Dear Ecofems I am involved in an organization called Young Transnet (http://www.yptin.org.uk/home.htm) which helps children and young people to undertake research and action on the impact of transport on their and their families' lives: road safety and crashes, pollution, congestion, independent travel, and so on. It has been piloted for about eighteen months now, and in March we will be running Transport Online Week, focussing on a number of British schools, and involving our Minister for Transport (Glenda Jackson) in a video conference with them. One of the events of the Transport Online Week is an online Treasure Hunt, one for primary age children (7-11) and one for secondary age children (12-15). The aim is to get the kids to click their way around various environmental and other relevant sites (Friends of the Earth, cycling campaigns, etc), looking for bits of information. At the end, there will be a Treasure--some nice online surprise (tba...). At the moment, I am working on the links for the primary age Hunt. And it is really hard to find sites whch are clear and simple about these issues. In particular I am trying to find a site which links transport and air pollution in a way which a nine year old can grasp--very quickly and accurately. The idea is not that they spend hours reading lots of stuff, but that they click rapidly through exciting and interesting material which gives them a notion of what the Internet can offer and of how transport affects the quality of life, for good and bad. So I am asking you for ideas. My best hope was the US EPA Kids Page, but (a) there is virtually nothing about transport, (b) a lot of it is very North American, and (c) it takes too long to find the whole message. It's great for some purposes, but not for a Treasure Hunt. Any ideas? Please?! PS This isn't top secret or anything, but please do not publicize it generally. Not yet! Susan Hoyle
