FEE fully committed to the Sustainable Development Goals
As a global organisation, FEE shapes and highlights its role as a stakeholder and trendsetter in the Sustainable Development process.
As a global organisation, the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) shapes and highlights its role as a stakeholder and trendsetter in the Sustainable Development process, particularly for environmental, educational and eco-tourism matters.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define a relevant part of the context within which FEE operates, thus we strive to see our work reflected in the Goals.
FEE as an umbrella organisation aims at reaching objectives as indicated in the SDGs:
- Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages (SDG 3).
- Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life-long learning opportunities for all (SDG 4).
- Ensure availability and sustainable management of water (SDG 6).
- Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all (SDG 7).
- Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (SDG14).
- Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems (SDG 15).
- Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth (SDG 8), particularly to implement policies to promote sustainable tourism which creates jobs, and promotes local culture and products (SDG 8.9).
- Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11).
- Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (SDG 12).
- Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13).
- Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development (SDG 16), particularly to build transparent institutions and promote non-discriminatory policies for sustainable development (SDGs 16.6, 16.b) with a positive, proactive, democratic modus operandi and a strong synergistic support to civil society and third sector.
- Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development (SDG 17) through a geographically spread, multi-stakeholder approach.
The programmes based on Education for Sustainable Development, such as Young Reporters for the Environment, Eco-Schools and Learning about Forests, show a strong direct link with the educational Goal (SDG 4) and the Goal on global partnership for sustainable development (SDG 17). FEE’s tourism eco-labels, Green Key and Blue Flag, on the other hand, have theirmain focus on making human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (SDG 11), and on implementing tools for monitoring sustainable development impacts for tourism (SDG 12.b).
Recently, Green Key published a document in which it describes the ways in which the programme connects to all 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Launched today! Promotional video for YRE and the Global Action Days
Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is happy to open the week of YRE Global Action Days with a brand new YRE promotional video.
Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) is happy to open the week of YRE Global Action Days with a brand new YRE promotional video. The video is to share the joy of the programme with everyone and especially with the Young Reporters and potential Young Reporters around the world. Watch below!
Global Action Days is a call for all students and teachers around the world to be active and share their actions on being more sustainable in our modern world.
WHEN: 18-24 April 2016
Be creative and use your skills to deliver your opinions and thoughts in the best possible way! Please register yourself on Global Action Days website and share your action and stories on our Global Action Days Facebook page.
Green Key National Operators' Meeting, Copenhagen 2016
Green Key National Operators from 35 countries gathered on 11-13 April 2016 to discuss the status and future development of the Green Key programme.
Green Key National Operators from 35 countries gathered on 11-13 April 2016 to discuss the status and future development of the Green Key programme.
The 2016 Green Key National Operator Meeting took place on 11-13 April 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where Green Key National Operators from countries in Europe, Caribbean, Mexico, Africa, Middle East and Japan gathered to discuss the status and the future development of Green Key.
The main issues for discussion at the National Operator Meeting were the implementation of the new Green Key criteria, Green Key for the various categories, sharing of best practise examples from different countries, new Green Key developments as well as the monitoring, evaluation and promotion of the Green Key programme.
Green Key International would like to thank our corporate partners, SGS, Lucart Group and Semaphore as well as the Green Key National Operators for their support and active participation in the event.