Project Reports
Video: Inter-university water and sanitation competition helps develop an integrated Water Resources Management proposal
Since June 2014, around 500 youth champions from 75 teams presented action-oriented, practicable and community participative proposals to address water and sanitation problems.
Watch the video on 'Strengthening Water and Sanitation in Urban Settings: Inter-University Competition on Water Resources Management'
Updates on the Higher Education for Sustainability Initiative (HESI)
Sustainability Tracking, Action and Reporting in Schools (STARs) - A Project by RCE Goa
by Shabana Kazi, RCE Goa-Coordinator & Associate Fellow, TERI, Goa, India
Photos: courtesy by RCE Goa
STARs is a project run by RCE Goa that works with 10 schools in the region with the core goal of improving resource efficiency. The schools also engage with the surrounding communities initiating various socio-environmental campaigns about important socio- cultural issues.
RCE East Arunachal Pradesh holds a two day seminar on Traditional Health Practices
CEE Himalaya and JSW Foundation organize World’s Wetland Day 2016
On the occasion of World’s Wetland Day 2016, CEE Himalaya together with the JSW Foundation and RCE Srinagar organized a series of activities for the inhabitants of Kuroli village, a small and picturesque village, located in Bhatwari Block in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. Youths, adults, elderly, school children, teachers, and many others participated in the event.
RCE Greater Portland Co-Founder Sponsors the 2015 EcoChallenge
Sometimes all it needs is a kick-start to make things happen! The EcoChallenge is an annual community event that does exactly that. For two weeks, individually or in teams, people chose actions to reduce their environmental impact.
RCEs from The Netherlands and Germany join hands to connect Youth to the outdoors
This article is based on a report submitted by Detlef Lindau-Bank.
ACEWild (Alternative Curriculum Education out of the Wild) is an initiative that shows schools with pupils aged 11-16, how they can support disadvantaged or more vulnerable young people in gaining experiences, qualifications and work opportunities in the outdoors. The aim is to connect these young people to the environment. The focus of this project is on Vocational Education, Learning and Training. ACEWild is an Erasmus funded project with partners from the UK, the Netherlands and Germany.
Going High-Tech for Syrian Refugees – Jonathan Yee co-founds Ahlain
Jonathan Yee, a committed Youth representative within the Global RCE Network attached to RCE Saskatchewan, Canada, member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, and a strong advocate on sustainability issues, recently co-founded Ahlain - an educational platform that aims to address the challenges Canada is facing by the escalating influx of refugees.
RCE Iskandar creates low carbon awareness amongst pupils
RCE Iskandar, in collaboration with many stakeholders and ESD experts, successfully organized the Iskandar Malaysia Ecolife Challenge (IMELC) 2015. The initiative included Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), the Iskandar Region Development Agency (IRDA), the Johor State Education Department (JPNJ), IM KIKO Pte. Ltd., and all 226 primary schools that are partners of RCE Iskandar.