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.
  • 15 Oct 2021
  • 15 March 2019

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

• • Beaumaris Primary School (Perth) – world premiere – Sept 2021 – WATCH VIDEO!; Year 5 – Sept 2022 – WATCH VIDEO!
  • Mullaloo Beach Primary School (Perth) – Sept / Oct 2021
  • Eurekamp Oz school holiday camp at the University of Western Australia (Perth) – Sept 2021
  • St Mary’s Anglican Girls School (Perth) – Sept 2021. WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • Kerry St Community School (Perth) – Dec 2021
  • Parry Beach campground (Denmark) – Jan 2022
  • On the beach at the launch of Lisa Blair’s world record sail around Antarctica (Albany) – Feb 2022
  • At Spencer Park Primary School (Albany) – May 2022  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • For World Environment Day at Alinjarra Primary School – June 2022.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • Eurekamp Oz school holiday camp at the Univ of Western Australia (Perth) – Sept 2021.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • In the sand dunes at Sandy Cape Recreational Area – Oct 2022.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • Lathlain Primary School (Perth) – 7 December 2022.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  •  Perth School Strike for Climate – 3 March 2023.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • We hiked 2.2 km up to the Castle Rock Granite Skywalk in the Porongurup National Park to film the giant banner via drone in celebration of Earth Day on 21 April 2023!  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • 8 Perth primary schools (Ardross, Attadale, Como, Shelley, Mount Pleasant, Redcliffe, Wilson, Winthrop) as part of the PEAC Marine Biology program – 16 May 2023

QUEENSLAND

• • • Throughout Davies National Park (Atherton Tablelands)- Oct 2021
    • All over Magnetic Island (including Magnetic Island State School) – Oct 2021 WATCH THE VIDEO
    • At 3 schools in Cairns (Whitfield State School, Redlynch State College, Trinity Anglican School) – Oct 2021
    • 40 metres above the Daintree Rainforest via a giant crane thanks to James Cook University – Oct 2021 WATCH THE VIDEO
    • In a mangrove forest at Kewarra Beach– (Cairns) – Oct 2021
    • At the Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference (Cairns) – Aug 2022
    • In the rainforests of Mt Nebo and the Glasshouse Mountains (Brisbane) – Nov 2022
    • In a mangrove forest at Mon Repos turtle sanctuary (Bundaberg) – Jan 2023. WATCH THE VIDEO!!
    • At Kalkie State School (Bundaberg) – Jan 2023. WATCH THE VIDEO!!
    • At Bundaberg State High School (Bundaberg) – Jan 2023.  WATCH VIDEO1.  WATCH VIDEO 2.

 

TASMANIA:

• • • Mt Stuart Primary School  – Aug 2022
    • Lauderdale Primary School  – Aug 2022
    • Peregrine School – Aug 2022  WATCH THE VIDEO
    • Thanks to the amazing tree climbers of The Tree Projects (Hobart), we unfurled the banner between two tall pine trees in Sandy Bay – Aug 2022 WATCH THE VIDEO

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:

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

 

VICTORIA:

• • Bambou Early Learning Centre – Nov 2022.  WATCH THE VIDEO.
  • Cowes Primary School on Phillip Island – Feb 2023!  See kids playing with the giant banner!
  • Phillip Island Village Primary School on Phillip Island – Feb 2023!!  See the DRONE PHOTO.
  • San Remo Primary School & Our Lady Star of the Sea School on Phillip Island at the world famous ‘Penguin Parade’ beach – Feb 2023!  WATCH THE VIDEO!  We made the newspapers: South Gippsland Sentinel Times and Phillip Island & San Remo Advertiser 🙂
  • Port Fairy Consolidated School in Port Fairy – Feb 2023!  WATCH THE VIDEO!!
  • Daylesford Primary School, Daylesford – Feb 2023!  See kids doing the TREE POSE!
  • Talbot Primary School, Talbot – Feb 2023! WATCH THE VIDEO!

NEW SOUTH WALES:

• • Newrybar Public School – Nov 2022.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • Wyalong Primary School – Nov 2022.  WATCH THE VIDEO!
  • Wollongong Seacliff Bridge – 22 May 2023
  • Lumen Christi Catholic College – May 2023.
    –  WATCH year 9-11 students feed like coral polyps!
    –  WATCH year 3 students play with the giant banner!
  • Pambula Preschool – May 2023
  • Beowa National Park at Pambula Beach – May 2023

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

• One of the drawings from the giant banner broke a world record with sailor Lisa Blair as she circumnavigated Antarctica in 92 days in her yacht Climate Action Now.  Lisa signed the drawing (what she wrote) and it will be returned to its very talented Sri Lankan artist very soon!  Marji, Daniel (the dinosaur) and Connor were thrillled to hold the drawing just after it was taken down from Lisa’s mast before she signed it.  Watch Connor and Daniel interview Lisa about her epic journey!

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

• For Earth Day 2022, the banner travelled to the NPS International School in Singapore – WATCH VIDEO
• For World Environment Day 2022, 40 kids from NPSI photographed the banner in the rainforest at Pasir Ris after doing a beach cleanup!  WATCH THE VIDEO!

MALAYSIA

• On 13 July 2022, the banner was filmed at The Habitat Penang Hill rainforest discovery centre tree top walk in Malaysia, thanks to author, scientist & arbonaut Meg Lowman and her fabulous team led by Allen Tan (video) !!  The walk is 13 metres high – so tall enough for the 7 metre high GIANT banner 🙂  WATCH THE VIDEO

 

GERMANY

• In July 2022, the banner was on display to scientists at the International Coral Reef Symposium in Bremen, Germany

MADAGASCAR

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