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Blogs by Theme - Green Skills

Indonesian and Malaysian Youths Collaborate on FARM-iLAB: An Innovation Laboratory for Sustainable Organic Farming

Two YSEALI East-West Center USA program graduates, Fahmi Dwilaksono (Indonesia) and Lum Jason (Malaysia) recently created an innovation laboratory called FARM-iLAB through the support of East-West Center Alumni Incubator Program. This project promotes sustainable organic farming systems to young farmers in Southeast Asia.

Commonwealth Foundation Newsletter

This month's Newsletter focuses on "Civic voice" through the aims of the Commonwealth Foundation as progressively reported through their Strategy 2017-21.  Within this, the issues of gender equality and inclusion with actions around strengthening civic voice and enhancing participatory governance are addressed.  Climate change is also a key concern, especially for Caribbean and Pacific nations.

Random Acts of Wildness – Nature is needed for human social resilience

What is this you may ask?  Before you get too far into ‘wild’ imaginings, it’s simple: learn about nature, create wild spaces around you, and go and enjoy them outdoors.  Natural beauty is good for us as University of Derby researchers say in monitoring the Wildlife Trust’s 30 Days Wild challenge.  It’s the key to unlocking the benefits of wellbeing and happiness and you can engage through their App:  http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30DaysWild/App.  In the UK, June is the month to “Go Wild”, we can do this too, anywhere!

EcCoWell Cork Open Space event on UN World Water Day

The next EcCoWell Cork Open Space event will take place during the Lifelong Learning Festival in the city on 22 March

The event will focus on the topic of water to highlight and celebrate UN World Water Day and is a chance to discover the many ways in which business, academia, communities and people engage with water.

Getting Started with the SDGs in Cities

The German authorities have prepared a handbook as a guide to connect urban development and the SDG's . The purpose is to help actors  to consider all the complexity of urban topics and the multiple interactions across sectors and strata from the very beginning of planning. The target are both the local stakeholders and the national governments dealing with urban development issues.

 

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