Last call: short survey to help shape global policy on education
Only a few days are left to complete UNESCO's global survey which aims to collect information that will help revise a landmark legal instrument on education for international understanding, cooperation, peace, human rights and environmental sustainability, known as the 1974 Recommendation.
Given the growing call for education to address sustainability challenges that have evolved dramatically over the past five decades, such as the climate crisis, we invite you to participate in the process of revising the 1974 Recommendation.
Take the 10-minute survey, share it with your networks and help shape global policy on education! The deadline for responding is 1 March 2022.
The survey is available in ENGLISH / FRENCH / SPANISH
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Read the Summary of InSights report on Teaching for Climate Action and share your feedback!
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One Ocean Summit: UNESCO calls on countries to include ocean education in school curricula by 2025
On the occasion of the One Ocean Summit, UNESCO announced it's goal to include ocean education in the school curricula of its 193 Member States by 2025.
To achieve this ambitious goal, UNESCO unveiled a common repository of educational content for policymakers and curriculum developers, giving them all the keys needed to integrate ocean education at every level of the educational chain: from the drafting of national curricula to the preparation of lessons by teachers. "Thanks to this toolkit, all States are on an equal footing, rapidly able to place the ocean at the heart of education and increase students’ knowledge in this area so that they become responsible and committed citizens," said Stefania Giannini, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education.
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Building Peace with Nature Challenge: announcing the winners
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Peace with Nature was the theme of the 2021 Global Build Challenge hosted in partnership between UNESCO and Microsoft. For this challenge, students were encouraged to consider how we can all change our ways of living and live more sustainably in harmony with nature.
Students from 109 countries participated in the challenge, exploring broad themes like sustainable community and biodiversity as well as locally relevant topics such as coral protection. They modelled their ideas in Minecraft: Education Edition, working in teams to design and build in an immersive Minecraft world.
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Local award ceremonies held for laureates of the 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development
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The exceptional contributions of the three winners of the 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development were recently celebrated in Ghana, Palestine, and Peru.
The local award ceremonies were organized to complement the main award ceremony of the 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development which was hosted at UNESCO Headquarters during the 41st General Conference on 19 November 2021 to celebrate the achievements of three laureates: World Vision Ghana, the Media Development Center of Birzeit University (Palestine), and Kusi Kawsay School (Peru). Funded by the Government of Japan, the UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD was established in 2014 to recognize the role of education in connecting the social, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions of sustainable development.
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Trash Hack Campaign in Egypt: Build for Sustainability, Build for Education
In Egypt, discarded plastic bottles are not always properly disposed of and pollute water resources. This is how two project leaders, Rasha and Ola, and their team, were inspired to build an eco-classroom from plastic bottles.
The Eco-Classroom Inside Out Project falls under the UNESCO Trash Hack Campaign, which focuses on small actions to reduce waste, leading to big ideas for the planet. At the heart of the Trash Hack campaign is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), with the aim to transfer learning, thereby providing people with the tools to tackle present and future problems, fight the climate crisis, and change the world.
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Making Scientific Research on the Environment Accessible to Children
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DeRiA is a group of young and dynamic working professionals from ASEAN that are connected through a common passion to save our earth from the climate crisis.
To to be able to act, these young citizens consider that it is important to make the results of scientific research on the environment accessible to everyone. They developed an Environmental Education Playbook for Educators with lesson plans on climate for primary school students in Malaysia. They introduced elements of gamification and multisensory learning to understand complex scientific concepts.
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Boosting Climate Change Resilience in Gokova Bay Marine Protected Area
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In the southwest Turkey, the coastline from Gökova Bay to Cape Gelidonya is an important marine habitat, but it is under great pressure from increasing invasive species due to rising sea temperatures, illegal fishing, and tourism.
The Mediterranean Conservation Society has developed a marine protection system (No Take Zone) that places the local coastal fisherman at the forefront of conservation. Artisanal coastal fishermen are positioned as key players in the conservation of marine biodiversity, no-take zones, and sustainable fishing activities.
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Re-watch the sessions of the 5th UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education!
From 29 November to 1 December 2021, UNESCO and APCEIU brought together experts in education for sustainable development, global citizenship education and education for health and well-being to discuss good practices, progress, monitoring, and mainstreaming of transformative education toward Sustainable Development Goal target 4.7.
1,600 policy makers, education practitioners, experts and young people actively participated in the Forum to share their experience and knowledge, and suggested a way forward.
Re-watch the sessions here
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Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action
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The book turns to curricula, education systems, and communities for a response on how to effectively achieve Target 4.7 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Universal Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and Global Citizenship Education (GCED).
The key stakeholders, including students, educators, and leaders of civil society, were united in stating: "We can and must stave off the worst of climate change by building climate action into the world’s pandemic recovery."
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Turn it Around! Flashcards for Education Futures
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Turn it Around! Flashcards for Education Futures is a learning tool for adults to reimagine approaches to education and people's relationships with nature and the living world during this time of climate crisis. These flashcards are designed by youth for education policymakers, politicians, and educators to challenge them to think, see, and act in new ways.
This project was developed by Arizona State University and Artists' Literacies Institute in partnership with the Open Society Foundations and UNESCO's Futures of Education initiative.
Visit the Turn it Around Cards website to explore these flashcards and learn how to create and submit your own!
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The December issue of IAU Horizons offers insights on value-based leadership in higher education (HE), internationalization, and strategies in the (post)-Covid era. Additional topics cover the role of HE and research in sustainable development and the disparities of digital transformation in HE.
The In Focus section features a collection of inspiring papers on Leadership for a Sustainable Future – Higher Education and Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals with contributions from HE leaders from 25 countries worldwide.
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The 18 Days of Sustainability and Leadership Challenge is a sustainability and leadership games tournament designed to allow players from clubs from all over the world to collaborate on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The friendly training games include fascinating tasks such as listening to relevant TED talks and thinking exercises that connect you to ‘The right place’ and to each other.
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