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6° WEEC – Brisbane 2011

26 July 2011/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

Quasi ottocento i delegati di oltre cinquanta Paesi che hanno preso parte ai lavori del congresso, che aveva come titolo “Explore, Experience, Educate”, con un focus particolare sul ruolo dell’educazione ambientale nelle scelte relative al cambiamento climatico nelle prime due giornate e sul coinvolgimento dei giovani nella terza.

I temi del congresso in Australia

Tra i temi del sesto WEEC svoltosi a Brisbane, è emerso soprattutto quello del clima. Come educare alla mitigazione degli impatti e all’adattamento di fronte ai cambiamenti climatici in corso? Come rafforzare la resilienza delle comunità di fronte alle gravi conseguenze del riscaldamento globale?
Altri temi trattati sono stati la partecipazione dei giovani, la varietà dei contesti, il partenariato e le reti (parole “calde” ricorrenti in molti interventi), il ruolo cui sono chiamate le università, la necessità di accrescere l’attenzione dei decisori pubblici nei confronti dell’educazione ambientale.

Una prima occasione per richiamare il potere politico e le istituzioni a un maggiore impegno a favore dell’educazione ambientale potrà essere il summit intergovernativo del 2012, che si terrà a Rio de Janeiro a venti anni dal grande Earth Summit del 1992.

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Visita il sito del 6° WEEC www.weec2011.org

2011 meeting in Brisbane

2 February 2011/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

We asked Jo-Anne Ferreira, co-chairman of the organizing committee of the Conference, what is the most urgent environmental issue in the Pacific region.

«Certainly the most urgent issue is climate change, in fact it will be one of the central themes of the WEEC, and it will be discussed in every main session – she highlighted -. We will talk about climate change science, about the impacts on the Asian-Pacific communities and about the future of young generations; we will also discuss of what these aspects mean for environmental educators».

The organizing committee has chosen to use social networks to promote the Conference in order to increase the involvement of the participants. «We hope that some of these websites will be used by people to create a pre-congress debate who will start thinking about issues which could be developed both during and after the meeting in Brisbane», Ferreira says.

WEEC’s Permanent Secretariat is based in Turin at the Institute for Environment and Education Scholé Futuro Onlus, which is at the moment organizing the Italian delegation that will participate in the Conference. The Secretariat will prepare a travel package including flight (departing from Milan or Rome) and overnight stay (hotel or university campus, located near the convention center).
Everyone who is interested in joining the delegation should contact the Institute by telephoning at +39 011 4366522 or by sending an email to secretariat@environmental-education.org.

We look forward to hearing from you!

.eco, l’educazione sostenibile, n. 1 January 2011

MED Action Day 2010

30 December 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

This legacy is seriously threatened by climate changes and the spreading of non-native invasive species. “The damage caused by non-native invasive species adds up to 1,4 billions every year, 5% of the world economy, with consequences on a wide range of economical activities such as agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, transport, trade and energy production”. These alarming data, very similar to the percentage of damage caused by global warming, has been illustrated in the recent report published by GISP, Global Invasive Species Programme, sponsored by the World Bank: “Invasive species, climate change and ecosystem based adaptation: addressing multiple drivers of global change”.

The report underlines that the combined effect of climate change and invasive species can be devastating non just for the environment, but also for the economy, since it costs countries 10% of their gross domestic product.

What are the possible solutions?

In October 2010 Gisp invited the Cop 10 delegates that were gathered in Nagoya, Japan, to take seriously into account the effect of the combined action of climate change and the spreading of invasive species in order to preserve the Earth biodiversity as well as the natural resources that are needed for our survival.

Moreover, we need to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. Biodiversity itself can mitigate the negative effects of climate change. The June 2007 issue of Nature 2000 reports that: “By preserving healthy and lively ecosystems it is possible to keep down the emissions of greenhouse gases because forests, peat bogs and other habitats can absorb CO2 and act as proper natural “carbon sinks”. Moreover, well-preserved ecosystems can reduce the negative effect of extreme weather conditions that, according to the forecasts, will continue to worsen because of the increase of the Planet’s temperature”.

Educação ambiental nas aulas de ciências, Marcos Reigota

25 November 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

In his first article (meu primeiro artigo) (1984), Marcos Reigota tells about his initiatic experience as Science teacher with children attending two primary schools located in two different areas of the metropolis of São Paulo, Brazil. The first area is affected by a growing industrialization and the problem of pollution becomes matter of discussion among the pupils; the second area is marked by the tertiary sector and is occupied by a favela (shanty town), where most of the children attending the second school live. In the lessons, the concept “think global-act local” is used to stimulate children to be aware of and concerned about global environmental problems as well as about the problems which affect their daily life.

To read the article clik here

Friluftsliv and the Postmodern Mood, Bob Jickling

17 November 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

The promise of friluftsliv, it seems, is access to a sensuous world, and through this, access to home, an oikos. Yet while an outdoor life may be necessarily a part of that access it may not, by it self, be sufficient to appreciate the “spell of the sensuous” (Abram, 1996). What may be required is a more profound disruption of one’s ontological positioning. This paper relives a series of ontological experiments. The methodology is a form of lyric philosophy that seeks to engage the reader/observer with these experiments.
In the spirit of open creativity—written and artistic—I remain eager to revise the work through a continuation of these experiments. Thus I propose to make a small number of additional images that arise from spontaneous experiences during the walk and my attempts to develop these pictures in the field. Thus, I propose that a discussion of my paper and further art making would be integrated into a kind of walking workshop.

To read the article click here

The 5th World Environmental Education Congress, 2009: A Research Project

15 November 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

Bob Jickling, Lakehead University; Lucie Sauvé, Université du Québec à Montréal; LaurenceBrière, Université du Québec à Montréal; Blair Niblett, Lakehead University; Emily Root, Lakehead University, Canada

This paper contextualizes the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the Congress theme, “Earth our Common Home,” and relates this theorizing to the research project that was woven through the Congress. The rationale for this research project was to invite Congress participants to have a say in co-constructing an image of environmental education and a vision for its shared future. The results of the study describe an ever-changing and increasingly complex field. They also suggest converging and diverging pluralities, which can provide critical traction for practitioners who wish to critically reflect on ongoing developments in environmental education.

Per leggere l’articolo clicca qui

5°WEEC – Montreal 2009

9 July 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

Comitato organizzatore: UQAM – Université du Québec à Montréal, Lakehead University, Ontario, Association québécoise pour la promotion de l’éducation relative à l’environnement (AQPERE), Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM).

“La Terra, nostra casa comune”, ha rappresentato il tema centrale del congresso: il pianeta terra è la casa che condividiamo con tutte le altre specie viventi.

Questi i temi trattati nelle relative sessioni tematiche:

· Relazioni tra ecologia ed economia: la questione della sostenibilità

· Questioni di equità nei problemi socio-ecologici

· Salute ambientale

· Sfide urbane

· “Ecologizzare” le università

· Scuola e comunità

· Apprendere nella società

· Interpretazione del patrimonio

· Conoscenze e pratiche indigene

· Etica, pensiero ambientale e visioni del mondo

· Arte: immaginazione, creatività e significato

· Identità ecologica

Per consultare il programma e gli obiettivi del congresso clicca qui

Per approfondire i temi trattati durante il congresso è possibile scaricare il contributo di Bob Jickling, The 5th World Environmental Education Congress, 2009: A Research Project

Oppure visita il sito del 5° weec all’indirizzo: www.5weec.org

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European Days of Environmental Education

19 April 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

They took place in Bergamo on the 25th and 26th of September 2014, the Pan-European days of environmental education and sustainability.
The first edition was held in Lyon (France) on the 4th March 2013 (http://www.assises-eedd.org/journee-europeenne). Participation was free and opened to all public and private actors that work for formal education, non-formal and informal learning. The days were preceded, on the 24th, by a national Italian meeting in conclusion of the first phase of construction of an Italian network for environmental education.

For more information visit www.europe.environmental-education.org

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19 April 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network


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7th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability

19 April 2010/0 Comments/in News/by WEEC Network

The Sustainability Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. The Conference was held at the University of Technology, Mauritius in 2009, Universitiy Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala, Terengganu, Malaysia in 2008; University of Madras, Chennai, India in 2007; Hanoi and Ha Long Bay, Vietnam in 2006; and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Island of Oahu, Hawai’I, USA in 2005.

The Conference is divided into loosely grouped streams, approximating perspectives, knowledge-bases, professional practices or disciplines. As much as possible, we try to program parallel sessions relating to each stream into the same room. This means that it would be possible, if one wished, to follow the same stream for the entire Conference. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues.

You will be asked to select one or more streams when you submit a presentation proposal. If you select more than one stream or ‘other’, the Conference organisers will choose a stream based on a reading of your title and abstract, or one which seems to fit best with other presentation proposals that have been submitted.

Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability Conference Streams

Environmental Sustainability
Cultural Sustainability
Economic Sustainability
Social Sustainability
Other

For info:
http://onsustainability.com/Conference-2011/

6° WEEC – Brisbane 2011

2011 meeting in Brisbane

MED Action Day 2010

Educação ambiental nas aulas de ciências, Marcos Reigota

Friluftsliv and the Postmodern Mood, Bob Jickling

The 5th World Environmental Education Congress, 2009: A Research Project

5°WEEC – Montreal 2009

European Days of Environmental Education

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7th International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability

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