5 New Year’s resolutions to reduce your carbon footprint
The new year is underway and with it, you’ll find dozens of New Year’s resolutions to choose from. Perhaps this year, you are looking for resolutions that can help reduce your carbon emissions. This article – published in January 2023 on www.npr.org – shares 5 New Year’s resolutions to reduce your carbon footprint. Make 2023 […]
What is the Action Plan for Digital Education?
The Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) is a renewed European Union (EU) policy initiative to support the sustainable and effective adaptation of EU Member States’ education and training systems to the digital era. The Action Plan for Digital Education: Offers a long-term strategic vision for a high-quality, inclusive and accessible European digital education; Addresses the […]
Environmental subjects in Pre-university Education in Romania
Common Core and School Decision Curriculum Subjects with Implications for Environmental and Climate Change Education in Pre-University Education: Preschool education Optional discipline: “Ecological and environmental protection education”. Primary education Disciplines from the common core: Geography (4th grade) – with learning activities: acquiring interest in understanding the role of the environment for the life and activity […]
Approved the National Strategy on Education for the Environment and Climate Change 2023 – 2030 in Romania
The Government of Romania has approved the National Strategy on Education for the Environment and Climate Change 2023 – 2030. It is a moment of utmost importance for Romanian education, being the first time that Romania adopts a national strategy dedicated to education for the environment and climate change. The programmatic document establishes clear actions […]
The contribution of digital technologies in reducing energy-related costs and emisions
With businesses around the world facing unprecedented pressures from energy costs and climate change, a new report from the Energy Efficiency Movement shows that improving energy efficiency in industries is the fastest and most effective way for a business to reduce its energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The Energy Efficiency Movement is a global […]
Latvian teachers acquiring skills to train youth for a greener future
10 teachers from education institutions of Latvia are currently taking part in “Good DEEDs” online training and are busy drafting the plan for the piloting phase of the methodology with their students, which will commence in January 2023. The participant selection was done through an open call on Valsts izglītības satura centrs (VISC) website and […]
Good DEEDs presented at a national VET conference in Latvia
The closing conference of two ESF funded projects led by Valsts izglītības satura centrs (VISC) was held on 30 November in Riga, Latvia. Both national-scale projects “Improvement of the sector qualification system for the development of vocational education and quality assurance” (No 8.5.2.0/16/I/001) and “Providing efficient management of vocational training institutions and development of professional […]
Conference on Digital Transition – Energy and Environment
“Digital Transition – Energy and Environment” was the theme of the videoconference held, under the apology of the Day of Professional Courses in Electronics, Automation and Command and Mechatronics, included in the EPTO FUTUROS 30.30 conference cycle and which highlighted the energy challenges of the future and digital transformation for the next decade in Portugal. […]
Romania’s national strategy on climate change
Romania’s national strategy on climate change includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the natural capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere, institutional cooperation, updating climate scenarios, supporting research activities in the field of climate change and the creation of a national database on climate change, estimating the costs of climate change for each priority […]
The energy consumption of digitization, challenges and opportunities in Greece
Particularly revealing about the new challenges of the energy system are the results of a Commission study dealing with the issue of energy consumption of “cloud services” and data centers in the member countries of the European Union. Specifically, the energy consumption of data centers in EU member countries is expected to increase from 2.7% […]
