YOUTH OPENS THE SPACE 2
active participation for sustainable development
Global Educaion Week around the world in progress
Between 16th and 22nd of November we celebrate this year Global Education Week. Many different initiatives are organised all over the world and we’re proud that ideas for some of them were born during one of our projects – international forum for youthworkers “Youth Opens the Space”. Below, for your inspiration, we present some examples of actions planned by our friends from different countries who took a part in the project. More information and detailed descriprions of all GEW actions taken be our partners will be available in few weeks.
- Croatia, School of sustainable development
During the Global Education Week, Foundation of the University of Rijeka will organize the first Student School of Sustainable Development (SSSD). The main activity, School of Sustainable Development, will bring together 25 students, 5 lecturers and 8 volunteers who will jointly try to find out more about the core concept of sustainable development, as well as the means of action when technology fails or when sustainability itself becomes unsustainable. The event will be preceded by an exhibition of the Academy of Applied Arts’ students who will be demonstrating their artistic view on the sustainable development issues.
- Greece, e-initiative for water responsible consumption
We plan to make an e-initiative for water responsible consuming, as we had discussed about back in Poland. So, our idea is to start an email chain who will ask people to stop consuming water for one hour on the Wednesday the 18th of November, for example from 18.00 till 19.00.
- Poland, lectures, movie shows and workshops
ISZ Assotiation from Krakow Nowa Huta organizes series of interesting lectures, movie shows and workshops. Programme available at http://www.isz.free.ngo.pl/program.html
- Estonia, training course “Getting glocal”
The Training Course Getting GLocal aims at building active European Citizenship with a Global perspective through:1. Promoting Global Education with, for and by young people as an educational approach to develop strategies for working on environmental issues at local level. 2. Fostering creativity and innovative projects promoting active Citizenship with a Global perspective. http://www.trajectorya.ee
- Spain, painting the patio of the school
After the youth exchange Artivismo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG6Tj3lU0-8, the Catalan team will organize a workshop to paint the patio of the school where the participants of the exchange where hosted. The young people, empowered, will share different artistic technics they learnt, conscious about pedagogical skills they must use within the global week education.
- Germany, informative action for students and brochure on how to organize sustainable seminar
I am gonna tell my students ( I am a tutor for the new students this semester) about Global Education Week during that time and tell about our seminar. I am also busy with the long term project – a brochure about how to organise a seminar under sustainable aspects.
