ForeverCircleLand E-Book

George Hohbach

• Herausgeber: Books on Demand
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 66

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

Get to know the eco-intelligent and climate-smart Circular Economy concept in this children’s book based on an exciting, magical adventure story. Plus, the sheet music of the novel’s title song and an extra section with background information for parents and educators. THE MAGICAL ADVENTURE STORY: While preparing for his upcoming magical Master’s Exam, apprentice Max loses all his magical knowledge. Trying to get it back turns into a most dangerous race against time. Yet, to his surprise, Max not only meets new magical friends -including the beautiful Flower Fairy Circula - but he also discovers the amazing power of Nature’s circular premise, that can create positive effects for people and the environment. At the last minute, Max regains his hope that he might be able to pass his Master’s Exam after all. IN PART 2 OF THE BOOK for parents and educators, learn about the Circular Economy that aims at getting all parties of human society on an eco-intelligent and climate-smart path which creates a prosperous future for all.

Leseprobe

“If there is anything from which we can learn, it’s absolutely nature; because nature, it’s the biggest and the best circular economy (…) We belong to (…) nature. And that’s why we have to behave like we are part of (…) nature (…) Environment and economy are two sides of the same coin.” Janez Potočnik (New environmentalism and the circular economy: Janez Potočnik at TEDxFlanders, 04.04.2014)

Contents

PART 1

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OREVER

C

IRCLE

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THE TITLE SONG

PART 2

FOR PARENTS & EDUCATORS THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY (CE)

Once upon a time, when humans on planet Earth still believed that flower fairies, dwarves and giants existed, a young boy called Max lived in a wonderful, magical land called ForeverCircleLand, far away from his family and hometown. This beautiful, sparkling land was named in such a way because its inhabitants knew, that in nature everything happened in circles. For instance, water fell on their land as rain, where it collected and then, under the influence of the sun, evaporated back into the atmosphere, becoming clouds in the sky and falling down once more as rain. This was also true for the change of night to day and back again, and for any other circle, including the Circle of Life. Every circle differed in its own way from its predecessor and brought up something new. However, whichever way one looks at it, a circle remains a circle, and this will be forever true.

In ForeverCircleLand, Max was studying under the auspices of the Great Magician Libertus Harmony. Performing magic was Max’s greatest joy, and, according to his Master, he was a very talented apprentice and student of the magic arts.

To be able to perform magic really well required a comprehensive knowledge of magic words, charms and spells, in order to bring something into existence by Magic Will, and then, to make it go away again or to undo the spell. This is how Max thought of magic. Max knew all the words and charms by heart. What he really enjoyed most though, were the extraordinary magic tricks that he invented himself. On very hot summer days, Max took great pleasure in turning a matchstick into an elephant, who then cooled him off with the fresh water he blew out of his trunk.

The water tasted like strawberries, and when Max was refreshed, he allowed himself to lie in the sun. Everywhere the strawberry water touched the soil, little strawberry plants began to grow, providing large, luscious fruits. By this time, the elephant had changed into a little mouse who began to collect the strawberries and serve them to Max. As the mouse did this, she tickled Max behind his ears with her long whiskers, which made him shake with laughter.

Every time a magic spell was performed correctly in ForeverCircleLand, a wonderful sound emerged, sometimes even a melody. Should such a magic sound ever be heard in disharmony, it meant the magic spell was incorrect, and needed to be practiced again and again for as long as it took to make the right sound. This is how the magicians in ForeverCircleLand avoided producing things that did not bring joy. Yet it was not always easy to detect wrong sounds or to recognize them at all; to do so required a lot of practice.

Within two years Max had acquired all the knowledge and skills a true magician needed to know, but following an old custom, he took one more year to perfect his talents.

One day he asked his Master if he could now take his Magical Master’s Exam, since there was nothing left for him to learn, or so he thought!

“Well, well,’’ said Master Libertus Harmony. After looking into Max’s eyes for a long time, he spoke: “There are no objections against you taking the exam. You are a brilliant student, perfectly capable of all magic tricks. But I have to warn you, the exam, though it will be most simple, will also not be easy, and those who fail lose all their magic powers.”

“Will it be that difficult?” Max asked, as his stomach began to rumble with nerves.

“Of course, it will,” was his Master’s meaningful reply. “Your Master Exam might be based on, let’s say, the task of turning a golden frog into a golden chicken using your magic wisdom.”

Max couldn’t believe what he had just heard! This was straight forward, one way magic, changing one object straight into another one, like speeding down a one way street. Nothing simpler than that.

Turning a frog into a chicken was also the easiest magic trick he could think of! For sure, Master Libertus Harmony had been joking when he said that the exam was not going to be easy. So, Max laughed.

“Well then,” said Master Libertus Harmony, “are you willing to take this dangerous and challenging exam?”

“Absolutely,” Max nodded, feeling cheerful. “No problem. I’m ready any time.”

“So be it,” replied Master Libertus Harmony. Once again, he looked deeply into Max’s eyes. “But before I administer the exam, I must leave to attend the meeting of the Great Magicians which takes place every four years. I will return at the beginning of next month, and you will sit your exam then.”

“Great,” said Max. “That will give me quite enough time to completely prepare for the exam.”

But, secretly in his mind, Max decided he would kill time goofing off until his Master returned, as the exam was just too simple and super easy. Ample time for him to chillax in the hammock in front of the brightly colored magic mansion of his master. Especially as the hammock was attached to the branches of the most gorgeous cherry tree in the middle of the garden.

So as soon as Master Libertus Harmony had left on his flying carpet, Max made himself comfortable in his hammock and dreamt the days away. He pictured himself as a Great Magician performing the most impressive magic wonders. Soon he would be famous and known worldwide.

However, after a while, doing nothing became too boring for Max, and he decided to indulge in his favourite pastime: juggling with his wisdom. Max imagined most of his wisdom as three little colorful balls that he called “wisdom spheres” or “wisdom wonder circles”. To make them become visible, he recited one of his magic spells, and then he performed little juggling tricks with these symbols of his wisdom.

But handling just three wisdom spheres also became too boring for Max. Since he had some wisdom left, he decided to create a fourth and a fifth wisdom circle, but when Max began to say the appropriate spell to make his wish come true, a somewhat distorted magic sound came to his ears. Considering how unimportant his spell was, he thought he must be mistaken, and that, in reality, the sound was just as beautiful as always, so he finished saying the magic spell. After that, all his wisdom was transformed into colorful balls. Never before had he converted ALL his wisdom into circles, and never before had he handled five wisdom wonder circles at the same time! It was great fun, and he surprised himself with the way he handled so many circles so gracefully. However, concentrating on so many flying objects soon made Max very dizzy, and his eyes began to shimmer.

He decided he wanted to stop juggling, but he didn’t know how. When juggling with three wisdom wonder circles, Max knew in which order he had to catch each single circle in his hands to stop juggling. But when it came to five wisdom circles, his hands weren’t big enough.

“What on earth am I supposed to do now?” Max asked himself as he lost control over all the balls at once.

They slipped out of his hands and scattered all over the place, which when performing juggling acts, can happen very easily.

“What a dumb accident!” Max cried.