Green (Living) Review

MARCH 8, 2013

To engage and inspire the next generation of water and environment managers, the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) has launched a new Environmental Education Network. CIWEM is proud to announce the launch its new Environmental Education Network, which will focus on raising the profile of water and environmental challenges at school level and helping young people to develop the understanding and skills required to solve them in the future.

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Green (Living) Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Five Recipients Accept Chevrolet GREEN Educator Awards Richmond, VA , December 2011: Earth Force and the General Motors Foundation announced the final five winners of the Chevrolet GREEN (Global Rivers Environmental Education Network) Educator Award.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

As a global oil and gas company, Shell has a murky history not just environmentally but politically. Yesterday we commemorated the death of environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa who was murdered for his campaigns against oil companies – and particularly Shell – in Nigeria back in 1995.

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The Green Changemakers

MAY 28, 2009

Environmental education projects are an ideal way to diversify your curriculum, try group teaching strategies, and bring the real world into the classroom in a strong academic context. What kinds of support are available in your school, district and community for supporting environmental educational activities? In what ways can environmental education activities enhance learning? Technology in Environmental Education Clancy J.

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The Green Changemakers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

When we talk about changing our lifestyle towards sustainable development, it is inevitable to talk about education. Works with youth in educational and vocational training institutes, as an environmental education facilitator.

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The Green Changemakers

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

FUN-EASY TO USE GUIDELINES FOR YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. A LOT OF NATURE GAMES, FACILITATION TECHNIQUES, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERIMENTS TO SHARE AND DISCUSS. Environment Education

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The Green Changemakers

AUGUST 17, 2010

Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence Published in November 1996 (revised 2004, 2009) by NAAEE, Environmental Education Materials: Guidelines for Excellence provides a set of recommendations for developing and selecting environmental education materials. Developed through a process of critique and consensus, the Guidelines are grounded in a common understanding of effective environmental education.

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The Green Changemakers

APRIL 14, 2010

The curricula listed on this webpage have been selected in light of their adherence to state, national, or NAAEE educational standards and are thus suitable for classroom use. Air Quality Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Climate Change Access the EE Week Carbon Footprint Calculator Endangered Species Energy Environmental Health Forests and Trees Recycling School Gardens Water Access the EE Week School Water Audit [link].

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The Green Changemakers

MAY 24, 2011

[link] Key Learning Strategies for Environmental Education, Citizenship and Sustainability Which learning strategies best contribute to students becoming engaged and active citizens involved in achieving environmental, social and economic sustainability?

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The Green Changemakers

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Which learning strategies best contribute to students becoming engaged and active citizens involved in achieving environmental, social and economic sustainability? They are common to environmental education and many other fields of educational research and practice.

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The Green Changemakers

MARCH 21, 2009

[link] Our Objectives The overall objectives of Live & Learn are: To provide an integrated, educational approach promoting community transition to sustainable development while maintaining a strong focus on community realities and priorities. To promote increased quality and innovation of teaching and learning in formal and community education. The MAIA Model for Learning and Action can be applied to any development and environmental issue.

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The Green Changemakers

JANUARY 29, 2010

Environmental Education Curriculum for Middle and High School Teachers When Colin Beavan (aka “No Impact Man”) and his family decided to try living for a year in New York City without doing any harm to the environment (the “No Impact Experiment”), it attracted worldwide media attention. Because the Beavans traded their old habits for more environmentally-friendly ones – and figured out that doing so actually made their lives happier, healthier, and more abundant.

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The Green Changemakers

OCTOBER 31, 2007

Book review from Unai Sacona National Strategy 2006-2014 The document collect the main objectives and strategies that national authorities will developed during the next years in order to improve the Sustainability in Mexico through Environmental Education. To have frameworks, at different levels, for the development of environmental education for sustainability. Tags: Book-review Education

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Indigenize

MAY 8, 2012

Naropa chose to specifically focus on Contemplative Education and Ecological Sustainability, “in order to [.]. Spiritual Ecopsychology Articles Announcements Tina Fields ecopsychology naropa university environment ecoliteracy environmental education contemplative education campus challenge white papers journaling

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Indigenize

MAY 8, 2012

Naropa chose to specifically focus on Contemplative Education and Ecological Sustainability, “in order to [.]. Announcements Articles Spiritual Ecopsychology campus challenge contemplative education ecoliteracy ecopsychology environment environmental education journaling naropa university Tina Fields white papers

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Green Home Blog

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

The one thing that video games can do (though few developers have taken this tack) is teach a younger generation how to solve the world’s current energy and environmental issues. Save Energy air quality ENERGY EFFICIENT environmental education MMORPG SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS video game violence

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Green Prophet was bowled over by the teen rapper whose environmentalism got him a ticket to COP21 , now an even younger eco-warrior has gotten our attention. It’s never to early to start teaching environmental stewardship.

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Green Prophet

MAY 22, 2012

Ramallah is leading the way as the heart of Palestine’s environmental awakening. City-dwellers are planting trees, creating and restoring open, natural community spaces and reviving bygone environmental protections. Education is the key to securing Palestine’s future.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 13, 2012

The Bee’ah School of Environment ( BSOE ), an education initiative created by a UAE-based environmental and waste management company, recently announced it is expanding its networks in the eastern and central region of Sharjah, engaging with 160,000 students in over 200 schools.

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Green Prophet

JUNE 30, 2013

A team of pollution-weary Palestinians and Israelis are injecting environmental education into East Jerusalem schools, teaching young Palestinians new “green” habits. Al Afaq Boys School and the Sur Baher Girls School, the first to participate, eagerly adopted environmentalism. “In

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Green Prophet

MARCH 25, 2011

According to organisers from community support organisation Juhoud , the Basateen (‘groves’ or ‘orchards’) festival attracted between 1,500 and 2,000 visitors, many of them schoolchildren and young people getting their first taste of environmental activities.

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Green Prophet

MARCH 22, 2011

Food & Health animals environmental education meat ungreenCare for a slab of Frankenstein steak? Just glue meat scraps together and serve ‘em up, hot. Side of blood clots, optional. The white powder sold by the kilo, above, is the meat industry’s dirty little secret.

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Green Prophet

MARCH 29, 2011

Food & Health children environmental education recycling upcyclingWhen you need to use the dryer, make modelling clay out of your dryer lint. Dryer lint exists in endless supplies in some households and can be put to good use.

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Green Prophet

AUGUST 15, 2012

Palestinian companies and institutions are investing heavily in education, hoping to arm their text-happy youth with the knowledge needed to confront challenges like environmental degradation and food security.

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Green Prophet

JULY 31, 2012

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Green Prophet

MARCH 2, 2013

Before you sharpen your pencils, we suggest reading a great primer: American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau. Lifestyle & Culture Arizona art contest environmental art environmental education United States writing

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Green Prophet

MARCH 20, 2011

Travel & Nature environmental education Judaism ReligionThough an uncomfortable notion for some, scholarship reveals that God had a wife. Scholars have known since the late 1960s that the ancient Israelites worshiped both Yahweh and his wife Asherah.

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

How should teachers incorporate environmental ethics and lessons on sustainability into their classrooms? That’s the focus of a four-year educational ecoliteracy project — Turkey’s first — which has just begun. The need for ecoliterate education in Turkey.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 4, 2011

UNRWA has teamed up with architect Mario Cucinella to build solar and geothermal-powered schools using local materials, which combined will slash their overall environmental impact.

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Green Prophet

APRIL 5, 2011

Food & Health environmental education food meat glueYou thought meat glue was gross? Miriam ventures further into the dark world of food industry. An article in the Huffington Post by Dr. Joseph Mercola caught my attention recently.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Environmentally conscious Turks are a frustrated lot. A news feed keeps the site up to date with the release of new environmentally friendly products and businesses. The English site also links to several blogs that will be of interest to the environmentally-minded out there.

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Green Prophet

APRIL 21, 2013

‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ opens with an image of environmental destruction, and a voiceover announces: “what if I told you all this was preventable?”. How you respond to the film will depend on your own journey within the environmental movement: from hard-line activist to armchair academic.

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Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The 15th day of the Jewish month of Shavat signals the launching of new Jewish eco-education programs. Learn how your school or community can join the Eco Connection, the largest global environmental network of Jewish schools. Lifestyle & Culture activism environmental education

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

From the first ever “cleansing&# [1] pilgrimage to Makkah in 628CE by the Prophet Muhammad of Islam, peace be upon him, to last year’s environmental policies for Hajj put into place by the Saudi government , there has been greater action by activists wanting a cleaner Hajj.

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Green Prophet

APRIL 24, 2012

Located in Kafr Qasim, the Alzahraa school has not only established an ecological garden and solar station in their own school, but the headmaster Safwat Tahah told Jerusalem Post that they are particularly proud of engaging with the surrounding community to raise the specter of environmental issues.

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Conservancy Talk

JANUARY 21, 2016

As leaders discuss how to improve education and tackle youth unemployment, one simple—yet powerful—tool is right outside our windows. Other studies have found that environment-based education significantly increases student test performance.

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Green Prophet

JUNE 30, 2011

The city of Abu Dhabi has become the first Arabian Gulf location to gain a Blue Flag environmental award for one of its beaches. Read more about Abu Dhabi’s environmental record on Green Prophet: Feeding Abu Dhabi With Water From Air.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Environmental issues effect us all, but this week’s “Eye on Earth” Summit in Abu Dhabi is attempting to ensure that environmental data is also available to us all. Business & Politics Abu Dhabi conference environmental education United Arab Emirates

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

For those of us dealing with climate change and environmental issues in the Middle East , it can feel like the region i s constantly playing catch-up t o the rest of the developed world. Climate Africa Climate Change environmental awareness environmental education MENA social change

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Green Prophet

JUNE 3, 2012

Environmental law has proven to be quite dynamic in the Middle East. Others have done little to tackle environmental problems head on due to competing interests or public funding shortfalls. We caught up with John Echeverria, Director of Vermont Law School’s Environmental Law Center.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 23, 2012

One will be linked to Israel’s Arava School for Environmental Studies, focusing on desert ecology, and will explore geopolitical issues in water management as well as Israeli water technologies making the desert bloom.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 14, 2011

More Environmental Education in the Middle East on Green Prophet: Greenwash alert in Jordan. Travel & Nature animals eco-tourism environmental education IsraelLooking for a cool eco-activity with the kids this Hanukkah vacation? This one is for the birds!

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

While politics in the Middle East seems to overshadow environmental issues, some passionate Israelis decided to be a part of history, and photographer Spencer Tunick’s dream of his latest “Naked Sea&# installation , at the Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth.

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