Water and Sustainable Development: One Voice From Zaragoza
www.unwater.org The UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference was held in January and kicked off the year that will shine a spotlight on water and sustainable development. “2015 is an important year. An important year for disaster risk reduction, an important year for climate and an important year for water,” said the UN-Water Chair, Michel Jarraud […]
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 […]
Aichi-Nagoya Declaration on Education for Sustainable Development: Shaping the Future We Want
Shaping the Future We Want UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) FINAL REPORT This Report comes at a critical time as UN Member States prepare to conclude negotiations on the global post-2015 agenda and launch a set of sustainable development goals. Deep economic and social inequalities, environmental degradation, biodiversity loss, disruption caused by […]
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 […]
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 […]
And the Walls Come Folding Down: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Building Awareness, Balance, and Connection in Ourselves, Our Schools, in Our Communities, and in Our World
Karen Melaas Curriculum/Teacher Leadership Development in Oxford, Michigan, USA kwmelaas@comcast.net / http://kwmelaas.wix.com/plant-karma . Abstract: The twenty-first century offers educators an extraordinary opportunity to employ constructivist teaching and learning. The current era allows us, perhaps more than ever before, to honor the core individuality of every learner. There is one idea within constructivism that some have come to […]
Volunteers Federation (Zimbabwe)
www.volunteersfederation.com VF’s Theme Promoting Volunteerism For Sustainable Development. Title of the document Profile of the organisation Target location of project Zimbabwe Target beneficiaries Volunteers, NGOs, Communities, Businesses, Leaders, Local Authorities, Government and Citizens of Zimbabwe Purpose of initiative Creating positive change, conducive platforms for volunteerism, strengthening and promoting volunteerism as the strongest backbone for […]
HELIOS LIFE ASSOCIATION
www.helioslife.org ORGANIZATION PROFILE Helios Life is a non-profit, non-governmental association, established and accredited in Switzerland. Our goals are revolving around supporting and fostering education, development, awareness, unity in diversity. Since 2011 Helios Life Association is in consultative status with United Nations ECOSOC. Our activities: • Holding free life empowerment seminars, lectures and workshops • Issuing public […]
Cause & Affect
www.causeandaffectfoundation.org Cause & Affect infuses funds DIRECTLY to those in need; by traveling to distressed regions and forming local partnerships, we search for the most effective means of distributing funds in order to assist individual families, schools, clinics and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that address the educational, health and environmental needs of underprivileged people on […]
Remembering Martin Luther King and Commiting to Follow the Dream
15th January marks the birth date of Dr. Martin Luther King, beloved by many around the world, and especially in the USA by all peoples, and especially by Americans- USA people of African descent. 16th January marks the anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords, that put an end to the armed struggle in […]
