Entries by weec

MedArtSal, sustainable management of artisanal salinas in the Mediterranean

The eight partners of the project MedArtSal – sustainable management model for Mediterranean Artisanal Salinas are gathering in Rome on 18 January for the kick off meeting of this initiative funded by the European Programme ENI CBC MED 2014-2020 with a total budget of € 3.2 million and an EU contribution of € 2.9 million (90%).

African youth against climate change, a new hub is born

The African Youth Climate Hub will offer young Africans the opportunity to establish and foster a generational movement to fight climate change. The Hub will educate, inspire, empower and mobilize young people to create lasting change in their schools, communities and professional ecosystems, at all levels.

Daughters of the Forest, documentary film

Saving the forest one girl at a time.
This film is about the girls attending the Centro Educativo Mbaracayu, a boarding school located at the Mbaracayu Forest Private Reserve in Paraguay.

Week-long Training courses on ESD

MEdIES offers three courses on 3 topics: Marine Litter Education, Animation in Education, Education for Alternative Water Resources . All courses are eligible for an EU ERASMUS+ KA1 grant to support the trainees’ participation coming from the EU.
The interested trainees can apply for an ERASMUS KA101 grant (School Education Mobility) , or ERASMUS KA104 grant (Adult Education) to support their participation.
MEdIE is providing to applicants full support in writing the proposal to Erasmus KA1.

China: Gunter Pauli named one of the Nation’s best science teachers

Gunter Pauli is one of the 10 best science teachers of China, announced The Xinhua News Agency. Over the past 7 years he taught 35,000 teachers and he spoke to more than 300,000 students. These model  classes have become so popular that the Government decided that within a decade these classes will have been presented in each and every province by Gunter Pauli in person».

Empowers successful clean-up in “the hinge of Africa”

The plastic waste movement is expanding. Read on to know how a clean-up with Discovery Networks Norway contributed to the clean-up with the local partner ICENECDEV organized to reduce marine litter and raise awareness in the coastal village of West Cameroon

World EE Day, Report 2019

The second edition of the World Environmental Education Day took place from 14 to 26 October 2019, The Weec Network invited all the stakeholders of the environmental education to join the World Environmental Education Day organising special events to highlight the importance of environmental educational actions all over the world. The aim of EE Day […]

Be giants in the education work you do: the request of young people at 10WEEC

68 students and teachers from Thailand, Taiwan, Nepal, Japan, Philippines and India attended the Youth Camp before the WEEC Congress.  The speech of Phansa Duangtip, representative of the young forum, at the 10WEEC Opening ceremony. A sustainable world depends on communication and collaboration of all groups in society.