Simone Birkel “Environmental protection should become a subject in school,” Greenpeace requires in one of its recent news publications in Germany. As much as I
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Educating about the environment in schools: why and how?
Laure Malchair Today, more and more schools participate in environmental education projects, from kindergarten to high school. This concern is new, and it is the
The forestry plantations of San Ignacio del Masparro, Venezuela (Fe y Alegría)
Cus Arzubialde “It would be a victory over improvisation and futility that Fe y Alegría, in the future, could keep running good schools with the
Linking ecological passion and technology in Jesús Obrero, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Eduardo Ochoa de Aspuru Jesús Obrero is a school where life is shared, promoting Basque culture and local action from a global perspective, and that
From roof to hearts, greening at Regis High School, New York, USA
Philipp Judge, SJ The resources we enjoy today, the power and secrets of science we have discovered, cannot be absorbed by the narrow system of
Organic gardening: St Xavier’s Collegiate School, Kolkata leads the way
Dr Xavier Savarimuthu, SJ St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, though situated in a cosmopolitan city like Kolkata, continues to learn from the bounties of nature. The
Turning sewage into fresh water: Eco-ponds at Ocer Campion Jesuit College, Uganda
Jim Strzok, SJ A lot of our motivation at Ocer Campion Jesuit College (a Jesuit secondary school in Gulu, Uganda) for being environmentally friendly comes
Culture and ecology at APC, Philippines
Pedro Walpole, SJ Cultural and personal identity are central in forming children’s environmental attitudes during elementary and high school for the Pulangiyen community, an upland
UNESCO initiatives in global networking of schools and MLE for sustainable development
Mariel de Jesus In 1953, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) launched the Associated Schools Project Network (ASPnet) as a global network of
Growing a green campus
Iris Legal Growing a green campus is a new frontier for many Jesuit education institutions. From Healing A Broken World (HBW), the recommendations initially focus