May 2018 – weecnetwork

In Luino – Lake Maggiore (Italy) the Earth Prize 2018

24 May 2018/0 Comments/in Press/by WEEC Network

The First edition of the Earth Prize is promoted by the Permanent secretariat of the World Environmental Education Congress Network (WEEC Network) and the City of Luino (Italy). The Prize is organised for recognition to people and organizations having contributed with their ideas, actions or innovations to change collective behavior to more sustainable lifestyles, through best practices, literary and popular works, films and television broadcasts, landscape projects, communication campaigns, studies and research which improved environmental education along all ages of life.

The Award has an international dimension through the WEEC network and its biennial conferences (World Environmental Education Congresses).

The Earth Prize ceremony was held on June 23 and 24, in Luino, a prestigious italian location on the Lake Maggiore. The activities have seen the participation of community organizations and local State schools that presented their works towards environment.
For more information visit the official website

Among the winners of this edition: the Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE), a global network which aims to empower young people to take a stand on environmental issues by which they feel strongly attracted. The global network also provides them a platform to express these issues through the media of writing, photography or video.
To see more about YRE visit the official website

Australia, call for contributions AAEE conference 2018

7 May 2018/1 Comment/in News/by WEEC Network

The Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) and the 2018 AAEE Conference Organising Group invite you in Australia, to the Gold Coast, between 21-25 October 2018 for the 20th Biennial Conference and 3rd Research Symposium. The Call for Contributions is open here.
The Conference theme of Creating Capacity for Change builds on AAEE’s strong tradition of sharing the latest in environmental education theory, policy and practice to support excellent environmental and sustainability education and build capacity for change in children, young people and adults.
The Conference will discuss the ways in which environmental and sustainability educators can respond to the environmental, social and political challenges and how to build – in ourselves and in others – the capacity for change.
With an already strong base of environmental and sustainability education participants, this conference continues to share and build knowledge and capacity through a multi-disciplinary, multi- sector approach that encourages and enables a diversity of insights and practices from different sectors to be shared and discussed. The aim is also to promote the key role played by environmental and sustainability education in developing and empowering individuals, communities and societies.

The Conference program, which includes social activities such as the welcome reception and conference dinner, will provide an ideal opportunity to network with colleagues, old and new.
«We invite you to join us on this journey of learning, sharing, collaborating and showcasing the best that environmental and sustainability education has to offer» say Jo Ferreira and Cam Mackenzie, Conference Co-Convenors and organisers of the 8WEEC congress in 2011.

Sustainable practices in 30 Islamic finance institutions

7 May 2018/1 Comment/in News/by WEEC Network

The Responsible Finance & Investment Summit 2018 concluded with the release by the RFI Foundation of a report about Islamic financial institutions’ perceptions and actions on their environmental and social impacts. «The report includes a detailed survey of over 30 Islamic financial institutions’ sustainable finance practices – says Blake Goud, CEO, RFI Foundation – The survey finds growing awareness that Islamic finance has an ethical mandate to address social and environmental impacts linked to the activities they finance. The results of a survey, coupled with an examination of more than 30 case studies from Islamic finance and within Muslim majority countries finds that key challenges on implementation, building internal and external stakeholder awareness about the financial impact of environmental and social issues, and highlight the need for greater capacity building within the Islamic finance ecosystem».

The survey results are incorporated into some recommendations and conclusions including:
– Development well-structured strategies and enhanced policies for environmental and social issues within Islamic financial institutions including incentive programs tied to social and environmental outcomes;
– Greater consideration of how awqaf (perpetual endowments) can be mobilized in support of sustainable infrastructure, education, healthcare, food security, renewable energy, and water management, among others
– Training employees and management in Islamic financial institutions to enhance their focus on environmental and social issues in their business decision-making process, including a more proactive role for Shari’ah scholars on sustainable business practices.

Quebec coalition for environmental education and ecocitizenship

7 May 2018/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

The Coalition Education – Environment – Ecocitizenship is a group of organizations and individuals mobilized to stimulate the institutionalization and the full deployment of an environmental and eco-citizenship education in the Quebec society, both in communities formal education than in non-formal educational contexts.
This strategy is the result of the work of a collective of actors from 57 institutions and organizations of our educational society, aware of the need to vigorously promote the role of environmental education and eco-citizenship in Quebec.
The Coalition was structured within the framework of the work of a partnership platform set up by the research center in education and training related to the environment and eco-citizenship of UQAM. In order to contribute to the vast socio-ecological transformation that is required in our society, the Coalition pursues a twofold mission:
– Promote the advancement of environmental education and eco-citizenship in Quebec by bringing together the actors of the various sectors concerned and by democratically developing a concerted action to this end.
– Promoting the adoption and implementation of a Québec Environmental Education Strategy in the public space and with the various decision-making bodies in the fields of education, the environment and associated fields and eco-citizenship, which is reflected in public policy elements, accompanied by structuring action plans.

Given the collective and political nature of the mission, objectives and actions of the Coalition, the following principles must be respected:
– Adopt a democratic, coherent and concerted mode of operation; in this sense, any initiative taken on behalf of the Coalition should be shared, discussed and validated by the Coordination Committee before being carried out;
– Recognize and respect the right of dissent or reserve for certain actions or speeches that will not result in consensus; each initiative of the Coalition will result in a consultation of members to this effect;
– When speaking publicly on behalf of the Coalition, ensure that the statements in the Strategy are properly expressed, and that the Coalition’s approach is not partisan.

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In Luino – Lake Maggiore (Italy) the Earth Prize 2018

Australia, call for contributions AAEE conference 2018

Sustainable practices in 30 Islamic finance institutions

Quebec coalition for environmental education and ecocitizenship

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