Open Letter to Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s President
In the lead-up to the World Cup and following a trip to Brazil in March, I wrote to President Dilma Rousseff, asking her to welcome and embrace the protests in Brazil as an opportunity to build a more just, diverse and free society. While in Brazil I met with representatives from Amnesty International, Article […]
JUNE 5TH—World Environmental Day—Our call: PAY FORWARD
By Marta Benavides, GCAP Global Co Chair, and the Feminist Task Force/FTF, SIGLO XXIII Movement for Culture of Peace, El Salvador Today, given the very negative conditions of the World and the Planet, it is urgent to see and understand that the various crisis being faced by humanity and planet are deep, dangerous, urgent and […]
Agissons pour notre planète
English version Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo La pollution de l’air a des effets variés sur la santé et sur l’environnement ; c’est un phénomène mondial. Enzo qui a cinq ans découvre jour après jour, comment bien s’organiser pour que sa terre et celle de ses copains soit […]
Act For The Planet
Français version Sonia Colasse Author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo The air pollution has various effects on health and the environment; it is a global phenomenon. Enzo, who are five years old, finds day after day, how well organized we have to be for his land and also his friends’ can […]
Um Olhar sobre a Lei 9.795/99 que dispõe sobre a Educação Ambiental e Institui a Política Nacional de Educação Ambiental
José Cláudio Rocha Professor Titular UNEB e Pesquisador em Direitos Humanos. Professor permanente do Doutorado Multi-Institucional e Multidisciplinar em Difusão do Conhecimento. Coordenador do OBEDHCV E-mail: jrocha@uneb.br . Resumo: Fundamental ao processo de construção da cidadania e efetivação dos direitos humanos o conhecimento por parte dos cidadãos e da sociedade civil organizada de quais são seus […]
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 […]
Music Education in Brazil: Music as A Tool for the Complete Development of Students
Moisés Cantos Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Center of Culture and Arts e-mail: moisescantos@puc-campinas.edu.br web: www.puc-campinas.edu.br/cca . Abstract: Music in Brazil has always had a secondary importance on the chairs of the schools. Now, through a law created by the Brazilian government, starting on the second half of 2011 all the country’s elementary and high […]
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 […]
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 […]
