June 2013 – weecnetwork

At the end of the closing ceremony of the 7th WEEC (World Environmental Education Congress), held from 9 to 14 June 2013 in Marrakech (Morocco), an Appeal was launched to emphasise the role of environmental education and the need to activate more and more political and economic tools in this sector.
The appeal was drawn up by a selection of the more than 1,800 delegates who attended the 2013 WEEC edition (year of the 10^th anniversary), which was organized by the Permanent Secretariat of the WEEC Network (chaired by Mario Salomone) in collaboration with the Mohammed VI Foundation for the Environment, the local organizing Committee.
A comprehensive document assessing the congress and the recommendations will soon be available.
To read the complete text of the Appeal, click here

Co-organised by the Foundation Mohammed VI for the protection of the environment and the Permanent Secretariat of the WEEC Network, it was supported by international institutions, such as UNESCO, UNEP, ISESCO, the Federation for the Environmental Education (FEE), whose highest delegates came to participate in the Congress’ works.

Structured in plenary sessions and thematic niches, the Congress’ works analysed all the different aspects of the Environmental Education, showing how this is the key to abandon a development model which is at the end of its rope!

Congress theme: Environmental Education in Cities and Rural Areas: Seeking Greater Harmony

The Congress topics
– Promoting Environmental Education and Networking
– Intercultural dialogues
– Social Movements and building ecological societies
– Communications and the impact of social media
– Ecological economics and green economies
– Ethics, ecophilosophy, human-nature relationships
– Greening education
– Creative impulses
– Pedagogy and learning
– Research in environmental education
– Risk, health, and environment