Schools : World Oceans Day : #ValueoftheOceans : resources

 

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"A day for humanity celebrate the ocean."

World Oceans Day, celebrated each year on June 8 for over 28 years, is part of a wider effort to raise awareness and inform the public of these issues. 

Linked to human well being and to our very survival on Earth, the conservation and sustainable use of our ocean is more than ever a vital necessity.

The ocean covers over 70% of the planet. It is our life source, supporting humanity’s sustenance and that of every other organism on earth.

Information:

The ocean produces at least 50% of the planet’s oxygen, it is home to most of earth’s biodiversity, and is the main source of protein for more than a billion people around the world. Not to mention, the ocean is key to our economy with an estimated 40 million people being employed by ocean-based industries by 2030.

Even though all its benefits, the ocean is now in need of support.

With 90% of big fish populations depleted, and 50% of coral reefs destroyed, we are taking more from the ocean than can be replenished. To protect and preserve the ocean and all it sustains, we must create a new balance, rooted in true understanding of the ocean and how humanity relates to it. We must build a connection to the ocean that is inclusive, innovative, and informed by lessons from the past.

Goal 14

https://sdgs.un.org/goals/

• Theme 2021:

“The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods” 

It's the theme for World Oceans Day 2021, as well as a declaration of intentions that launches a decade of challenges to get the Sustainable Development Goal 14, “Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources”, by 2030.

https://unworldoceansday.org/

Education:

From Paris to Hong Kong, and Quito to Malé, on June 8, students around the world are celebrating World Oceans Day by taking part in #TheOceanLife&livehoods

https://oceanic.global/projects/

• Resources:

Teachers can visit the official website and invite their students to learn more about Oceans International Day. News, reports on the oceans are available.

There's a website for Education: Stories & Resources

Be free to explore latest ocean-related stories, resources, and videos from the UN World Oceans Day community!

Teachers and students are invited to submit resources here

The stories, resources and videos featured on the portal have been submitted by scholars, institutions, non-profits, community organisations, businesses and research bodies.

To submit for consideration, please use the form.

2021UNWOD/ #OceanLifelivelihoods

winner: Renee-Capozzola

https://unworldoceansday.org/photos/

• Photo Contest: Enjoy the most beautiful photos of the oceans

Schools can discover the beauty of the oceans thanks to the photo contest organized by the United Nations on the occasion of World Oceans Day. 

Digital Ocean Photo Art

2021UNWOD/ #OceanLifelivelihoods

finalist: Brett-Stanley (2nd place)

https://unworldoceansday.org/photos/

The 2021 winners will be published shortly, but in the meantime you can see the finalists from previous editions and get ready, camera in hand ... to participate in the next 2022 edition! Don't forget!

"Remind of the major role the oceans have in everyday life. They are the lungs of our planet, providing most of the oxygen we breathe."

UNESCO 

G-Souto

08.06.2021

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Schools : UNESCO photo contest to promote sport values

César Evora

Portuguese Olympic Champion

http://www.record.xl.pt/

Do you believe in the power of sport? Have you seen the impact of sport values in your community or school?

UNESCO has launched a photo contest that showcases the unifying Power and Values of Sport. 

• Aims:

Sport values such as fairness, equity, respect, or inclusion, can equip young people with the knowledge and skills needed to tackle 21st century challenges. 

Engagement in targeted sport-values education programmes contributes to the development of self-confidence, healthy lifestyle choices, life skills, and an understanding of rights.

Sports provide us with beautiful, jaw-dropping photography. Pictures have an incredible ability to capture - in instant shot - those unique values that sport entails. 

• Target:

UNESCO invites professionnals and amateurs to send one photo which captures the power of sport values and their impact on young people within your community. 

The best 15 photos will be published in a UNESCO photo book on sport values and exhibited at the Organization’s Headquarters.

Five winners will be invited to present how their photos illuminate the power of sport values. 

• Deadline:

Thursday 3 December 2015 at 12:00 GMT+1.

Medallist David Weir

credits: Getty Images

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/

To participate, the photo must be sent to sportvalues(at)unesco.org along with a 150-200 words testimony/story in English, French or Spanish, explaining how sport values impact young people in your community, by Thursday 3 December 2015 at 12:00 GMT+1.

Sport in school

http://www.rangiruru.school.nz/

Education:

“Sport has become a world language, a common denominator that breaks down all the walls, all the barriers. It is a worldwide industry whose practices can have widespread impact. Most of all, it is a powerful tool for progress and for development”,

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General 

These are the words of the UN Secretary-General on the International Day of Sport for Development & Peace last May 2015

Due to its vast reach, unparalleled popularity and foundation of positive values, sport is ideally positioned to contribute towards the wolrd objectives for development and peace. 

We need this power more than ever today, after the 13 November in Paris to strengthen the grounds for more inclusive and sustainable development and lasting peace.

Please invite your students to participate in this contest sending a photo that they can shot in school or outside school.

Students must indicate the first and last name, together with their contact details and profession. 

• Photo composition and format:

• The photo must be dynamic and express movement;

• The photo must be in colour and in high resolution (minimum 300 dpi);

• Dimensions can either be portrait or landscape, and the format can be either portrait, photojournalism, street photos, or sport photos;

• Signatures, photographers’ names, or copyright notices should be submitted along with the photo;

• The photo must be sent by email, in digital format, as a .jpg file

• Contest winners:

A minimum of 5 winners and 10 runners-up will be selected. 

UNESCO will publish the results of the photo contest on Wednesday 9 December 2015. Winners and runners-up will be notified directly. 

The 5 winners will receive a Canon DSLR Camera and will be invited to an international event on Values Education through Sport (UNESCO Paris, France, 28-29 January 2016). Travel and accommodation will be borne by UNESCO. 

https://upload.wikimedia.org/

• Contest winners and runners-up will receive:

•  Hard copies of the photo book featuring the best photos;

• 1 Set of post-cards featuring the best photos;

• 1 branded T-shirt.

Sport and physical education are especially important for young people, for their health and civic engagement.

Sport has historically played an important role in all societies, be it in the form of competitive sport, physical activity or play. But one may wonder: what does sport have to do with peace?

Sport can no longer be considered a luxury within any society but is rather an important investment in the present and future, particularly in developing countries.

Sport is a pillar of a healthy society, at ease with itself, united in its diversity, based on human rights and equal dignity. It provides a field for passions to be shared, for communities to come together, for the disadvantaged to be empowered.

G-Souto

24.11.2015

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Education : Photo Competition for Young Europeans - Berlin Wall

Photo contest for young Europeans

https://www.storyhousepro.com/en/

"Are you a young European? Are you a photo enthusiast? Do you think Europe can be ‘Instagrammed’?"

Those are the right words to motivate students to participate. They love Instagram, photos, and of course be European.

Well, Storyhousepro.org has launched a 10 month-long photo competition for young Europeans on Instagram! 

Since January to November 2014, they are annoucing a new monthly theme  on their Facebook and Instagram profiles.

photo contest Berlin wall fall

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/

This month’s theme of September, for the YOLO Instagram photo competition for young Europeans is out!

To enter the contest, post up to five cool recent pictures of the Berlin Wall or simply show us how you connect with this anniversary. Special hashtag #anniversarygoesinsta.

All the monthly winners will be invited to Brussels in December to see their photos exhibited at the European Commission and for a free tour of the European institutions. The overall competition winner will also be invited to visit the production set of the ‘YOLO – Das große W’ show in one of the EU countries.

September is the "25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall and the iron curtain" - post up to five cool recent pictures of the Berlin Wall or simply show us how you connect to this anniversary using the hashtag #anniversarygoesinsta. 

Berlin Wall fall

www.historytoday.com

Some history facts to the young students:

9 November 2014 will mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To honour this major anniversary, a series of special events and museum exhibitions are planned to take place throughout the city, focusing on the division of Germany and Berlin, the Cold War, and the peaceful revolution leading to reunification.

One of the main highlights will be happening on the weekend around 9th November: Along the former course of the Berlin Wall a new temporary Berlin Wall will be built with thousands of white balloons. It is going to run right through the city centre and it will be illuminated. If the weather is good enough this wall can even be seen from outer space.

Visitors to Berlin have many choices to experience the history of the wall and what it meant to the city and the people of Berlin. These include a GPS-guided walking tour on the trail of the Berlin Wall, guided or self-guided bicycle tours on the Wall path, visits to underground Berlin, former watch towers, Wall memorials, The GDR Museum, or a drive into the East of the city in an original GDR Trabant car.

• Terms & Conditions :

Who can participate?

• All residing EU nationals and nationals belonging to countries with EU candidate or potential candidate status (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Iceland, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey)

• Age limit: 30 years old maximum.

Themes :

To enter the contest, participants must post up to five cool recent pictures of the Berlin Wall or simply show how they connect with this anniversary. 

Each participant may send a maximum of five entries on Instagram per monthly competition.

Entries should be original and not contain insults or copyright infringements of any kind.

Special hashtag : #anniversarygoesinsta

Rules: https://bit.ly/1bGovvd

• Deadline :

The deadline is 15th October 2014.

The competition was launched by the 3 hosts of the RTL youth show 'YOLO', Cecilia Knodt, Lukas Wandke and Natalia Höppner and runs every month til November!

Prizes : 

All the winners will be invited to Brussels to see their photos exhibited, and the overall winner will be invited to visit the production set of the YOLO - Das große W show- so get your entries in now!

For some inspirational ideas, go on the website Visit Berlin Convention and choose the right activiy.

Winners :

All the monthly winners will be invited to Brussels in December to see their photos exhibited at the European Commission and for a free tour of the European institutions. 

The overall competition winner will also be invited to visit the production set of the ‘YOLO – Das große W’ show in one of the EU countries.

Berlin Wall fall

http~s://www.cbc.ca/

Education :

2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. It would be interesting if teachers talking about the event, motivate the students to understand the reason of the Berlin Wall and its fall 25 years ago.

The contest could be a creative actvity to introduce in different curriculum or even better as a cross-curricula project.

Targets : All levels 

Curriculum : History ; Geography ; Languages, Arts (Photography).

Send in your entry today !

G-Souto

30.09.2014
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Resources (different countries) :

The German Historical Museum, the major exhibition The War 14-18

https://www.dhm.de/en.html

Bibliothèque de France : La Guerre 14-18
http://expositions.bnf.fr/guerre14/index.htm

First World War Centenary
https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/first-world-war-centenary

Mission Centenary 14-18 USA
https://centenaire.org/en/dans-le-monde/first-world-war-centenary-commemorations-united-states

The Centennial Commemoration of The United States in World War One

https://worldwar-1centennial.org/

Imperial War Museum London: The Holocaust Exhibition
https://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-london/the-holocaust-exhibition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

https://www.ushmm.org/

Musée de la Guerre Canada

http://www.museedelaguerre.ca/cwm/exhibitions/guerre/home-f.aspx

Portugal 14-18

http://www.portugal1914.org/portal/pt/

Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal : Diário da Grande Guerra

http://grandeguerra.bnportugal.pt/