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 […]
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, […]
TheReformist: Repositioning Conventional Thinking
THEREFORMIST SOCIAL VENTURE As its name suggests, the company was founded out of the need to facilitate a new generation of independent thinkers. Furthermore, it seeks to provide young Africans with quality and well researched knowledge that will further help accelerate youth empowerment for sustainable development. In view of that, we created a platform through […]
TEDx Liberdade
O evento 23 de abril de 2014 Cine Joia, Praça Carlos Gomes, 82 – Sé, 01501-040, São Paulo, Brazil ICNL and ECNL Announce TEDxLiberdade: The Power of Together April 16, 2014 ICNL and the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) are pleased to announce TEDxLiberdade: The Power of Together on April 23, 2014 in São […]
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 […]
Children of the Earth
www.coeworld.org Mission Children of the Earth inspires and unites young people, through personal and social transformation, to create a peaceful and sustainable world. One Earth….with all her Children smiling! Slogan Inspires and unites young people for peace worldwide. Vision Our vision is that one by one, Children of the Earth will inspire young people […]
Reflections for the 21st Century: On How to Discern on the Importance of International Women’s Day
By Marta Benavides, GCAP Global Co Chair, and the Feminist Task Force/FTF, SIGLO XXIII Movement for Culture of Peace, El Salvador . The International day of Women was created in recognition and to celebrate the Rights of women workers, in order to promote their participation in the struggle for equity and equality, which presently is one […]
Inspiring Change With the Women’s Directorship Programme
Prof. Amy Lau Director of Executive Education and Chair Professor of Accounting, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Hong Kong: www.fbe.hku.hk . Nick Marsh Managing Director of Harvey Nash Executive Search APAC, an executive search and leadership consulting firm: www.harveynash.com/executivesearch/ . Abstract: Women’s progression in the workplace is stalling. There are multiple […]
