May 27, 1999:
Ukraine Joins the GLOBE Program!
On May 27, 1999, Ukraine became the 83rd GLOBE country. Ukrainian Head of the Department of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education, Mr. Dmytro O. Bechev, and United States Ambassador Steven Pifer signed the GLOBE agreement at a special ceremony in Slavutych, Ukraine.U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary T.J. Glauthier read a special e-mail message to the students of Slavutych, Ukraine, from Vice President Al Gore welcoming them to the GLOBE Program. "By collecting GLOBE data, the students and teachers of Slavutych will have unique and valuable information to share with countries worldwide, and will build an understanding of the ecosystems, lifestyles, and cultures of other nations," Vice President Gore wrote. "Ultimately they will learn a powerful lesson: that the Earth is a system and that what happens in one part of the world can have important effects elsewhere."
At the ceremony,Ambassador Pifer said, "Through support from the Peace Corps' Mission in Ukraine and the U.S. Department of Energy, schools such as those in Slavutych will soon be able to join other students and teachers around the world in learning about and improving the environment. As part of the GLOBE Program, students from kindergarten to high school will help scientists by regularly taking environmental measurements of the soil, air, and water and publishing their data via the Internet on the World Wide Web."
GLOBE welcomes the students and teachers of Ukraine!