Baltic University Programme - Finland

Residential Training Workshop on Universities & ESD

MEdIESApplication time for this workshop is prolonged to April 19th.

Applying teachers are kindly asked to send an application/motivation letter (max 200 words) with a description of themselves and information on why participation in this workshop is important. The letter should be sent to the BUP secretariat in Uppsala no later than April 19th 2010. The workshop will take place 24-28 May 2010 at the Centre of Environmental Education of Amfissa, Greece.

For more information please see the BUP web site.

 

Encounters of Sea and Land

Encounters of Sea and LandSixth conference of European Society for Environmental History (ESEH)
'Encounters of Sea and Land'
28 June - 2 July 2011
Turku, Finland

The conference will examine how the sea and land have encountered each other in history and how humans have interacted with marine and land environments. The Baltic Sea and its coasts provide an excellent case to study this complex relationship.

For more information see the conference web site,

 

Report: BUP - Network Virtual Courses on Sustainable Development

BUP Network Virtual CoursesBaltic 21 E network

BALTIC UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME – NETWORK VIRTUAL COURSES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – considerations and recommendations for action pdf

This report by Turku University of Applied Sciences includes information on all the sustainable development related virtual courses that were discovered in questionnaires conducted in 2007 and 2010. Altogether 38 courses were discovered. The questionnaires showed that virtual courses already apply a multitude of learning management systems.

   

Integration through territorial co-operation

Integration Through Territorial Co-operationEurope’s Macro-Regions
Integration through territorial co-operation
Forum at the Committee of the Regions, Brussels
13 April 2010

The Committee of the Regions (CoR) invites interested regional representatives, experts and other stakeholders from existing and emerging 'macro-regions' to discuss issues related to strategy development and implementation and other themes of common interest at the CoR headquarters in Brussels (101 rue Belliard) on Tuesday, 13 April 2010.

For more information see the conference Programme (pdf-file) or visit the COR web site.

 

Marine biodiversity: life in seas under threat

Message 4: Marine biodiversity10 messages for 2010
Marine Ecosystems: LIfe in Seas Under Threat pdf

Marine biodiversity: life in seas under threat Climate change, pollution, acidification, over-exploitation of fish stocks, invasive alien species all threaten life in our seas and consequently the services we obtain from them. The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) new short assessment of marine biodiversity takes a closer look at the ‘less known half’ of EU territory.

 

   

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