About the GIANT banner

Making the GIANT banner:

  1. We created a mosaic of the drawings
  2. We printed it in 5 sections TWICE at UniPrint thanks to major sponsor Dattner Group!
  3. My husband sewed the panels together to create two banners  – it took him 10 hours each time.
  4. Watch how it was made !


More about the GIANT banner:

  • The banner includes all 2,629 drawings from 33 nations and 213 schools!
  • It is HUGE – 7 metres long by 4.25 metres wide.  Taller than a 2 story house.
  • It has 4 handles along the top (one on each end and one equidistant) and 3 along the bottom, plus 4 equally spaced along each side.
  • The banner is printed on water resistant light weight fabric.  It weighs ~7 kg.
  • As you would expect, it catches the wind very easily!

  • It is fun to play with!  You can play the ‘parachute game’ (Up. Down. Up, Down.  Up.  Down.  Up.  Let go – run underneath!)

  • You can also march with it, as we have done at the following climate strikes in Perth, Australia.

THE BANNER IS TOURING AUSTRALIA!

So far, the banner has been to forests and schools in Western Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, NSW and Victoria!

WHERE TO NEXT ?

  • Blackwood Primary School in Adelaide, SA – Aug 2023

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND

 

TASMANIA:

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:

    • The giant banner will visit Blackwood Primary School in Adelaide (see their 78 entries) in August 2023

 

VICTORIA:

NEW SOUTH WALES:

THE BANNER IS TOURING THE WORLD!

The banner has visited 6 nations so far (Australia, Egypt, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, UK) plus one of its drawings sailed around Antarctica!

WHERE TO NEXT?

  • Sri Lanka for World Oceans Day – June 2023
  • Arctic Ocean – Sept 2023
  • Dubai, UAE for COP28 – Dec 2023

EGYPT

The video below (https://youtu.be/Gu9kZ5-crds) of the GIANT banner with kids around the world was shown at the United Nations climate meeting (COP27) that just concluded in Egypt! It was shown as part of the Global Stocktake – a formal process that tracks global climate action against the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. 100+ negotiators and others saw it!!!! After COP, it will be published as part of the official proceedings.

ANTARCTICA

UK (SCOTLAND)

  • The banner travelled to Glasgow, UK for the United Nations COP26 climate meeting. It was presented at an event Tues 9 Nov along with a video about its travels!!  WATCH THE VIDEO.  It was also on display in the ‘Green Zone’ at COP26 for the rest of that week.

SINGAPORE

MALAYSIA

 

GERMANY

MADAGASCAR

  • Long term plan – at the rainforest walkway being built in Ranomafana, Madagascar led by author, scientist & arbonaut Meg Lowman!!