Biomimicry Global Design Challenge
2015 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge – Food Systems from Biomimicry Institute on Vimeo. The Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation announced on January 20 that the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is open to registrants, who are invited to submit commercially viable, nature-inspired solutions to our global food system challenges. The grand prize, to be awarded in 2016, […]
Involving Youth in the Sustainable Development Goals: the ECOSOC Youth Forum
From the 2nd to the 3rd of February, the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Youth Forum brought together UN Member States, UN agencies, youth delegates, representatives of youth organisations and other young people in the UN Headquarters in New York City. The sessions focused on youth engagement in the transition from MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) to SDGs […]
3rd Education Nation Conference: Education for the better future of Malaysia
Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. It is the fundamental building blocks of society, of its prosperity and sustainability. In Malaysia, Vision 2020 was initiated in February 1991 and the basic goal is to create a world-class developed nation by the year of […]
The Deterioration of Human Rights in Iran continues: Interview with Shabnam Assadollahi
Shabnam Assadollahi is a veteran human rights advocate who has worked extensively helping newcomers and refugees resettle in Canada. She has distinguished herself as a broadcaster, writer and public speaker. While her primary and heartfelt interest focuses on the Iranian community and events that affect both women and minority communities in the land of her birth […]
Other Place on the Globe. Education of Children in Montenegro
An exclusive Interview with Jasmina Kalezic a Montenegrin Teacher and Children Rights Activist, by: Kaveh Taheri Introduction: – Unlike other countries of the Balkan Peninsula, Montenegro was able to maintain its independence from the Ottoman Empire. From the 16th to 19th centuries, Montenegro became a theocratic state ruled by a series of bishop princes; […]
NATIONAL ECONOMIC PLANNING IN THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM
Fernando Alcoforado Member of the Bahia Academy of Education (Brazil). Engineer and Doctor of Territorial Planning and Regional Development from the University of Barcelona (Spain). e-mail: falcoforado@uol.com.br . Abstract This article aims to present: 1) the differences between national economic planning in system of market economy and national planning in economy system planned by […]
Construyendo paz desde las aulas. Estrategias de Educación para la Paz en Montes de María, Colombia
Lina Margarita Perea Mojica Universidad del Rosario, Facultades de Ciencia Política, Gobierno y de Relaciones Internacionales. e-mail: perea.lina@urosario.edu.co . Resumen: Este artículo pretende exponer algunas de las estrategias de educación encaminadas a la construcción de paz, que han surgido en el seno de la Escuela Normal Superior, ubicada en el municipio de San Juan de Nepomuceno en la […]
ASTRONOMY IN THE FRAME OF THE TRANSDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION
Magda Stavinschi Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy E-mail: magda_stavinschi@yahoo.fr / Web: www.astro.ro/magda . Mirela Mureșan Institutional Filiation Moise Nicoara College, Arad, Romania E-mail: mirela_muresan@hotmail.com . ABSTRACT This paper aims to point out the unexpected and generous perspectives the transdisciplinarity approach can bring to the astronomical education. 1. What does transdisciplinarity really mean? Will try to […]
Monitoring the Greek Case during the Financial Crisis
Athanasia Zagorianou Strathclyde University, Master in Human Rights Law, Researcher & Member, Trustees Council, Citizens’ Rights Watch (CRW) E-mail: nassia_izago@yahoo.gr, / zagorianoua@gmail.com . Abstract In the effort to inform, condemn and most importantly prevent global poverty this paper examines the promises and policies of Greek politicians during the Greek crisis and its social effects and consequences […]
J.K. ROWLING: INTERNATIONAL AID CAN HELP END THE INSTITUTIONALISATION OF CHILDREN ‘IN OUR LIFETIME’
Author launches #LetsTalkLumos campaign for eight million children in institutions or orphanages, of whom over 80 per cent have living parents J.K. Rowling today urged some of the world’s largest international aid donors to use their financial might to eradicate institutions and orphanages that harm children. As Founder and President of the international children’s charity […]
