Global Citizenship

December 16th, 2009

Scottish Education Awards and Global Citizenship

nickmorgan

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Nominations opened today for the Scottish Education Awards 2010, the annual celebration of success and achievement in Scottish schools. Among the categories this year are awards for ‘Global Citizenship’ and ‘Sustainable Schools, themes which are highly relevant for this blog’s target audience.

The closing date for nominations is 5th March 2010, and the website has full information about all the categories, sponsors, prizes and nomination process. Plenty of time to encourage our best schools and education professionals to nominate themselves in an appropriate category.

December 15th, 2009

Environment, Climate and Schools

nickmorgan

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The UN Copenhagen summit on Climate Change continues to attract lots of media attention, and lots of educational interest too.

Our ‘Developing Global Citizens’ team here at Learning and Teaching Scotland organised a one-day conference for teachers to coincide with the summit. More than a hundred teachers gathered to share and discuss, talking about different strategies for learning about Sustainable Development. A Glow Meet videoconference session with WWF staff in Copenhagen was one of the highlights of the day, and Sam Gardner of WWF commented on the positive experience in his Scotsman blog. Another highlight was the song written and performed by children from Whitelees primary school , Cumbernauld. Conference products, such as powerpoint slides, will be published in the national Glow Group for Sustainable Development Education.

The Scottish Government has announced further funding for the Eco-Schools initiative in Scotland. Eco-Schools Scotland encourages whole-school action on the environment, and is likely to celebrate the award of its one thousandth Green Flag sometime in 2010.

December 15th, 2009

EESC pupil participation

nickmorgan

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The European Economic and Social Committee, one of the less well-known European institutions, is an advisory body not part of the European Parliament or the Commission. EESC is organising a major European event for upper secondary school pupils aged 16-17. It’s a face-to-face simulation of an EESC plenary session in Brussels, to be held in April 2010, with pupils taking on the speaking roles to discuss European issues and negotiate compromise.

EESC is funding travel and accommodation for participating pupils and teachers. The ‘Your Europe, Your Say’ website has details of how to register, rules and practical arrangements, such as on the selection of participating schools and the preparatory work needed in Scotland and in Brussels. Schools need to register to take part by 15^th January 2010.

December 8th, 2009

UN Climate Change Conference - blogs, resources and Glow meets

imenzies

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Delegates and government officials have now arrived in Copenhagen for the start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference and people around the world will be watching to see if the negotiations will deliver a tough new deal to tackle climate change.
Learning and Teaching Scotland is giving your school an opportunity to take part in the debate and learn about more about the issues involved:

Heather Reid Glow meet
11:20am – 11:50am on Wednesday 9th December 2009
Join this Glow meet and put your questions on weather, climate and global warming to Heather Reid, BBC weather presenter and professional meteorologist.
Join the Glow meet on the Sustainable Development Education Glow page at https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/Climate%20Change/default.aspx
Submit your question in advance by emailing Ian Menzies at [email protected]

COP15 – join the event
Keep up to date with the latest news from the United Nations Climate Change Conference by tuning into the COP15 live event page on LTS online at http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/sustainabledevelopment/cop15/index.asp
We’ll be bringing you a range of perspectives from the conference including the official COP15 updates and blogs from:
• UNICEF youth climate activists
• Scotland’s Climate Change Minister
• Leading environmental and development NGOs.

Share ideas and resources or let us know what doing for COP15 by logging onto the Sustainable Development Education Glow page at https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/Climate%20Change/default.aspx

Glow meet – UN Climate Change Summit, Copenhagen
10:15am to 10:40am Friday 11th December 2009
Representatives from the World Wildlife Fund and Oxfam will be on hand to answer your questions about climate change and its impact on people, nature and biodiversity around the world.
Find out why this UN Summit is so important and what is happening behind the scenes.
Join the Glow meet on the Sustainable Development Education Glow page at https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/Climate%20Change/default.aspx
Submit your question in advance by emailing Ian Menzies at [email protected]

December 3rd, 2009

Climate, Weather, and Heather Reid

nickmorgan

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The UN Climate Change summit conference is nearly upon us and people across the globe will be watching as world leaders and government officials meet in Copenhagen to negotiate new international targets to tackle climate change. Learning and Teaching Scotland will be bringing you photos, videos, blogs and live feeds from Copenhagen to enable your school to be part of the experience and to participate in the climate change debate.

To kick off our programme of events, we’re giving Scottish schools the chance to take part in a live ‘Glow meet’ videoconference with Heather Reid, BBC Scotland weather presenter and professional meteorologist. Heather works frequently with schools on science education, and will be answering your questions on weather, climate and the impact of global warming.

This live Glow meet will take place on Wednesday 9^th December 2009 from 11:20am to 11:50am. To take part, visit the Sustainable Development Education Glow group at https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/Climate%20Change/default.aspx

Submit your questions to Heather in advance of the Glow meet by visiting https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/nationalsite/climate%20change/lists/pages/discussions.aspx?idsip=ext or by emailing [email protected]

Plans are also being finalised for a further Glow meet live from the Copenhagen conference on Fri 11^th December 2009. Watch the Sustainable Development Education Glow group or LTS online http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/sustainabledevelopment/index.asp for further details.