Building a new more sustainable future is surely best done by creating inspiring alternatives rather than criticising the old. DANIEL CHRISTIAN WAHL celebrates the work of Gaia Education - an educational NGO that is at the forefront of locally focused sustainability education on six continents
… Education for meaningful sustainability and … WAHL | 17th August 2016 Comment Gaia Education Sustainability Regeneration The … CHRISTIAN WAHL celebrates the work of Gaia Education - an educational NGO that is at the …
Education is the best start to a sustainable life.
… January 2021 | Comment Sustainability School Education xryouth.jpg Education is the best start to a sustainable … starts at home and on a personal level, education plays a vital role in enacting and …
An ecostay in South India is developing an ambitious plan to expand into the education sector, nearly three years after its launch ROBYN WILSON reports
… as a 'pocket of heaven' plans to open education centre Robyn Wilson | 23rd October … an ambitious plan to expand into the education sector, nearly three years after its … in eco-living. This includes opening a new education centre. "I think the future is …
More and more educational establishments are becoming environmentally friendly, thanks to the Eco-Schools scheme. Is this our road map to sustainability?
… Eco-schools Schools Eduction Sustainability Education Society Inaclassoftheirown_MAIN.jpg More and more educational establishments are becoming … NGO the Foundation for Environmental Education and administered in Scotland by Keep …
The newly opened Langley science academy in Slough ticks just about every box - airy, light, modern interiors make for good learning environments, and the school building is stuffed full of eco features
… A school built for green education The Ecologist Positive TV | 4th December 2009 Activism Society Education Culture Change Sustainability …
Women are not just a ‘tool' for social and environmental justice - they are agents of real change, and have the right to be engaged in all climate negotiations. ARTHUR WYNS reports on current moves to empower women to tackle climate change
… author in his book Drawdown. By providing education for girls in countries where they … in specific areas such as food production, education, and policy making. Women in rural … of transport." "In changing these practices, education is key. In India and elsewhere …
In the fight for a better, cleaner, more just and sustainable world, it's not enough just to oppose all all the 'bads' that crowd in from all sides, writes Mike Childs. We also have to build our own vision of the future, and map out the changes we must make to get there. And that's what Friends of the Earth is setting out to do in its transformational 'Big Ideas Change the World' project.
… embedded early on in many countries through education. In the UK, schools are being forced … and play. Think-tank Compass described the UK education system as one aimed at churning out … " . This is the last thing we need from education. Instead we need to empower young …
Growing enough healthy and sustainable food has been moved to the forefront of the agriculture industry.
… with a little research and planning. More Education In order to get the world's … a cheaper price than traditional university educations that result in certificates for … up. Access to online and in-person forms of education is one of the biggest steps farmers …
By shifting from globalisation to localisation, and creating smaller, self-sufficient communities within sustainable developments, cities could regain their equilibrium, writes Paul Jones. From where we stand today, the Organicity may sound like a Utopian dream. But if we're to avoid an urban apocalypse, we're going to need strong alternative visions, to change the way we imagine and plan for the cities of the future. Too good to be true? Or the way to human survival?
… inhabitants; from healthcare to housing, education, food production, clean water and … agriculture, retail, industry, commerce, education and health facilities stacked above … be promoted by green corridors, situated near education, health and office spaces so that …
More than 250 projects from 68 different countries applied for the 2019 Lush Spring Prize.
… development through art and environmental education, and an organic food project … through art, culture, environmental education and generation of paid work. …
LIZ HOSKEN tells how bringing together African and Amazonian peoples has informed a campaign for a new Earth jurisprudence.
… modern industrial institutions – economics, education, religion, politics, law and … and developed their own endogenous health and education programmes across their territories. …
The impending renewal of the license for a uranium mine in Nebraska has ignited a years long resistance among those - most of them women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala aquifer is as important as life itself, writes Suree Towfighnia. But for others, jobs and money come first. Now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must reach its decision.
… the community, hosting screenings and educational events where people could safely …
Left-wing, progressive politicians hold sway across Latin America, writes Benjamin Dangl. But defying their own 'green' rhetoric, they are committed to mining and other environmentally damaging development. Now they face growing resistance from small farmers and indigenous peoples.
… programs, expand access to healthcare and education, redistribute wealth, empower … Program for global programs in healthcare, education and other areas. Last August, with … social programs in healthcare, pensions, education and infrastructure development. The …
The Anthropocene appears to be an epoch of destruction and extinction. But professors SIMON L LEWIS and MARK A MASLIN, authors of Human Planet argue that two simple and increasingly popular ideas - the Universal Basic Income and Half Planet - could finally transform human society into a sustainable - and pleasant - place
… stopping climate breakdown; likewise free education and the internet for all has a … on the agenda. Clean energy, free education, and the Internet alongside …
Belo Monte is just one of a dozen giant dam projects Brazil plans to build in the Amazon region in the coming decades and opens up the world's largest tropical rainforest to oil and mining exploration
'Ecoliteracy' is urgent and necessary if we are going to build resilient and sustainable human communities.
… and should be the most important part of education at all levels — from primary and … to colleges, universities, and the continuing education and training of professionals. We …
A visit to the Awa Guajá where people have died from sadness as well as guns since their land became a freight line for the world’s biggest iron-ore mine. Part 1 of 2.
… highest points in the jungle and demanded an education system that could quickly teach them … bilingual, intercultural and community education, these guidelines are not respected. … their elders die, but now they understand the education system does not shape citizens or …
When Michael Buckley took a white water rafting trip in Tibet in 2005, he had no idea of the adventure he was embarking on - a ten-year investigation of China ruthless exploitation of Tibet's mineral and hydroelectric resources, and its systematic attack on indigenous Tibetans, their culture and their survival on the land.
… more than the entire budget spent in Tibet on education and healthcare since the Chinese …
Australia's governments and mining giant Adani have announced the go ahead for a mega mine - despite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) warnings over climate change and the likely impact on the Great Barrier Reef. MAXINE NEWLANDS reports
… for a mega mine - despite the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural …
To make Chris Huhne's 'Green Deal' a success - and meet the UK's carbon reduction targets - we need to redefine the green jobs sector and build the connection between individuals and environment, says Groundwork's chief executive
Tony Hawkhead: why it's vital to put green jobs at the centre of Britain's economy Tony Hawkhead | 19th November 2010 Comment Society Climate Change Comment Carbon Reduction Sustainability Economy …
For all its obsession with international terrorism, Washington fails to see how the phenomenon is driven by its own model of globalisation – a model that is itself uniquely vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Fritjof Capra on security and sustainability
… water, basic health services, nutrition and education for a cost of about $40 billion a …