Nature is an endless source of inspiration for artists. With works of art, you can take a stand on the events of the world around you and describe the phenomena of your own time. With art, you can also speak for nature and express your own feelings (e.g. joy, peace, sadness, anxiety). Environmental art is art made in the built […]
Fact or Fiction? The Role of Data Literacy
Critical Thinking and Fact-Checking as Keys to Truth and the Pursuit of Sustainability The Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity has exhausted the natural resources available for the year. It is calculated annually for all countries individually and for the world as a whole. The worldwide Earth Overshoot Day is on 02 August. For Germany, this day in […]
Ecosocially Educated Professionals for a Sustainable Future
Sustainable Development Studies at the Vocational School, Kpedu in Finland In order to build sustainable future we must educate young people to understand and act accordingly, to respect and save natural resources, maintain and retain diversity of nature and slow down and even stop climate change. Education in sustainability must take place through the whole path of education from day […]
Sustainable event organization and sustainable travel: a major challenge for the project partners
Preparations for the G2VET Multiplier Conference „Empowering Sustainable Futures” in Valladolid (ES) In addition to an exciting and engaging program, we as the organizers are committed to ensuring the event is run in a sustainable manner as much as possible. This involves considering not just the venue and event logistics, but also sustainable approaches to contents, materials and workshops. One […]
Make your own #sustainabilitypromise and participate in our challenge!
Example has enormous power, as does sharing different ideas. That’s why we decided within our project to challenge you to tell us what your sustainability promise is! With the challenge, we want to encourage managers, developers, teachers, students, as well as various stakeholders to write their own act of sustainable development and responsibility. The more we say and talk about […]
Springtime = balcony time – how my balcony helps the bees and the environment
Bee hotel, done by AnneMarie Ohnoutka, 2024 As I do every spring, I’m going to “winterise” my balcony. I remove the brown, annual plants in the flowerpots from the previous year and replace them with fresh, flowering ones. When buying plants, I make sure that the flowers are suitable as food for bees. As pollinators, they ensure the propagation and […]
EARTH HOUR – One hour for the climate and the planet
This year I’m joining in and turning off the lights from 20:30 – 21:30. This hour is a statement for the earth and climate protection. This is important to me and an hour spend with the family and good conversation is a small action that makes us feel good and is visible. I registered with WWF Germany’s Hour Bank and […]
Happiness and Sustainability
Today is the International Day of Happiness, which was established by the United Nations in 2012 to remind us how important happiness and well-being are for human life. In the justification for this International Day, the UN emphasises the importance of sustainable development for individual and collective happiness. In a world that is constantly changing, characterised by uncertainty and complex […]
Stop food waste at schools and at home too!
So much energy, water, time, fertilizers, emitting greenhouse gases, workload and simply money is wasted every single day, when we don’t eat our plates empty or we let food to rotten in our fridges. Probably we need constant or at least frequent reminders about food waste. We at vocational schools educate future’s change-makers, who will hopefully live more sustainable way […]
