5th WEEC - Montreal 2009
The Earth, our common home
Montreal (Canada), 10-14 May 2009
The 5th World Environmental Education Congress gave nearly 2,200 stakeholders from 106 different countries the opportunity to join forces in exploring new ways by which we can better live together in our schools and institutions, our neighbourhoods and businesses, our cities, towns and regions, in short, on Earth, our common home. This confirms the growing interest about environmental education and sustainability, a complex and constantly changing field.
General objectives
- To promote the role environmental education plays in developing and enriching human identity and constructing healtier individuals, communities, and societies.
- To highlight the contribution environmental education brings to social innovation by addressing socio-ecological issues and contributing to eco-development within all societies.
- To emphasize the role environmental education can play in public policy development, and how public policy can strengthen environmental education.
4th WEEC - Durban 2007
Learning in a changing world
Durban (South Africa), 2-6 July 2007
The Fourth Congress was organized, within the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014), by the Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA), in collaboration with WESSA (Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa and numerous partners.
It was divided into 13 thematic sessions, workshops, poster-corners, parallel events, visits to the territory to explore the socio-cultural richness of South Africa.
It confirmed the validity of the formula that joins world reasearch, institutions and civil society in order to strengthen the diffusion of environmental and sustainability culture.
3rd WEEC - Torino 2005
Educational Paths Towards Sustainability
Torino (Italy), 2-6 October 2005
The Third World Environmental Education Congress, which took place in Turin, concluded the phase of consolidation and opened the series of biennial Congresses. The first objective of the Congress was to exchange observations and best practices at a worldwide level, to develop the main themes for the agenda on environmental education and to jointly discuss the themes and proposals presented in the speeches and posters from around the world. The third edition of the WEEC had the objective of creating a world community on environmental and sustainable education research and practice. This gave it a significant place in the first year of the United Nation Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014).
2nd WEEC - Rio de Janeiro 2004
Building a possible future
Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), 15-18 September 2004
The second edition of the World Environmental Education Congress, which was held in Rio de Janeiro, brought the international scientific community together for an exchange of experiences and research orientations. This valuable experience involved more than 1500 participants, including members of environmental organizations, business representatives, university students and non-profit associations.
1st WEEC - Espinho 2003
Strategies for Sustainable Future
Espinho (Portugal), 20-24 May 2003
The first World Environmental Education Congress was held in Espinho (Portugal), under the sponsorship of UNEP and UNESCO; it was the first of what would be a series of global events and gathered together 300 participants from 40 countries, offering an international platform for educators, scientific experts, researchers, scholars, politicians, technicians, activists, the media and teachers to discuss worldwide key issues in Environmental Education (EE) in an integrated perspective.
