For abstract theme and other guidelines enquiries, visit www.weec2024.org
10 Year Anniversary Evaluation 2013 – 2022
Speaking 4 the Planet is an Arts-based competition for young people. It invites participants to express themselves and their ideas about a sustainable world through the following modes:
• Speaking (prepared and impromptu)
• Drama (impromptu)
• Art (prepared and impromptu)
• Writing (prepared and impromptu)
• Video
• Memes
• Performance poetry
• Song
Originating in 2013 at The Jannali High School in Sydney, Australia, as an initiative for high school students, S4P has evolved to include primary schools (Kids 4 the Planet), universities and adults (Adults 4 Planet A). Ten years after its birth, these elements emerge:
Schools/Youth
Teachers
Communities
Future
Speaking 4 the Planet will continue to be available for use as an education initiative highly effective in raising awareness, improving pedagogy, inspiring action, building networks, and influencing individual choices and broader policies.
S4P will continue to evolve and adapt to need and interest. In the near future, S4P will include these elements:
• Competitions for university students
• Global competitions
• Competitions for adults and community organisations
If you are interested in finding out how you can adapt the S4P initiative for your audience and purpose, please contact Phil on phil@speaking4theplanet.org.au
Please find links to two videos done by 7yr old students to support the use of a WED theme and SDG 4 in the conduct of sustainability and arts competitions in Sydney:
Fresh ideas for saving our seas
Do you have an innovative idea about how to protect marine life? Or tackle marine debris? Or help coastal communities adapt to the effects of climate change? GEEP is excited to announce its 2023 Youth Innovation Challenge: Saving Our Seas! In partnership with the Taiwan Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA), this year’s challenge provides an opportunity for young people ages 15–30 around the world to share their innovative solutions to protect marine resources and support people of all ages to be engaged stewards for marine conservation. We’re looking for solutions that are innovative, feasible, and informed by research. Winning solutions will receive global recognition and a $1,000 USD prize!
Have a great idea? Follow the steps at this link
NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) and partners develop programs to advance E-STEM (Environment, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math), the integration of environmental education into STEM learning for youth.
The Pratt & Whitney E-STEM Awards support promising E-STEM programs across the globe to build environmental literacy, STEM skills, and pathways to environmental careers through two funding opportunities: E-STEM Prizes and E-STEM Grants. E-STEM Prizes recognize excellence in established programs and E-STEM Grants support and enhance new programs.
They are particularly looking to support applicant organizations that engage students (ages 11–22) in taking action on climate change solutions, sustainable energy, and/or sustainable aviation; work with underrepresented audiences in STEM; and use partnerships to boost their impact.
Click here to read and learn more about the funding opportunities for the Prizes and Grants .
Every month, several thousand people visit the «Éducation relative à l’environnement» journal website. These include researchers, students, community members and committed citizens, who keep abreast of the latest research and reflective practices in the field of environmental education. The magazine is free access, free of advertising and totally independent. It is free from any commercial or political influence. Its only current support is a grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture.
We are convinced that the degradation of our environments is one of the major challenges of this century. Environmental education plays a major role, by raising awareness of our relationship with the world and the spaces around us. Their integrity must be preserved. It is the driving force behind awareness and change on an individual, collective and even political scale.
To ensure the continued existence of the journal Éducation relative à l’environnement and the dissemination of French-language research in this fast-developing field, we need your help. Despite 25 years of recognition for its quality, the magazine is going through a difficult period and is in danger of disappearing.
Due to the many demands of today’s online scientific publishing world, editing work has taken on greater scope and requires greater commitment.
If ever there was a time to support this publication, it’s now.
Every contribution, large or small, secures its future. Even with just $10 Canadian, you can help ensure the continued production and distribution of Éducation relative à l’environnement Journal. It only takes a minute.
support the journal: https://fondation.uqam.ca/uqam-1/vos-idees-pour-luqam/education-relative-a-lenvironnement-revue-315
The Zayed Sustainability Prize has launched the new Climate Action category to address the need for bold & urgent climate action.
Nominate an organisation working to build climate resilience or develop environmental solutions today and help us build a cleaner planet.
Submissions are open until 23 May 2023 5:00PM EST.
The category recognises small and medium sized enterprises and nonprofit organisations that have demonstrated impact in the following areas:
Individuals can nominate their organisation or another eligible entity for this category.
Organisations must also demonstrate a clear vision and long-term plan to further deploy their solution and scale up their impact, as well as inspiring others to follow suit by advancing sustainable and human development.
The Zayed Sustainability Prize recognises nonprofit organisations (NPOs), small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and high schools for their impactful, innovative and inspiring sustainable solutions across the categories of Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action and Global High Schools. Over the past 15 years, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has awarded 106 winners who have positively impacted the lives of over 378 million people around the world.
The WEEC Permanent Secretariat and the Local Organizing Committee welcome the submission of original contributions to be presented at the 12th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC).
The call for abstract submission is open to present works, researches and activities in the field of environmental education.
Abstracts may only be submitted via the online system here
You can submit Abstracts in four languages: English, Arab, French and Spanish. Participation in the congress can be declined in various formats: oral presentation, e-poster, round table, etc. In this way we want to give everyone the opportunity to express themselves in the way they deem most appropriate to present their initiatives.
The WEEC congress is attended by teachers, researchers, associations, students, activists and all kinds of scholars and experts in the field of environmental education.
Submit your proposal today and don’t miss the chance to meet other experts from all over the world.
12WEEC awaits you in Abu Dhabi!
The Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL), working in partnership with UNESCO, organises a major international conference focused on research related to Global Education and Learning, the event theme is ‘Global Education & Learning for a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World’. It will be held on the 19th and 20th June at UNESCO House in Paris, France. Bringing together academics, researchers, policymakers and practitioners, the event aims to build the profile of, and showcase important developments in Global Education & Learning, and the related educational approaches of Education for Sustainability, and Global Citizenship.
Those who are interested in presenting, or in running focused sessions at the conference will need to submit proposals by the 17 February.
The global education conference will feature keynote presentations in French and English, and will be free to attend. Papers and presentations will cover all sectors of education, focusing on empirical based research, theoretical reflections or contributions on history or meta-analysis. Activities that promote and enrich connections between researchers, policymakers, and civil society organisations will also be prioritised, especially those which capitalise on the rare opportunity to gather face-to-face.
“There is increased interest by learners of all ages in global and sustainability issues, as evidenced by the steady increase in the volume of publications in these fields,” says ANGEL project Chair Professor Douglas Bourn. “This international conference is a major opportunity to showcase current research and identify themes that could influence policymakers and put global and sustainability themes at the heart of education programmes around the world.”
Read more here
Here is a call for papers for the International Colloquium on the Outside Class which will be organized in Poitiers from 31 May to 3 June 2023.
The papers that can be presented in this call will be selected according to three thematic areas of intervention:
– Outdoor Learning: state of the art
– Learning territory: school form, cohabitation with the environment and citizens issues
– The outdoor learning thorough the lens od the commons
Each thematic axis will be organized around conferences/round tables/dedicated devices open to all audiences (academic and non-academic). Paper proposals (title and abstract of 1500 characters, spaces included) are expected by 15 December 2022 at the latest, accompanied by your surnames, first names, affiliations, email address and three to five keywords.
The main language of the symposium will be French, but proposals are also accepted in English or any other language, if the organizing committee is informed sufficiently in advance and accepts.
Each proposal will be made anonymous and double-blind reviewed by the members of the scientific committee.
On the site you will find the different translations of the AAC (Italian, Arabic and Chinese) as well as information on the event.
Contact the conference leaders directly: antoine.h@fabpeda.org and michael.r@fabpeda.org
The Earth Prize is an annual $200,000 environmental sustainability competition for students around the world between the ages of 13 and 19 that rewards the teams whose projects and ideas have the most potential to address environmental issues.
As part of the competition, participants have access to mentorship by university students from top universities and exclusive learning content covering key environmental sustainability concepts and featuring young environmental change-makers from around the world.
Through The Earth Prize competition, students are inspired, educated, mentored and empowered to solve environmental sustainability problems.
The winning team will receive a prize of $100,000, to be split in half between the team and their school. Three runner-up schools will be awarded $25,000. The Earth Prize will also recognize three Mentors, who will receive $5,000 each, and an Educator who will receive $10,000.
Students and teachers can register on The Earth Prize website until November 30th.
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