13 countries, one game – A call for Climate Action
A powerful and emotional learning experience, the World Climate simulation was run with Latin American students to call for climate action. Check out the insights here!
Book recommendation: The history of bees
It has been a long time since a book has moved and touched me in such a way as “The history of bees” did. With this novel, the Norwegian author Maja Lunde has created a wonderful piece of art, she found just the right words to show us how much we depend on the little, […]
Apply now for a scholarship to attend the European Forum Alpbach
You can become the next scholarship-holder of the European Forum Alpbach 2018! Over 700 young leaders participated in 2017, Apply now until March 30, 2018!
Development planning: Are we still colonialists?
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The view from Lions head over Cape Town. The South African metropole is one of the cities where development planning is happening. Picture: Dominik Müller[/caption]
Shortcomings of the UN Halting Deforestation conference
Armenian and Peruvian youth delegates review the pending topics and gaps of the Halting Deforestation Conference held last week at FAO Rome.
United Youth in Rome to halt deforestation
GCE Students from Peru participated in the Halting Deforestation Workshop for Youth in FAO Rome last Monday, check them out!
Daisies in December
Last year in December I walked around in the Ecological-Botanical Garden (ÖBG) in Bayreuth and was surprised to find a variety of plants already being in their full bloom. It has been a mild winter since, but it still seemed odd to me to find daisies and snowdrops at that time of the year. While […]
Brace yourself – Winter is not coming!
“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” – who hasn’t heard Bill Cosby’s song and dreamt of a snowy landscape for Christmas? Wouldn’t you like to go skiing in an idyllic, snow-covered landscape in the Fichtel Mountains, just a stone’s throw away from your doorstep? And doesn’t taste mulled wine in the Winterdorf even better when […]
COP23: Creating green and inclusive transport
By: Romesh Kumar Yadav Session’s theme: How can SDGs be enforced not only in national, but also in local level as well? Objective: How cities can be made more open (in terms of access), resilient and livable? An interesting side event took place on the 13th of November at Bonn Zone (COP23, Bonn, Germany) with […]
Faces of COP23
Wondering who were the people attending the COP23 last week? Check out GCE Student Jan Christopher Fischer interviews with the delegates! #COP23 Recap
