Reaching the Marginalized Community: An Initiative taken by Parijat Academy
Jyotikona Chetia Research Associate in North Eastern Social Research Centre E-mail: jyotikona@gmail.com Apsara Boruah Librarian in Assam Jatiya Bidyalay E-mail: apsarab52@gmail.com . Abstract: This paper attempts to study the methods adopted by Parijat Academy to empower the rural children through education as well as to know about the challenges faced during the process […]
Educar para una ciudadanía planetaria: Una perspectiva necesaria para entender la Educación Ambiental
Olga Moreno Fernández Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación. Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales. Universidad de Sevilla E-mail:omoreno@us.es . Dalva Maria Bianchini Bonotto Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”. Instituto de Biociências. Departamento de Educação E-mail: dalvambb@rc.unesp.br . Resumen: La educación para una ciudadanía planetaria ofrece nuevas oportunidades educativas que […]
Educação para a Sustentabilidade, Educação Ambiental, Educação Global…qual educação queremos?
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Educadores sem Fronteiras (Brasil) e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br web: http://www.educadoressemfronteiras.org.br/ . Resumo: O Dia Mundial do Meio Ambiente é uma oportunidade de destaque internacional que busca estimular a ação e conscientização global em prol do meio ambiente. Neste sentindo, surgem questionamentos sobre como inserir a temática ambiental em ações educativas, sem deixar de lado […]
The Women’s Voice of Unwanted Pregnancy Among Thai Teen Mom: A Feminist Perspective
Phetcharat Netmuy Mahidol, Social and Humanities Faculty , Medical and Health social sciences,: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities E-mail: phet_muns@hotmail.com / web: graduate.mahidol.ac.th . Abtract: The objective of this study was to examine the experiences of teenage mothers with unwanted pregnancies, in the context of gender-power relations within the patriarchal capitalist system, using a […]
Ecovillage – As A Sustainable Living Model for The New Era
Michiyo Furuhashi is a Japanese educator for sustainable living. She is a board member of Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) International, and a president of Oceania & Asia (GENOA) region. Since 2007, she has lived in the Konohana Family, a spiritual eco-community in Japan. E-mail: michiyo@ecovillage.org GEN: http://gen.ecovillage.org/ GENOA: http://genoa.ecovillage.org/ Konohana Family: http://www.konohana-family.org/for-non-japanese-speakers/ . The fifth […]
ACQUA FOR LIFE GOES CONTINENTAL, PROVIDING SAFE DRINKING WATER IN AFRICA, LATIN AMERICA AND ASIA
GIORGIO ARMANI CONTINUES THE PARTNERSHIP WITH GREEN CROSS TO SUPPORT PROJECTS IN SRI LANKA, IVORY COAST AND SENEGAL FOR FIRST TIME Giorgio Armani is expanding its successful Acqua for Life campaign in partnership with Green Cross International for the fourth consecutive year, targeting water-scarce communities in West Africa, Latin America and, for the first time, […]
Case Study: Grand Strategy in the Great Game. Strategic Interests and Objectives of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Fen Wang President and Founding Director at GreenEarthCitizen greenearthcitizen.fenwang@gmail.com . Case Study: Grand Strategy in the Great Game. Strategic Interests and Objectives of States of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization This case study tracks the evolutionary development of a growing influential regional organization – The Shanghai Cooperation Organization. In order to understand the organization, a diversity […]
Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties Movement
BACKGROUND: While the nations of the world tussled with the official documents and the statements and proclamations at the Rio+20 Summit, a vigorous Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties movement had begun to take shape—presenting an alternative, grass-roots view of what people think sustainable development might look like. The Peoples’ Sustainability Treaties (PST) were initiated by civil society organizations to develop collective […]
UK-India Music Project to Support New Employment Skills for Women in Mumbai
Superact, the UK based music and arts non profit organisation, will run a pilot programme in India to deliver training unemployed women with low esteem who want to enter the labour market. Funded by UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI), Superact will engage the female participants using its accredited BTEC Qualification “Supporting Employability […]
Interview with Ms. Cecile Guidote-Alvarez Director, UNESCO DREAM Center, Philippines
Javier Collado Ruano: Dear readers, today we have the opportunity to learn from a big activist and a distinguished theatre artists in drama, music, literacy, arts, dance, visual and martial arts. Her name is Cecile Guidote-Alvarez and she is the Director of the Philippine Center of International Theater Institute/Earthsavers UNESCO DREAM Center. I met her in […]
