African RCEs Discuss Ways to Upscale Impacts, Youth Engagement, and Global Integration

The 8th African RCE Meeting was held at the Chancellor College in Zomba, Malawi from 8th – 10th August, 2018.
The 8th African RCE Meeting was held at the Chancellor College in Zomba, Malawi from 8th – 10th August, 2018.
RCE Kano is organising its second edition of its annual quiz competition among some selected private and public secondary schools from 16th October - 1st December, 2018. One of the main objectives of the event is to introduce sustainable development tenets into the informal activities of secondary schools in Nigeria, and in turn to create momentum towards the reorientation of educational systems in line with the global agendas on education.
In celebration of the Youth SDG Challenge 2018, and in conjunction with the 11th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting and Symposium, the first Asia-Pacific Virtual Youth Summit will be held on 24 September, 2018. This initiative is led by the Asia-Pacific Youth Regional Coordinators, Brittany Hardiman (RCE Greater Western Sydney) and Emmy Rusadi (RCE Yogyakarta).
Photo credits: RCE Penang
RCE Penang recently held seminars focusing on the themes of the SDGs, Ethics and Celebrating Diversity. The first was held at the end of June 2018, in collaboration with the School of Educational Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia and RCE Tongyeong.
Student leadership in sustainability cannot be achieved single-handedly – in order to develop these competencies it is essential that students are empowered to collaborate and share their ESD knowledge at the global level.
Photo credit: RCE Srinagar
Photo credit: RCE Kano
RCE Kano, in collaboration with Zamfara Environmental Network (ZEN) and the Centre for Renewable Energy and Action on Climate Change organised a one-day conference with a view to proposing solutions for the environmental and security challenges affecting northern Nigeria.
Held on 30 April, 2018, the Global RCE Youth Network in collaboration with RCE Kano, RCE London, and RCE Penang, in partnership with the Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia brought together European, African and Asian RCEs virtually for the 1st Europe-Africa-Asia RCE Youth Virtual Conference.
Four RCE Severn projects were selected for funding through the University of Gloucestershire’s professional support programme, Learning Innovation for Tomorrow (LIFT) for 2018. The LIFT programme aims to support new innovations in learning and in turn bring transformative, futures-oriented learning into the curriculum. In addition, it connects students’ learning with the community to advance shared sustainability goals.
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