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June 23, 2016

How to save money and the planet in your CISV Programme

If enthusiasm was the currency of the world, then CISV would be a goldmine! However, running a CISV programme can quite expensive. But the Sustainable Development Team have put our heads together to give CISVers some helpful tips to ensure that our programmes can be economically, as well as environmentally sustainable…
June 15, 2016

Including Parents in CISV activities

We often find that parents don’t see Junior Branch activities as educational and interesting CISV events. Frequently, I’ve seen them drop of their children at Junior Branch activities, and leave. Then they come back to pick them up, make sure that their kids had a good time, and then leave again.
June 7, 2016

Sustainable Programmes: Environmental Living

In Step 3 of this year’s sustainable development campaign we will explore how we can apply sustainable development to our programmes. In this three part series we will explore what actions we can take to ensure that our programmes are as environmentally, economically and socially sustainable as possible.
June 6, 2016

Reflections on Peace Education from the Kompaz Team

For those of you who have been reading the blog posts from the Sustainable Development Team, you have seen that we have been focusing on the link between Peace Education and Sustainable Development.
May 30, 2016

Training Session: Introducing Sustainable Development

The first part of the session establishes that all of us have heard the phrase Sustainable Development and it identifies the most knowledgeable people in the room who are then recruited as facilitators for the second part. The second part is work in small groups and explores some key aspects of sustainable development. The third part links sustainable development to CISV’s mission and what each of us does in CISV.
May 23, 2016

When I was eleven…

I thought I was so grown up. I once wore platforms and curled my hair for school. What a silly thing to do. 11 is such an interesting age, no longer a child but not yet a teenager. When I watched the I am eleven documentary, I got to hear stories from 11-year olds from 15 different countries and I felt like I got to know them quite well in the short time of the documentary.
May 16, 2016

How do we educate for Sustainable Development?

With this post, we want to explore the question: how should we approach educating for Sustainable Development? What makes this content area unique? What should you keep in mind when preparing and leading an activity?