深夜12点钟,手捧着新拿到的ipad,强撑着想睡前读完当前热门视屏“柴静《穹顶之下》”,未果。因中途几次入眠,只好顺其自然,眨巴眨巴困意迷离的双眼,第二天起床再看。
刚刚看完视屏,感触颇深,思绪万千。柴静关于中国环保问题雾霾起因的调查,令人自然而然地将回国的所见所聞联系起来,将近几年来辅导和教授儿童画创作的工作联系起来。无伦柴静的社会调查,对促进国内民众对环保工作的推动起到多少作用,至少给我上了一堂科普环保启蒙课。
我是一个定居在加拿大的自雇美术教师,辅导学生参加加拿大国际儿童艺术展,至2014年已经走过了12届的历程。
近几年来,以环保为题材的创作成为了艺术展的不变主题:“低碳社区,洁净世界,携手共建地球村”,“舞动绿色,畅想未来”......。
每次辅导创作,与家长、同学们共同查找资料,学习环保知识。和孩子们讨论如何从自己做起,如何从一件小事做起。养成环保意识,养成环保习惯;节约能源:出门关灯,用完关水,使用节能灯照明;减少排放:能够凉晒的衣物,不用烘干机。能够走路上学的时候不乘汽车。能够乘公共汽车的时候不开私家车;回收利用:垃圾分类,旧物利用,少用、不用一次性餐具;植树种花,绿化环境,减少水土流失;发展风能、太阳能以及更多的自然能源的利用......。
我问在本地长大的孩子们,知道回收、节能、减排吗?小学以上学历的孩子们都十分熟悉,他们在各自的学校里,课堂上都学习过有关知识,环保认识是普及教育。只是没有机会运用绘画的语言,作细致的观察研究,以参加艺术展的形式来表达自己的观点和认识。
下面上传几张,孩子们近几年来参加加拿大国际儿童艺术展,关于倡导绿色环保的绘画创作。看看他们是如何用清澈的目光观察生活,用稚嫩的心灵感受艺术,用纯真的情感幢景未来,用灵动的双手表达对环保的愿望的。
作品:My Dream,作者:Christina Zhang 年龄:11岁 , 2014年第十二届加拿大
国际儿童艺术展10-14岁组 金奖。
作品:Break Through Our Barriers ,作者:Mary Wang 13岁,2014年第十二届加拿大国际儿童艺术展10-14岁组 银奖。
作品:Hope ,作者:Diana Zhang 14岁,2014年第十二届加拿大国际儿童艺术展10-14岁 组
银奖。
作品:Green Garden ,作者:Edric Yuan 9岁,2013年第十一届加拿大国际儿童艺术展7-9岁组优秀奖。
作品:THE SORROWS AND DESPAIRS, 作者:Annie An 12岁,2012年第十届加拿大国际儿童艺术展10-14岁组 银奖。
作品:Animals' Future in our Hand,作者:Yan Chen 15岁 2013年第十一届加拿大国际儿童艺术展15-17岁组铜奖。
作品:Love Brins us Together ,作者:Rosey Li 14, 2009年第七届加拿大国际儿童艺术展11-14岁组银奖。
作品:Green Land ,作者:Jeffry Huang 6岁,2010年第八届加拿大国际儿童艺术展6岁以下组
银奖。
作品:THE COST OF WAR, 作者:Hongjin Chen 14岁,2010年第八届加拿大国际儿童艺术展11-14岁组优秀奖。
作品:让天空更晴朗, 作者:Jessica Yu 13岁,2010年第八届加拿大国际儿童艺术展11-14岁组
铜奖。
作品:REUSE, REDUCE, RECYCLE, 作者:Xintong Wang 15岁,2010年第八届加拿大国际儿童艺术展15-17岁组银奖。
作品:REBUILD 作者:Mona Li 14岁,2010年第八届加拿大国际儿童艺术展11-14岁组,金奖。
金奖作者Mona Li 在加拿大第八届国际儿童艺术展颁奖会上的发言:
It's a great honor to be receiving this award. I believe that the theme of this year's exhibition was a great way to promote environmental issues to young people by simply getting us to think.
The fetus at the centre of my drawing is there to make the point that the Earth is a very fragile thing, comparable to a fetus in the womb. Anything that happens on the outside of the Earth has a direct result on the health and wellbeing of the environment, as the fetus is vulnerable to all the actions of its mother. We, the inhabitants of the Earth, are responsible as caregivers to take care of the planet. We all know that mothers should not drink or smoke during pregnancy, and niether should humans be dumping pollutants into he air, water and soil. Whether or not we choose to face these issues is our own decision, but if we don't work towards a more sustainable environment, life will generally be threatened, and frankly, everything may die.
I could tell everybody to recycle, compost and turn off the lights, and these are all good things that you should do, but what may be the most effective would be to put pressure on large corporations in the industries that are jeopardizing our resources. The largest factors that affect the health of the environment are at economic and political levels and really involve the use of money. Saving the environment requires a long-term solution, not something that can be achieved over one or two years. As is pcrtrayed by the toddlers in my drawing, restoring the Earth to its sustainable self will be responsible to our generation of youth and those to come.
I'd like to thank my parents - my mom, Lu Feng, for the guidance and support. I would also like to thank Lisa, my sister, for getting me to the ceremony. Finally, I'd like to thank the organizers for getting the exhibition going and for everyone else who came out to support the event.
Mona Li
Aug 8, 2010