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Supporting transformation for a better world through increased awareness and  caring.
This is a site for adults to gain tools and information
so they can teach ecology without fear.

 

boy holding Praying mantis
This is Aidan with a praying mantis
by Penelope Torribio

Guardians of the Earth.

As  an ecology performer I have had way too many many children come up to me and say that they are so worried about global warming and other ecological threats that they can't sleep at night, many share bad dreams. 

I am not the only one to notice this. An article in Treehugers. com, JasminMalik Chua writes,""There's a new bogeyman lurking in the closet, and this one isn't imaginary. Us. One out of three children aged 6 to 11 fears that Ma Earth won't exist when they grow up, while more than half—56 percent—worry that the planet will be a blasted heath (or at least a very unpleasant place to live123), according to a new survey." Read More.

As a behavior transformation specialist I have learned that fear is not an effective tool for transforming thought and behavior.  What is? Raised Awareness and Caring. The tools are hands-on interactions, activities and art and music. 

GUARDIANS OF THE EARTH is dedicated to building a cross age eco-community.  Please join our guest book and say yes to  increasing caring and awareness of our world and no to fear.

Penelope Torribio-ecology
singer-songwriter

5 Great Albums

Visit the Guardians of th Earth Store


rThe Rain is Coming, rain forest CD cover

Under the Blue Blue Sea CD cover

Dinosuar Dance CD Cover, dino songs

Guardians of the Earth CD Cover

Ladybug photo

How to Have a Lady Bug Party

Sarah Torribio

Most small children-especially girls-love ladybugs. When I was in the first through third grades, my girlfriends and I knew exactly what we wanted to do during recess when spring turned the southern California days nice and warm: Go out into the fields of our elementary school playground, full of grass and clover, and catch the ladybugs that seemed to have landed on every other blade of grass or plant leaf.

We weren't sophisticated about our storage method. For many of us, a metal lunch box, with holes punched for air, sufficed. We usually tried to mimic the ladybugs habitat by throwing some grass and clover into the lunch box.

We didn't keep the insects long in our catch-and-release program. Mainly that was because we didn't want the insects to die. I think it was also because our teachers looked askance at students bringing little flocks of insects into their classroom. I seem to recall at least one disaster where a couple dozen ladybugs were accidentally set loose in the classroom. Nonetheless, my nostalgia for this activity the heat of the sun and the smell of warm glass as we hunted for the shiny red and black polka-dot treasures remains.

You can capture the springtime fun represented by ladybugs via a "ladybug party."

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Up-coming -MONKEY PARTIES by Sarah Torribio


Penelope's Puppet Bubbles with Nephew, Nathan
Please visit 1 World Music and Puppets, I know you
are going to love these puppets as I do.

Guardians of the Earth © 2010. All rights reserved

Penelope with camera
New Release, by eco-photographer,
Penelope Torribio
Take Ten, ten minute relaxation DVD for
infants through lower elementary and adults.

 

Relaxation DVd, Take 10, ten minutes of beautiful photos and music,d

Bugs and Those Who Love Them
Flowers and Those Who Love The Water Birds and Those Who Love Them Oceans and Those Who Love Them
Oceans and Those Who Love them. Visit our store.

These DVD's are perfect for a short rest while experiencing
the beauty of nature.  Pre-schools, after-school programs, H
home and adults will enjoy this  restful break with
nature too!

 

 

Author, Penelope Torribio, has been called the Mark Twain of the Bug World for her reflections in

Einstein in My Garden,

Photos and Reflections on Bugs

 

Einstein in My Garden Book Cover

Great for older elementary, ESL and challenged learner.

How can we live with bugs?

. Book and CD with Penelope reading her reflections.
When you finished you will move bugs up
the chain in importance to the health
of our world.



Penelope is an award-winning photographer,
who likes to photograph BUGS.

Ladybug in hand

 

Bugs are one of the most important elements for life on this planet.  Penelope's photo display and bug presentation helps to raise awareness of our need to recognize and protect these essential beings.

 

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Penelope Torribio
695 E. Kingsley Avenue
Pomona, CA 91767

(909) 868-0995

 

Below is a video sample of "Bugs and Those Who Love Them," a relaxation DVD sold in the
Guardians of the Earth Store

 


 

Penelope Torribio
(909) 868-0995
penelope1world@mac.com

 

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Photos by Penelope Torribio
CD Cover, The Rain is Coming, by Suzanne Ross
all other covers by Penelope Torribio


 

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