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2010 KTF 1st day part3: Coconut Tree Climbing
The 1st edition of the Tuvalu Cultural King Tides festival -Tuvalu E! The Tide is High!- took place in Funafuti-TUVALU, from Feb 26th to March 1st, 2010.
Given you tube duration limit, we are posting activities separately.
During 2 days, traditional competitions and demonstrations showed some aspects of Tuvaluan Culture through sports, handicrafts, dancing, singing, food and Tuvalu's unique talent in improvised story-telling and dramas. The objective was to raise awareness about what will be lost if Tuvalu's nation was to disappear. Parallel activities on climate targeted both children and adults, focusing on what we all can do to try to turn the tide.
This first edition was made possible by the unified efforts of many Government ministries and NGO's. It is part of The Small is Beautiful (SIB) plan, one of UNESCO's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Remarkable Actions, launched with, as a primary objective, the preservation of Tuvalu's cultural heritage and identity.
Islands and energy: challenges and opportunities (5 minutes)
This video looks at islands and energy in more depth, including interviews with a solar energy engineer who works in the South Pacific, several NGOs that are working to bring reliable energy to Indonesian and Melanesian islands, and experts on the water-energy nexus in the Philippines.
Remoteness, challenging weather, a lack of potable water - other than rainwater - are just some of the challenges that people living on islands face.
Julia McDonald, a Renewable Energy Engineer at IT Power, explains that in Tuvalu, some islands are only visited by a boat once per month. This means that if the seas are rough, they may miss that boat. In terms of energy, shipments of diesel for their generators may not arrive for weeks or months, leaving them without a reliable source of energy for their refrigerators, freezers, lights, or communication. She explains that islands, like those in Tuvalu's archipelago, are now seeking new possibilities, such as solar energy or hybrid solar-diesel systems.
Tri Mumpuni and Iskander Kuntoadji founded IBEKA, an Indonesian organisation concerned with rural development and community participation. They emphasise that no Indonesian islands have a truly reliable supply of energy to meet all their needs. They also discuss the scale of the challenge in Indonesia where there are 17,000 islands and 245 million people.
Lyn Capistrano and Apol Jimenez of the Philippine Center for Water and Sanitation focus on the challenges that islands face in terms of water. People on smaller islands often have to travel 7 hours or more to reach potable water on a larger island. Many small islands also rely on rainwater. Water can be purified in many ways - with both simple and complex technologies - but it often needs an energy source for this purification.
Kuini Rabo works for the Melanesia Million Miracle Programme, which intends to bring energy to the lives of one million people in Melanesia by 2020. People's energy needs often begin with light but quickly expand to include communication - especially phones. The importance of communication technology is crucial on islands, especially when bad weather hits. In one project, women were trained to protect the solar panels when bad weather was on the horizon. Lastly, Kuini advises against a hand out mentality, advocating instead a community-based payment that will allow the community to save money for future energy projects.
Lastly, Anare Matakiviti of IUCN (based in Fiji) underscores the fact that islanders' needs are not so different from the needs of people in urban centres. They also deserve to have access to modern energy services.
Photo credits:
IT Power / Julia McDonald
Teafuafou island on the approach into Funfauti atoll, Tuvalu, Nick Hobgood, CC BY-NC 2.0
Bliss.Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia 2010, Mikaku, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Tuvalu - Funafuti - Beach #2, Stefan Lins, CC BY 2.0
Scaling up renewable energy access in Eastern Indonesia (Sumba Iconic Island Initiative), Asian Development Bank 45274-001, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Street children in Jakarta, Indonesia, ILO in Asia and Pacific, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Shipyard workers, Batam, Indonesia, ILO in Asia and Pacific, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Indonesia12, vampirogordo, CC BY-NC 2.0
Women at a community meeting discuss the reconstruction of their village, World Bank Photo Collection, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Ubud 2013, M Meijerink, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
A couple of gorgeous school girls in Lombok - great photo @frostcovered !, UpSticksNGo Crew, CC BY 2.0
East Nusa Tenggara, CIFOR, CC BY-NC 2.0
Couldn't connect to the internet, Aditya Fajar, CC BY-NC 2.0 (Also the thumbnail photo on YouTube)
Macro raindrops 5, Daniel Go, CC BY-NC 2.0
Raindrops on hot water in a secret lagoon, Mr Snoopy, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Waterfall, Eric Mollna, CC BY 2.0
Asia21 Fellows visit Palwan, rootsofhealth, CC BY-NC 2.0
hawakan, Kenneth Gaerlan, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
IOM’s Global Solar Lanterns Initiative, IOM, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
IOM’s Global Solar Lanterns Initiative, IOM, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
General Photos - Solomon Islands, Asian Development Bank, CC BY 2.0
Hurricane, Chalky Lives, CC BY 2.0
Solar panel on roof, Helena Wright, CC BY 2.0
Fualifeke snorkeling safari video, Nick Hobgood, CC BY-NC 2.0
Untitled, Diana K, CC BY-NC 2.0
Barefoot Solar Engineers, ILO in Asia and Pacific, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
It's a family affair..., Wayne S. Grazio, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
This video is produced by the Smart Villages Initiative with story, video, and editing by Molly Hurley-Depret.
Tuvalu | Wikipedia audio article
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00:03:26 1 History
00:03:35 1.1 Pre-history
00:05:12 1.2 Early contacts with other cultures
00:11:16 1.3 Trading firms and traders
00:13:44 1.4 Scientific expeditions and travellers
00:17:43 1.5 Colonial administration
00:18:23 1.6 Second World War
00:20:31 1.7 Post-World War II – transition to independence
00:22:54 2 Government
00:23:03 2.1 Parliamentary democracy
00:26:17 2.2 Legal system
00:28:16 2.3 Foreign relations
00:34:41 2.4 Defence and law enforcement
00:36:03 2.5 Administrative divisions
00:37:58 3 Society
00:38:07 3.1 Demographics
00:42:33 3.2 Languages
00:43:54 3.3 Religion
00:45:58 3.4 Health
00:46:09 3.5 Education
00:49:29 4 Culture
00:49:38 4.1 Architecture
00:51:04 4.2 Art of Tuvalu
00:52:27 4.3 Dance and music
00:53:12 4.4 Cuisine
00:54:42 4.5 Heritage
00:56:13 5 Sport and leisure
01:00:35 6 Economy and government services
01:00:46 6.1 Economy
01:08:49 6.2 Tourism
01:10:18 6.3 Telecommunications and media
01:12:14 6.4 Transport
01:14:20 7 Geography and environment
01:14:31 7.1 Geography
01:17:05 7.2 Climate
01:19:36 7.3 Environmental pressures
01:23:43 7.4 Water and sanitation
01:26:29 8 Cyclones and king tides
01:26:39 8.1 Cyclones
01:31:18 8.2 King tides
01:32:07 9 Impact of climate change
01:32:18 9.1 Challenges Tuvalu faces as a result of climate change
01:38:08 9.2 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21)
01:40:21 10 Filmography and bibliography
01:40:36 11 See also
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Tuvalu ( (listen) too-VAH-loo or TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. Tuvalu has a population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from Samoa and Tonga into the Tuvaluan atolls, with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to migration into the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia and Micronesia.
In 1568, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to sail through the archipelago, sighting the island of Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis. The island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island in 1819; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. The Ellice Islands came into Great Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century, as the result of a treaty between Great Britain and Germany relating to the demarcation of the spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean. Each of the Ellice Islands was declared a British Protectorate by Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa between 9 and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands were administered as a British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916, as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1976.
A referendum was held in December 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony ceased to exist on 1 January 1976, and the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu came into existence. Tuvalu became fu ...
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SUMMARY
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Tuvalu ( (listen) too-VAH-loo or TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. Tuvalu has a population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from Samoa and Tonga into the Tuvaluan atolls, with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to migration into the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia and Micronesia.
In 1568, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to sail through the archipelago, sighting the island of Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis. The island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island in 1819; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. The Ellice Islands came into Great Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century, as the result of a treaty between Great Britain and Germany relating to the demarcation of the spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean. Each of the Ellice Islands was declared a British Protectorate by Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa between 9 and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands were administered as a British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916, as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1976.
A referendum was held in December 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony ceased to exist on 1 January 1976, and the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu came into existence. Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000, Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
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SUMMARY
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Tuvalu ( ( listen) too-VAH-loo or TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. Tuvalu has a population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from Samoa and Tonga into the Tuvaluan atolls, with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to migration into the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia and Micronesia.
In 1568, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to sail through the archipelago, sighting the island of Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis. The island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island in 1819; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. The Ellice Islands came into Great Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century, as the result of a treaty between Great Britain and Germany relating to the demarcation of the spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean. Each of the Ellice Islands was declared a British Protectorate by Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa between 9 and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands were administered as a British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916, as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1976.
A referendum was held in December 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony ceased to exist on 1 January 1976, and the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu came into existence. Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000, Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
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SUMMARY
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Tuvalu ( ( listen) too-VAH-loo or TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. Tuvalu has a population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from Samoa and Tonga into the Tuvaluan atolls, with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to migration into the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia and Micronesia.
In 1568, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to sail through the archipelago, sighting the island of Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis. The island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island in 1819; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. The Ellice Islands came into Great Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century, as the result of a treaty between Great Britain and Germany relating to the demarcation of the spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean. Each of the Ellice Islands was declared a British Protectorate by Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa between 9 and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands were administered as a British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916, as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1976.
A referendum was held in December 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony ceased to exist on 1 January 1976, and the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu came into existence. Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000, Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
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Tuvalu
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written
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- increases imagination and understanding
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- learn while on the move
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audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio
while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using
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SUMMARY
=======
Tuvalu ( ( listen) too-VAH-loo or TOO-və-loo), formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, situated in Oceania, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (belonging to the Solomons), southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna and north of Fiji. It comprises three reef islands and six true atolls spread out between the latitude of 5° to 10° south and longitude of 176° to 180°, west of the International Date Line. Tuvalu has a population of 10,640 (2012 census). The total land area of the islands of Tuvalu is 26 square kilometres (10 sq mi).
The first inhabitants of Tuvalu were Polynesians. The pattern of settlement that is believed to have occurred is that the Polynesians spread out from Samoa and Tonga into the Tuvaluan atolls, with Tuvalu providing a stepping stone to migration into the Polynesian Outlier communities in Melanesia and Micronesia.
In 1568, Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to sail through the archipelago, sighting the island of Nui during his expedition in search of Terra Australis. The island of Funafuti was named Ellice's Island in 1819; the name Ellice was applied to all nine islands after the work of English hydrographer Alexander George Findlay. The Ellice Islands came into Great Britain's sphere of influence in the late 19th century, as the result of a treaty between Great Britain and Germany relating to the demarcation of the spheres of influence in the Pacific Ocean. Each of the Ellice Islands was declared a British Protectorate by Captain Gibson of HMS Curacoa between 9 and 16 October 1892. The Ellice Islands were administered as a British protectorate by a Resident Commissioner from 1892 to 1916, as part of the British Western Pacific Territories (BWPT), and then as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony from 1916 to 1976.
A referendum was held in December 1974 to determine whether the Gilbert Islands and Ellice Islands should each have their own administration. As a consequence of the referendum, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony ceased to exist on 1 January 1976, and the separate British colonies of Kiribati and Tuvalu came into existence. Tuvalu became fully independent within the Commonwealth on 1 October 1978. On 5 September 2000, Tuvalu became the 189th member of the United Nations.
Foreign relations of Taiwan
The foreign relations of Taiwan, constitutionally and officially the Republic of China, are the relations between the Republic of China and other countries. The Republic of China is recognized by 21 United Nations member states, as well as by the Holy See. The ROC maintains diplomatic relations with those countries, as well as unofficial relations with other countries via its representative offices and consulates.
The Republic of China participated in the Moscow Conference, the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and was a charter member of the United Nations. In 1949, the Nationalists lost the Chinese Civil War in mainland China and retreated to Taiwan. Despite the major loss of territory, the ROC continued to be recognized as the legitimate government of China by the UN and by many non-Communist states. In 1971, the UN expelled the ROC and transferred China's seat to the People's Republic of China. In addition to the ad tempus recognition of ROC by majority of countries before UN Resolution 2758, the Republic of China lost its membership in all the intergovernmental organizations related to the UN. As the UN and related organizations like International Court of Justice are the most common venues for effective execution of international law and serve as the international community for states in the post-World War II period, a majority of the countries aligned with the West in the Cold War terminated diplomatic relations with the ROC and recognized quid pro quo of the PRC instead. However, the Republic of China fulfills all the requirements in Article 3, 4, 5, 6, 110 and Chapter V of the United Nations Charter. The ROC's de jure seat is currently occupied by the People's Republic of China in the United Nations under the UN Charter. The ROC continues to maintain de facto relations, including with most of the non-governmental organizations at the United Nations, in addition with the concern from UNESCO. Exclusively, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which is entitled by the founding of the United Nations as the cornerstone of modern-day diplomacy since the Vienna Congress, was signed and ratified by the Republic of China on 18 April 1961 and 19 December 1969 including Optional Protocol concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes. Due to ROC's insecurity and intolerance in the 1970s and 1980s after being expelled by the UN and the termination of official US-ROC diplomatic relations, but by the American persuasion Taiwan has been gradually democratized and adopting universal suffrage from the one party-military rule under the leadership of President Chiang Ching-kuo. The first direct presidential election was held in 1996 and the incumbent President Lee Teng-hui was elected. As of May Fourth 2015, ROC nationals are eligible for preferential visa treatment from 142 countries and areas. In the context of Superpower and influential diplomacy, ROC's traditional and sober allies includes United States of America, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
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