Lagoa, Cidade Educadora, hosts the 2019 National Eco-Schools Seminar

O National Eco-Schools Seminar 2019 will take place from the 18th to the 20th of January, at the Centro de Congressos do Arade, in Parchal (Lagoa). Organized in partnership with the municipality of Lagoa, it is a time for updating, co-learning and sharing between professionals in the field of education for sustainability.

«Lagoa, Cidade Educadora», which currently has more than 50% of its schools in the Eco-Schools programme, was involved from the first minute in the organization of this meeting, which will also enable a deeper knowledge of the municipality and its potential and sustainability practices.

Eco-Schools, an international program recognized by UNESCO as the largest education network for sustainability in the world, currently adopted in 67 countries, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year at the international level, is currently constituted as a “tool” for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030), emphasizing its vocation of education for responsible citizenship.

The seminar's target audience is the coordinating teachers of the Eco-Schools Program, other teachers, technicians from municipalities involved in the Eco-Schools Program and other professionals linked to environmental education/for sustainability.

The objectives of this meeting are «to bring together the coordinating teachers of the Eco-Schools Program and the technicians from the municipalities involved in environmental education, in order to encourage communication, enable the sharing of common goals and the exchange of experiences», as well as «disseminate new projects and initiatives related to Eco-Schools 2018/2019».

It is also intended to «provide specific information related to the theme of the year: forest and the sea», and even «provide scientific and pedagogical information regarding other work topics: water, waste, energy, climate change, biodiversity, geodiversity, agriculture biological, healthy and sustainable food etc».

Other objectives are «to debate referential strategies and methodologies in Education for Sustainable Development», «to provide participation in workshops of a practical nature leading to an enrichment of strategies in environmental education» and even «to debate the methodology and strategies of the Eco-Schools Program ».

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PROGRAM

Friday, January 18 (morning)

Arade Congress Center

8:30 am – Reception of Participants | credit

9h | Home – Auditorium of the Arade Congress Center

9h00 | Panel I - Opening:

• Welcome Session. ABAE, CML, APA*, ME*, FEE
  
• Eco-Schools Program in Portugal. Margarida Gomes ABAE
  
• Delivery of 2018 Quality Certificates. National Eco-Schools Commission
  

11:00 am – 11:30 am | Break; visit to the Eco-Show

11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Panel II - Sea

Moderator: Francisco Teixeira. Portuguese Environment Agency.

• Marine Prairie | Rui Santos. UAlg
• Plasticus maritimus | Ana Pego.
• Marine Biodiversity | Nuno Sa. Photographer,

12:30 – 13:30 pm | Panel III - Forest

Moderator: João Guerreiro | University of the Algarve.

• Forest fires and landscape restoration. Thomas Panagopuolos | University of the Algarve.
• Tiago Oliveira | SGIF*
• Nursery for our forests. Agnes Besugo | Biovilla

13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch; visit to the Eco-Show

Friday, January 18 (afternoon)

Arade Congress Center

14:30 pm – 16:00 pm | Panel IV- Climate change

Moderator: Idálio Revez. Public Newspaper

• Climate, Social and Educational Change | Luisa Schmidt. ICS
• Drawdown – 100 Solutions to Reverse Global Warming | João Pedro Gouveia. FCT/UNL
• Adapt.pt Network*
• The Climate Reality Project® in Portugal | Carlos Fulgencio.

16:00 am – 16:30 am | Break; visit to the Eco-Show

16:30 pm – 17:00 pm | Panel V – EDS in Eco-Schools Partner Municipalities

Moderator: Augusto Serrano. APA*

• CM from Lagoa. Paulo Gomes.
• CM from Pombal. Catarina Sousa*
• CM de Loulé. Ana Filipa Gonçalves; Wood Line; carina mouse

17:30 pm – 18:30 pm | Panel VI – Project showcase: 7 minutes, 7 partners

Moderator: Margarida Gomes. ABAE.

• The Value of Water | Elsa Luz. Waters of Portugal
• James Carrilho. Lisbon Zoo
• Forest and Responsible Consumption. Joana Faria | FSC
• Vanessa Oliveira. SPEA
• Green Cork | Pedro Souza. Quercus
• Compostable and Biodegradable Utensils | Isabel Braz and Miguel Henriques. Bioethical
• Scianema goes to school | Renata dos Santos

18:30 pm | End of work; eco-show

20:30 pm- Dinner party. Participation upon registration