"Go Ktaná" an example of citizenship

Unable to attend the launch of this important project of citizenship presented by the College Jewish Gaucho Brazilian society on September 23, a monthly record in this space I have in the end Speak Good example that gives this school to other schools in Rio Grande do Sul .

This is the happy idea of ​​creating Skip Ktaná, Small-Town, which plays a major environments urban society organized in a city laboratory. The space with 500m2 built area within the headquarters of Israel is now in full operation and will be administered by the students of 1st to 4th grades of elementary school of the CIB.

The Go Ktaná faithfully reproduces the construction of buildings in full size. The city has a mayor and city council, supermarket, central square and has its own currency (the IRK), with equivalence with the Real ID card, and flagged streets.

It is a true example of lessons that will certainly be later used by these young people to build a more humane world, fraternal and social justice. The act of launching was attended by the acting mayor of Porto Alegre who delivered the key Ktaná Go to the mayor-elect Felipe Volpato Folberg. Young had 38 votes, or 20.11% of the preference of voters. In all nine candidates participated in the process that had to use two voting machines provided by the Regional Electoral Court (TRE). The plate 2, the elected mayor, also has the secretaries of finance, Luke K. de Oliveira (class 41), the environment, Eduardo Soyman (class 31), and culture, Alex Losekmann (class 32).

The mayor-elect spoke at the counter of City Hall to the citizens who followed the event in the central town square. The city lab will be used daily as an extension of the classroom, and especially as a tool in the education of each student as an active citizen, entrepreneur and conscious of society, from the early grades. Congratulations to the initiative of the Director-General of the College de Carvalho Monica Timm and his team of collaborators.

Shana Tova U'metuká

Ecological Fair tests new format

Because of the celebrations of 20 years of Fair Ecological Jose Bonifacio, will test a new format for the space on Saturdays receives thousands. Part of the stalls will be relocated, followed by two editions - on 10 and 17 October, the asphalt of the avenue towards Aranha / Santana, and be protected by the flow of fairground vehicles. Parking will be pro Ibido Park on the shore of Farringdon and the cars will have middle lane to follow toward Santana and John Person. The test will expand the pedestrian area in the middle of the show and also see how drivers behave in middle lane in Bonifacio. Traffic and parking across the street remains as it is.