shouted, throwing his school books into a sports bag
and heading for the door.
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“Hold on!” called Barney rather sternly. “Haven’t you forgotten
something?”
Echo was surprised as Barney sounded quite annoyed. He looked
into his bag to find his books, pens and pencils were all there.
Echo shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.
“No, I don't think I've forgotten anything,” he replied.
“I’ll give you some more clues,” said Barney impatiently. “Your
computer is still on, the lights are all on, the taps are running
upstairs and this house is so hot you must have left the heating
on too.”
“Oh that,” laughed Echo. “Don’t worry. I always leave them on.
It won’t do any harm.”
Before Barney could say anything more Echo had scampered off
to school.
Barney gave another great big sigh and set about turning off taps,
heating and light switches and the laptop. This was going to be even
harder than he thought.
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Activity 2
Barney says that his friend’s name has two words. One begins with the
letter T and the other the letter F. Rearrange these letters to find
out his friend’s name.
Protest for tee
T _ _ _ _ _ _ F_ _ _ _ _
Who or what is it that Barney is so worried about? Create a mind-map of who and what would be affected if the forest dies.
(write your answers on the falling leaves and then join them together).
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At school Echo couldn’t wait to share Barney’s puzzle with his friends.
“Who could it be?” asked Spike Hedgehog. “Who has the initials
T and F?”
“Could it be Tom Frog?” suggested Digsby Mole.
Echo shook his head. “No, I saw Tom yesterday and he wasn’t ill at all.”
“Tania Ferret?” suggested Dizzy Rabbit.
“Terry Fish?” added Spike.
Soon, Echo was surrounded by a huge pile of pages that he had torn
from his notebook. Each page had a different name written on it and
the pile grew bigger and bigger as more and more friends started to
join in. This was fun!
“Timmy Fly?” someone suggested
“What about Tony Falcon?” said another.
Echo spotted Sparky Fox in the crowd that had gathered.
“What’s your suggestion Sparky?” he laughed.
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Sparky didn’t reply but looked thoughtfully at the pile of paper
beside Echo.
Sparky was always talking about things like recycling, renewable
energy and looking after the environment. Some of the animals
thought that Sparky was a bit boring and never really bothered
to take much notice of what he said.
“Come on Sparky, the letters are T and F. Who do you think it could
be?” asked Echo again.
Sparky still didn’t answer the question but instead asked one of
his own.
“Why have you wasted all that paper?”
Echo told Sparky about the game he and his friends were playing
and explained how he was writing all the names down to show Barney.
Sparky nodded slowly.
“Well that sounds like fun but why didn’t you just use one page
from your book?” asked Sparky before adding in a very quiet voice.
“Why waste all of that paper?”
Echo pretended to yawn.
“I’ve got lots and lots of
paper Sparky. The
cupboards are full of it.”
“Do you know where paper
really comes from?” asked
Sparky.
“Shops!” laughed Echo.
Sparky ignored the
laughter.
“And where do you think
the shops get it from?”
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Echo shrugged his shoulders. He hadn’t really thought about it before.
“Paper comes from trees,” said Sparky. “We have to cut down trees to
make paper.”
Echo laughed even louder. “Well that’s ok then. Just look at the
forest, there are thousands of trees in there.”
Before Sparky could say anything else Miss Tawny called the class
together. Miss Tawny was usually the happiest teacher in school but
today she looked worried. In fact she had the same sad and worried
look that Barney had earlier that day. “What is going on and who has
the initials T and F?” thought Echo.
The class sat down and listened very carefully while Miss Tawny
explained about a meeting that Treetop Council had called to
discuss energy.
Echo yawned. “Energy, energy, energy,” he whispered. “I’m keeping
mine for playing football at break!”
Sparky has asked Echo to recycle his waste paper.
Here are some facts about recycling that have
been mixed up. Can you rearrange them by drawing
a line to join the right statements together?
To help you, the first line has been drawn in.
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Activity 3
Now create a leaflet or poster about recycling.
Recycling is
better for the
environment
because
If we do not
recycle paper
Paper
and glass
Recycling
is when we
re-use things
like paper and
bottles.
we will have to
cut down even
more trees.
it saves energy
and reduces the
harm caused by
waste.
can be put into
special recycling
bins.
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When break time came Echo had a job to do before he could get down
to the serious business of playing football and having fun. Miss Tawny
had seen the huge pile of paper and told Echo to put it in the recycling
bin and that bin was in the next classroom. Echo was too lazy to go to
the next classroom and thought it was much quicker and easier to just
put the paper in an ordinary bin.
Echo looked around to make sure nobody was watching and started
to empty the paper into the waste bin but someone was watching
after all.
“Echo! stop!”
Echo looked up to see Sparky Fox.
“Not you again,” groaned Echo.
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“Yes, me again. Why didn't you put the paper into the recycling
bin like Miss Tawny asked you to? That way we could recycle it.”
Echo shook his head and continued to empty the paper into the
waste bin.
“I’ve told you, we have thousands of trees, so what’s the problem?”
Echo started to walk away. “Time for football, now leave me alone.”
Sparky was annoyed that Echo would not listen to him but he
stayed calm and called after the young squirrel.
“I know who it is that Barney is so worried about,” said Sparky.
“I know who it is that has the initials T and F. “
Echo stopped and turned around. This was suddenly more
interesting than football.
“Who is it?” asked Echo.
“Not someone,” said Sparky. “Something.”
Echo was puzzled. “Barney is worried about something that is
very ill?” he stuttered.
“Treetop Forest!” said Sparky. “Barney is worried about Treetop
Forest and so are Treetop Council. That is why they have called
a meeting.”
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Activity 4
Echo won’t listen to Sparky. Can you help Sparky by writing a letter to
Echo? Tell Echo what is happening to Treetop Forest and explain how
he is making things worse.
Dear Echo
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The meeting of Treetop Council was packed. Everyone was there to
find out what was going on. Barney sat at the front, where there was
a long table. Beside him, the Mayor and some very important animals
were talking about that word again; ENERGY.
The Mayor explained how energy was beginning to run out because so
much was being used.
Olly Owl didn't really understand what energy was and timidly asked
the Mayor to explain.
“We need energy to heat our homes, provide light, cook our food,
power TV's and laptops and also for transport,” said the Mayor kindly.
The room fell silent as everyone thought about energy for a moment.
“So where does energy come from?” asked Olly.
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Activity 5
Shady Copse Maze: Help Sparky
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find the wind turbine.
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This time Barney
answered. “Energy
comes from natural
resources like wind,
water and the sun.
It comes from coal
and gas in the ground
and....” he paused.
“And what?” said Olly.
“Wood,” replied
Barney. “In Treetop
Forest most of our
energy comes from
wood.”
Echo looked up and called from the back of the room. “Well
that’s alright then because we have lots and lots of wood.”
Barney shook his head as the Mayor continued.
“It’s true that we did have lots of wood, but we are using it too
quickly. We don't have enough to build the new homes we need
or to burn on our fires when winter comes. We need more and
we need it now.”
Then the Mayor explained that a big area of the forest would have
to be cut down to provide the wood they needed.
The Mayor stood up and spoke in a shaky voice. “We have decided
to cut down the oldest trees in the forest as they are the biggest
and will supply the most energy.”
“Energy, energy, energy,” muttered Echo under his breath.
“We have decided to cut down…” the Mayor hesitated and cleared
his throat.
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“Shady Copse. We are going to cut down Shady Copse and we will
start tomorrow.”
Echo was stunned.
“You’re going to cut down Shady Copse?” he said, hardly believing
what he had just heard. “But that’s where I live!”
Suddenly Echo was very interested. He jumped up and waved his
arms in the air.
“You can’t cut down my home!” he shouted. “There must be something
else we can do…we can save energy…we can…”
“It’s too late,” said the Mayor. “You should have thought about that
earlier. We all should.”
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Activity 6
Do some research and present back your findings on:
Recycling
Sustainability
Littering
Renewable energy
Echo has been told that his tree will be cut down and he
will lose his home. Colour the tree that describes how
Echo felt.
When Echo was told he would no longer be able to live in his
home, he felt:
Happy Sad Not Bothered
When Echo realised that wasting energy had caused the problem
he felt:
Ashamed Happy Not Bothered
When Echo realised that Sparky and Barney had been trying to
warn him to change his behaviour he felt:
Silly for not listening Not bothered Angry
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As dawn broke Treetop
Forest prepared for
one of its hardest days.
Great yellow lorries and
tree diggers had moved
slowly through the night
and they were
approaching Shady
Copse. The families
stood by watching and
waiting as the sound of
the machines grew
louder. Soon it would be
time to say goodbye to the trees that had been their home for
many years.
Echo however was still in his home! It was empty now but he just
wanted to spend a few minutes on his own thinking about all the
wonderful times he had enjoyed there. He had a new home to go to
but it wouldn't be the same. Everything was going to change and it
was all happening because he had used too much energy. “If only I
could turn the clock back,” thought Echo.
Then THEY arrived! The ground shook as the huge tree cutters
crashed through the Copse ripping up everything that stood in their
way. One by one the great oaks crashed to the ground and were
hauled away by the big yellow machines.
Before he had time to leave, Echo felt his own tree begin to shake.
Loud noises came from far below as the chainsaws ripped into the
huge trunk causing splinters of wood to shoot past his window.
Echo suddenly felt very angry and shouted for them to stop and leave
his home alone but nobody could hear him above the roar of the
machines. He shouted again, louder than he had ever shouted before.
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“I'll change! I'll recycle and save energy, I will do anything if you
just stop!”
But no one could hear him. The huge saws sliced through the tree
trunk. The ancient oak groaned and started to lean as the saws ate
through the final piece of wood.
“Stop! Stop!” screamed Echo, scampering high up in to the branches.
“Please stop!”
But it was too late. The tree started to fall with Echo hanging on
desperately as branches snapped and leaves showered the ground
below.
“Help!” screamed the terrified squirrel. “Help me!”
Echo closed his eyes as the ground came rushing towards him but
at the very last moment he felt some strong talons lift him upwards
to safety.
“Oh Barney,” sobbed Echo. “Thank you.”
Treetop Forest had changed forever. Where once the tall oaks had
shaded woodland ferns there was now just an open space covered in
sawdust and broken twigs. Barney had been right all along.
“I'm so sorry,” cried Echo. “You were right Barney but I wouldn't
listen.”
Barney reassured him. “Everything will be alright my friend. You
are listening now and it’s never too late to change. There is no
need to apologise to me but there is someone else who you should
say sorry to.”
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Echo couldn't think who that could be.
“Sparky Fox,” said Barney. “You should really say sorry to Sparky and
learn from all the things he has done to save energy.”
“You're right Barney, I should apologise to Sparky and I really want
to learn how to save energy. Can we go and see Sparky now?” said
Echo feeling a little better.
Barney smiled for the first time in a long time. “Yes, of course
we can.”
Sparky didn't give Echo a chance to apologise. Instead he gave him a
big hug. ”Come in Echo, let me show you around my home. Perhaps you
will get some ideas for when you build your own. Until then, you can
stay with me.”
Sparky’s home was very different to Echo's old house. It was built
with things called sustainable materials and nothing that could be
recycled went to waste. Paper went into one bin and tin cans and
bottles into another. Even the light bulbs were different.
“These are low energy bulbs,” explained Sparky, proudly.
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Echo nodded. He was slowly beginning to realise how important energy
conservation was. “I’ll bet you turn the lights off as soon as you no
longer need them too,” he said, rather embarrassed at his wasteful
ways.
Sparky smiled. “And the heating and the TV and the computer,”
he said.
“Everything we can save helps us to protect our environment. If we
look after Treetop Forest, Treetop Forest will look after us.”
Echo nodded again thinking how silly and wasteful he had been. Barney
was right. Treetop Forest was indeed very poorly and it was everyone’s
responsibility to put things right. It was time to listen and it was time
to act.
Sparky took Echo outside and showed him the large panels on top of
his roof. “These are solar panels. They use sunlight to make energy
that heats our home and provides us with warm water.”
Echo was starting to have a few ideas of his own. Treetop Forest had
changed and so must he.
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Activity 7
Can you find 5 things in the pictures below that show
Echo not recycling and wasting energy and materials?
Circle your answers.
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By the time summer turned into autumn Echo had been busy for weeks
learning about ways to protect the environment. As well as learning
from Sparky, Echo had been getting lots of new ideas from the
internet. He was also acting differently and always remembered to
turn off the computer every time that he finished using it.
Echo's new home was very different to the old one. The walls were
made from old bottles that had been thrown away, and light now
flooded into the rooms that made up the living areas. The roof had
solar panels on top to convert sunlight into energy and there were low
energy light bulbs in all the rooms. In fact, everything in Echo’s new
house had been built with conservation in mind.
As he added more and more energy saving ideas Echo’s new home
began to attract a lot of attention. Digsby Mole came to visit with
Spike Hedgehog and Echo showed them what could be done with waste
materials. He showed them simple things like putting paper into a
recycling bin, clever things like solar panels and interesting things like
the recycled plastic bottles. When Digsby and Spike told their
friends, news quickly spread. Soon, everyone wanted to visit Echo's
amazing house.
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It was now November and the
leaves were falling, crisp and
brown from the trees. As the
wind howled around the bare
branches a strange sound
could be heard in Shady
Copse. The old trees were
gone but other things had
sprouted in recent months and
one in particular stood high
above the rest.
Echo, Barney and their friends had been collecting small young trees,
known as saplings, from other areas of the forest and were planting a
new woodland area. Oak, elm and willow trees were now happily taking
root and thriving. This was part of Echo's latest conservation idea.
He had set up an ECO CLUB.
The Eco Club was very popular. Tom Frog had just joined and every
day more and more animals came along to take part in all sorts of
exciting activities. Some days they would make things out of recycled
materials like the lamp Tom had just made using an old bottle. Other
days they would take part in clean up’s to help the forest stay free
from litter and rubbish. Today they were planting a sustainable wood.
Echo had learned about SUSTAINABILITY from the internet and
thought it was a brilliant idea. It is really very simple. When we use a
natural resource like wood we plant more to replace it. As long as we
don’t use more than we plant we won’t run out. That’s
what had happened in Treetop Forest. In the past
the animals had used far too much wood without
bothering to think about replacing it.
Echo has started an Eco Club.
Help him to design a poster telling the other animals
what will happen at the club.
Include a Barney character made from recycled
materials.
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Activity 8
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Shady Copse was looking much better already but in amongst the
new young trees something seemed to have grown. It was made
of metal and had three huge arms hanging from its body. Echo
could hardly contain his excitement as he explained to his
friends what it was.
“It looks like a windmill,” said Dizzy Rabbit.
“It is,” replied Echo. “But this is no ordinary windmill, this is
a wind turbine.”
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“A what?” asked Dizzy. Dizzy knew what a windmill was. His friend Bill
Badger used a windmill to make flour and he had watched the wind
turning the big sails and learned how this made the machinery work to
grind grain into flour.
“A wind turbine works just like a windmill,” explained Echo. “But
instead of using the wind to turn machinery like Bill Badger’s does,
this one uses the wind to create electricity. This wind turbine will
provide all the electricity I need for my new home and many more
homes as well. It’s completely SUSTAINABLE because we will never
run out of wind.”
“That’s brilliant!” said Dizzy who was very impressed.
“And that’s not all,” added Barney. “Look where it is. It’s been built
right on the spot where Echo’s old house used to be,”
“Every time I see this wind turbine I will think about my old home,”
said Echo proudly.
“And how wasteful you used to be,” said Barney with a smile.
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Activity 9
Wind turbines use RENEWABLE energy. Unravel the wires to
find out some facts about renewable energy.
is renewable energy
made from sunlight.
is renewable energy
made from the power
of moving water.
is renewable energy
made from plants or
animal materials.
is renewable energy
made from the power
of the wind.
Solar power
Wind PowerBio Power
Hydro Power
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Winter passed quickly for Echo. He was warm and cosy in his new
home and happy that it was all powered from the wind turbine. Nearly
all of the young animals from Treetop Forest were now members of
the Eco Club and Echo had spent the long winter days finding more
and more ways for the club to help the environment.
The Eco Club had lots to do as spring started to arrive but today was
a particularly big day. Today the Eco Club were visiting The Old Water
Mill. Echo had a plan to use the mills huge water wheel to create even
more sustainable energy.
As they walked through the melting snow and made their way to the
mill, Echo explained his plan.
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“The mill is old and broken and the stream has become blocked
but we can fix it,” he said. “We can clear all the rubbish out of
the stream and repair the wheel. Once the stream is clear the
water will flow faster and when we repair the wheel the water
will begin to turn it.”
Everyone agreed that it was a fantastic idea but as they arrived
at the mill the animals got a big shock. It wasn’t just a blocked
stream and a broken wheel they were looking at. The whole area
was covered in rubble and rubbish along with huge piles of litter,
bricks, rotting food and broken slabs of concrete.
Echo could barely speak as he pointed to the fence that
separated Treetop Forest from Dark Wood. The fence had been
pulled down and there were deep tyre tracks where lorries had
driven through the gap.
The animals of Dark Wood had turned The Old Water Mill into a
rubbish dump.
Echo’s friends stared silently, hardly able to believe the terrible
mess that had been made of the lovely old mill.
Barney looked at Echo and then gave a big beaming smile.
“Don’t worry,” Barney said.“We can save The Old WaterMill and Treetop Forest. I have a plan...”
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A message from Barney
It’s important we all
work together to protect
our environment.
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POLICECO
MMUNITYCLUBS
OFGREAT BR
ITAIN
With regard to youth and community projects, The Police Community
Clubs of Great Britain concentrates on three themes:
Education
Through the provision of books, all based on personal, social and health education
(PSHE) themes and featuring our exclusive characters Barney and Echo, we intend to
educate children and their carers on numerous subjects relating to the promotion of life
skills, increasing self-esteem and the development of motivation in young people.
The six publications in the series are A Friendship Made: Let’s Talk About Bullying and
Vandalism, The Magic Mirror: Let’s Talk About Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol, Echo’s New
Watch: Let’s Talk About Knives, Caught in the Web: Let’s Talk About Keeping Safe on
the Internet, The Bad Apples: Let’s Talk About Anti-Social Behaviour and Sparky’s Big
Idea: Let’s Talk About The Environment. The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain
has distributed over 250,000 copies of these publications to primary schools and
feedback from teachers and pupils alike has been excellent.
Citizenship
We will support projects seeking to develop children and young people as active
citizens who can make a positive contribution to their communities. These will include
activities to tackle social exclusion, truancy and bullying, working with excluded pupils
and many other community-based initiatives.
Sport and Leisure
Through our established clubs network, we will support projects that seek to provide
a stable environment for children and young people and promote moral values. The
potential benefit of the work carried out by our organisation is huge. It has a national
network of volunteer professionals to support the development and delivery of projects
and a unique means of tapping into the ideas of children and young people. The
concept is innovative and at the forefront of current thinking on working with young
people, promoting social inclusion and building sustainable communities.43
The End
A part of the Barney and Echo Series
Sparky’s Big Idea: Barney Says Let’s Talk About The Environment
is a part of the Barney & Echo series of exciting and informative books
for school children studying PSHE and Citizenship topics produced by
The Police Community Clubs of Great Britain and published in
partnership with Community Initiatives Associates,
25 Egerton Street, Chester, CH1 3ND.
To see a full range of books or to re-order
more copies of this book please visit
www.barneyecho.co.ukPrinted by Magprint
www.magprint.co.uk
Books are priced at £6
This book is widely
recyclable in the UK