Uganda: Energy and climate education on the governmental agenda
Ugandan national authorities have launched an Energy and Climate Change awareness-raising campaign in schools to create an energy- and environment-conscious new generation.
View ArticleCanada: National green schools programme launched
The Canadian Teachers' Federation is supporting the launch of a new green high schools programme to encourage secondary students to create environmental projects while exploring the wealth of...
View ArticleDurban 2011: urgent need for a green growth roadmap
The United Nations Climate Change Conference brought together representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November-11...
View ArticleEarth Summit Rio+20: building a green future together
The international trade union movement is bringing three key demands to the Rio+20 Summit being held from 20-22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The demands are for investment in Green and Decent Jobs...
View ArticleThe CSFEF calls for education on sustainable development
The EI’s “Comité syndical francophone de l’Education et de la Formation” (CSFEF – Francophone trade union education and training committee) held its 13th meeting in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic...
View ArticleGambia: EI and GTU join forces to Occupy education!
Last week in Banjul, Gambia, Education International and the GTU laid the foundation of EI’s new initiative “Occupy Education”. The first stage of this pilot phase consisted of a needs assessment...
View ArticleEI calls for universal quality education for sustainable development
In her presentation at the 4th Session of the UN Open Working Group on Sustainable Development, held in New York 17-19 June, EI coordinator Antonia Wulff argued for equity and quality in education as...
View ArticleAfrica: Quality education will drive future development
Quality education could play a crucial role in the African continent’s development over the next 50 years. That’s according to Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union’s Commission....
View ArticleJapan: EI calls for teachers to be at the centre of education for sustainable...
The fundamental role of teachers in achieving quality education was the main message conveyed by Education International (EI) to the more than 1,100 delegates attending the UNESCO World Conference on...
View ArticleEI shares alternative vision to World Bank’s plan for privatised education
Piece by piece, the World Bank’s strategy for private investment in education was dismantled by Education International last week in Washington, where meetings with trade unions addressed austerity...
View ArticleCall for nominations for the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable...
The call for nominations is opened for the first edition of the UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development, honouring outstanding efforts of individuals, institutions, organisations or...
View ArticleCritical moment reached before global climate negotiations kick-off
With time ticking away before the world’s leaders meet in Paris in December to strike a new climate deal, sustainable development education is one step closer to becoming a reality in curriculum around...
View ArticleUNESCO report rethinks education for the 21st Century
Rethinking Education provides a blueprint of the type of education needed for the 21st century, with a focus on respect for life and human dignity, social justice, and a shared responsibility for a...
View ArticleA sustainable world begins in the classroom
As nations continued to negotiate their way toward a climate agreement in Paris, COP21 put education under the spotlight during the fourth day of deliberations to bring into focus the foundation of a...
View ArticleEducation is the pathway to a sustainable future
With COP21 negotiations in Paris focused on reaching a climate agreement, the central role of education in creating a sustainable future has largely been overshadowed, an issue that Education...
View ArticleThe chance to strengthen educational capacities on climate change being...
When an agreement is eventually reached at COP21 to keep the earth’s temperature from rising beyond two degrees, the education needed to build the capacity to make it happen may be noticeably absent.
View ArticleUganda: Energy and climate education on the governmental agenda
Ugandan national authorities have launched an Energy and Climate Change awareness-raising campaign in schools to create an energy- and environment-conscious new generation.
View ArticleCanada: National green schools programme launched
The Canadian Teachers' Federation is supporting the launch of a new green high schools programme to encourage secondary students to create environmental projects while exploring the wealth of...
View ArticleDurban 2011: urgent need for a green growth roadmap
The United Nations Climate Change Conference brought together representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and civil society in Durban, South Africa, from 28 November-11...
View ArticleEarth Summit Rio+20: building a green future together
The international trade union movement is bringing three key demands to the Rio+20 Summit being held from 20-22 June in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The demands are for investment in Green and Decent Jobs...
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