VIU at National Conference on Environmental Education in Rome

On November 22, VIU participated in the National Conference on Environmental Education jointly promoted by the Italian Ministry for the Environment Land and Sea (IMELS) and the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR). The meeting, hosted at the MAXXi Museum in Rome, shows a new attention and awareness of the Italian Government to promote Environmental Education at all level, having them as part of the national education programme in schools.

The meeting was arranged as to have 12 thematic tables, each of which examined the main topics linked to Environmental Education, such as Biodiversity, Environment and Health, Climate Change, Circular Economy, Agenda 2030, Sustainable Mobility and others.

By the end of the day, each table has produced guidelines and proposals that have been submitted to the Ministries of Environment and Education and signed by them in the “Carta dell’Educazione Ambientale” that will be included in the 2014-2020 programmatic plan for Education. The Carta is available here. 

VIU took part in the thematic table on Climate Change, sharing its experience on training and education on Sustainable Development with experts from, among others, Legambiente, Lombardia Region, WWF, World Bank, ENEL, Italian Climate Network, Kyoto Club, Federlegno, Municipality of Assisi, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italian National Research Council, University La Sapienza Rome.

We hereby wish to thank the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea for this opportunity.

Special thanks to Roberta Ianna and Vittorio Cogliati Dezza for moderating.