Youth

Schools and Students: Join the Green Olympiad!

Participate in the Green Olympiad organised by TERI to increase environment awareness of students age 14 and above. Any school can participate. Examinations are on 30 August and 22 November 2016. Schools can opt for any one of these dates and all three levels will be conducted simultaneously. All participants will receive certificate of participation / merit / distinction based on their performance.

For more information click here.

The flyer and the registration form can be found below.

Campus Youth Camp 2016, 23-30 June, Chiang Mai, Thailand

The Compass Youth Camp (CYC) is a one-week Compass Education youth empowerment programme designed by youth for youth to inspire and empower committed student leaders from around Asia-Pacific region to facilitate and lead measurable actions in their schools and in their communities towards contributing to a sustainable future.

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RCE Northern Mindanao Xavier School is granted Center of Excellence and PAASCU Accreditation

Congratulations from the Global RCE Service Centre! The School of Education at Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan a stakeholder of RCE Northern Mindanao (Philippines) has been granted the Center of Excellence and Level 4 PAASCU Accreditation.
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Youth Leadership Summit: Shaping Future Leaders through ESD, 27-29 April, 2016, Kakamega, Kenya

Organised by the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) the main objectives of this summit are:

1) To inculcate leadership, innovative and entrepreneurial skills in participants 

2) To bring youths together from the Western region with diverse agenda in realization of vision 2030 and beyond.
3) To promote the vision of MMUST as a Premier University in Science, Technology and Innovation. 

The summit's sub-themes are:

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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.

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Youth Climate Change Challenge Badge

The Climate Change Challenge Badge is designed to help children and young people understand the vital role our climate plays in supporting life on Earth and how our daily lives impact the Earth’s climate.

Most of all the Challenge Badge will help you better understand why climate change matters and motivate you to take action and become positive drivers of change in your communities and within international arenas.

Find it online at: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5216e.pdf

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Global RCE Youth Video Project for COP21

Dear Collegues/Coordinators,

Please see the attached document which describes an initative of the Global RCE Youth Network. If you have not received the document last month please read it. 

We request RCE Coordinators to identify leading youth in their RCE community to record a short video (total 1 minute) of themselves answering the following questions. We ask RCE Coordinators to work with the youth to help them frame their answers.

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