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After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Cool Planet

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Cool Planet is Oxfam’s website for teachers. It is designed to support educators in England, Scotland, and Wales, along with their students. Using the concept of "global citizenship", it aims to assist teachers in bringing the global dimension into their classrooms. The resources are designed to inform and empower young people to work for a more just, secure and sustainable world.

The website includes a calendar of key dates for teachers, and hundreds of teaching materials on issues such as health, trade, climate change, food, and water.

Many of the resources are organised by theme:
  • Climate Chaos is a collection of lesson plans on the causes and effects of climate change. Included here are ideas for ways that students can reduce their own carbon emissions and communicate to others about the importance of reducing theirs.
  • Mapping our World is Oxfam’s free interactive whiteboard resource for teaching about maps, perspectives, and geography.
  • Milking It is an interactive resource about small farmers and international trade designed to facilitate teaching 13- to 16-year-olds about fair trade.
Please note: Cool Planet will be relaunched as Oxfam Education in Autumn 2007. Organisers state that one goal of the new web resource will be to make it as simple as possible for teachers to bring the global dimension into their classrooms.

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Email announcement from Oxfam, February 14 2005; and email from Jo Tomkinson to The Communication Initiative on July 13 2007.