22 Million People Displaced by Disasters in 2013, Global Trends on the Rise
Latest report from IDMC shows that 22 million people were displaced in 2013 by disasters brought on by natural hazard events – almost three times more than by conflict in the same year. Four decades of data show that twice as many people are being displaced today than in the 1970s. A new report by […]
The Necessity for Holistic Education in Economics and Business that Prepares Young Leaders for Sustainable Leadership within the 21st Century
Saskia Troy (MSc.) is a business economist specialised in Global Business and Stakeholder Management and amongst others Regional Coordinator Europe and Chapter Leader Netherlands Children of the Earth (NGO of the United Nations) and she is a member of the Working Group Sustainable Finance (Changing Finance, Financing Change) of the UNEP/World Resources Institute in Washington. […]
Portraits of Sustainable Youth Leaders around the World
Portraits of Sustainable Youth Leaders around the World Download here: PortraitsofYouthLeadersChildrenoftheEarth . Table of Content 1. Kehkashan Basu “It was preordained that I grow up as an eco-warrior”, Dubai 2. Demi Smoloktou “Freedom should not be taken for granted. That’s why I am promoting peace, intercultural dialogue and tolerance in the world”, Greece 3. Roebin Lijnis […]
Interview with Annette Cotter: A New Perspective on Making Environmental Change
Javier Collado Ruano: Dear readers, today we have the opportunity to learn from a big thinker and activist located right now in São Paulo, Brazil. It is with great pleasure that I introduce you all the current Programme Director at Greenpeace Brazil, Annette Cotter. Thank you very much to attend us today, for our special […]
Global Citizenship Education: An Emerging Perspective for the Sustainable Development
versión castellano The twenty first century will not be easy for humanity. Speaking of sustainable development represents a radical humanist discourse and ethical worldview that conceives environmental question as an emergent element of The Limits to Growth that the Club of Rome would advocate in pioneer form since 1972. Speaking of sustainable development implies, indeed, […]
Conciencia global para las profundas transformaciones inaplazables
Federico Mayor Zaragoza Director General de la UNESCO 1987-1999 Presidente de la Fundación para una Cultura de Paz I No podemos seguir tolerando que cada día mueran de hambre y desamparo miles de seres humanos, la mayoría niños y niñas de 1 a 5 años, al tiempo que se invierten en gastos militares y armamento […]
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 […]
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 […]
Los laboratorios de campo como estrategia de concientización hacia la biodiversidad
Indiana Ramona Montoya Dompé Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-Managua. Facultad Regional Multidisciplinaria de Chontales. Departamento de Ciencias, Tecnología y Salud E-mail: indimo05@gmail.com / web: https://twitter.com/IndianaMD . Itahisa Pérez-Pérez Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Educación y Psicología Social E-mail: iperper@upo.es, itahisaperez@gmail.com web: https://twitter.com/Itahisa_perez . Resumen: El ser humano a lo […]
