Face to Face: Global Understanding Through Personal and Virtual Contact
Judith Beth Cohen Professor, School of Education, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA. Jcohen@lesley.edu . Abstract: Based on travel-study experiences in Ghana, Peru, South Africa and other sites, Cohen discusses the positive effects of short-term travel study immersion for students and faculty. Citing research studies that explore global attitudes of participants after such travel, Cohen makes a […]
Environmental Services in Environmental Education
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Laboratório de Estudos Avançados em Jornalismo (Labjor), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brasil. e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br web: http://naraiz.wordpress.com/ . Absctract: Life quality passes by maintenance of some natural conditions and processes through that the ecosystems and species support human life. It’s relevant to speak about this concept with students, pointing out our dependence […]
The Creative Communication
Dorina Marin Primary teacher at National College “Octav Bancila” Iasi Romania e-mail: domar68@yahoo.com web: http://clasa1bcolegiuldearta.wordpress.com/ . Abstract: The creative communication aims expression in an original manner and facilitates better understanding of the message. A creative community primarily means to think creatively. Whether it is in relationships with colleagues or in family contexts, the quality of communication with others depends […]
The Use of Plant Characterisation Modelling Studies to Substantiate National Conservation and Sustainability Policies
James Furze University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology James.Furze@uwe.ac.uk . Quanmin Zhu Professor at University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology Quan.Zhu@uwe.ac.uk . Jennifer Hill Associate Professor at University of the West of England, Faculty of Environment and Technology Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/106152548″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” […]
La Cooperación al Desarrollo a través del turismo en países subdesarrollados
Francisco Orgaz Agüera Profesor en Turismo, Medio Ambiente y Administración de Empresas en Universidad Tecnológica de Santiago, UTESA (República Dominicana). Doctorando en Turismo en Universidad de Sevilla (España). franorgaz@hotmail.com . Resumen: El turismo es uno de los principales sectores económicos a nivel internacional. En este sentido, la industria del turismo se conforma como una herramienta de cooperación […]
Education All Children for Nonkilling
Francisco Gomes de Matos an applied peace linguist, President of the Board, Associação Brasil-América (ABA) fcgm@hotlink.com.br / http://www.estudenaaba.com/ . If you want to communicate peacefully with these two principles you could comply: “Friendly interaction always CREactivate” “Communicate Peace commit to apply” . If you want to communicate peacefully ideas, views, feedbacks freely exchange interpret disagreements respectfully […]
International Day of Democracy: The Contribution of the Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies Network
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/114305025″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Linda Hartling Director, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies; Cofounder, World Dignity University lhartling@humiliationstudies.org . Evelin Lindner Founding President, Human Dignity and Humiliation Studies, affiliated with the University of Oslo, Norway, and Columbia University, NY, USA; Cofounder, World Dignity University e.g.lindner@psykologi.uio.no . Michael Britton Board Member, Human Dignity […]
Readdle’s “PDF Expert”: Combining Technology and Education for a Sustainable Future
Victor Mylonas Business Associate – Readdle Marketing Team victor.m@readdle.com . According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Statistical Yearbook 2013, the increased world paper consumption from 2010 to 2011 is not likely to slow down. This is, primarily, due to the economic and technological boom economies such as China and Singapore are currently […]
Global Conference: Building a Global Citizens Movement
In order to encourage connectivity and collaboration between actors and citizens working for social justice, DEEEP will organize a yearly conference in collaboration with CIVICUS – World Alliance for Citizens Participation and GCAP – Global Call to Action against Poverty. The overall aim of this conference is to initiate a global coalition for citizen’s empowerment for change, which will […]
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Organisational History The fundamental building block for CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation was the 1991 decision of a group of civil society leaders from across the world to reinforce and support the virtual expansion of citizen participation in every region of the globe. This 20-member group, serving as a steering committee for translating […]
