| Informing, educating
7 December 2009
- Regional Activities
- Latin America
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7 December 2009
- Regional Activities
- Latin America
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Regional Activities -
Latin America -
Earth
, 7 December 2009
This booklet (pdf) brings up the question of biodiversity. Beyond proposing ways to respect all species of life and to understand the threats they face, this text encourages debate about the possibilities of saving species at risk of extinction, and about the relationship between biodiversity and global (...) | |
Regional Activities -
Latin America -
Fire
, 7 December 2009
For human societies, fire brings energy to fuel our lives, amplify our strength and our work, and to facilitate our transportation. The booklet about fire (pdf) gives explanations about sources, production and uses of energy, about transportation and its environmental impacts over the centuries, as well as offers tips on how to address the problems associated to global climate (...) | |
An online game (requires flash plugin) where "you are president of the European Nations. You must tackle climate change and stay popular enough with the voters to remain in office". The educational goal is "to give an understanding of some of the causes of climate change, particularly those related to carbon dioxide emissions, to give players an awareness of some of the policy options (...) | |
Nina Gregg and Rachel Trajber took part in the November 2007 annual conference of the North American Association of Environmental Educators. The conference, which was attended by more than a thousand teachers, advocates and policy makers, offered workshops, presentations, demonstrations, scholarly papers, roundtables and strategy sessions.
Nina and Rachel led a workshop on “Using the Charter (...) | |
Objectives and Approach for 2008-2009
Our approach is based on underscoring the value of the Charter as an awareness-raising tool with a view to changing mentalities and behavior. The first aim is to give rise to socially responsible commitment within social and professional groups and commitment to action at an everyday level.
The European team works closely with Polis - International (...) | |
This document gives an account of the unique and successful experience of the Second National Children and Youth Conference for the Environment held by the Ministries of Education and Environment.
We present here a detailed methodological account, the outcomes and evaluation of this process, which mobilised more than 4 million people across the whole of Brazil.
The results are organised (...) | |
Educating Youth on environment | |
Ten social development workers from OTRADEV met in September 3, 2005, to discuss the Charter of Human Responsibility. A print-out of the Charter was distributed to the group. The group reflected on the relevance of the Charter with their experience as social development workers. Then the group viewed a second time the video-documentary on how the Iraya Mangyans exercised responsibilities (...) | |
Rights and responsibilities, Life Experience - Each of us has an experience that changed our lives forever. | |
Folders, tapes, workshops, public conferences...
Download the Charter document in Wolof, and listen to the Charter song in wolof! | |
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