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http://pnyv.org/eric See also: http://pnyv.org/fairglobalcitizenship http://pnyv.org/literacies Educator and Information Designer Eric Schneider creates instruments that empower youth, citizens and organisations to effectivley transform our societes and co-create our common future. My flagship is PNYV : Positive News + Youth Views Online Magazine for Youth Leadership & Changemaking charts and visualises positive actors, projects and tidal wave knowledge, and makes them applicable in schools. PNYV is an Official Project of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014. Positive News, Know-How and Community at www.pnyv.org, in 20 languages, worldwide. NEW & HOT: TribalTravel :: World Premiere Portal for Community-Stays (responsible tourism) & informal twinning of tribal, rural and urban communities for multisectorial cooperation through grassroot activities, building on the untapped power of citizens, youth and schools! http://www.tribaltravel.org evolving in 5 languages! SURFING THE TIDAL OF SOCIETAL INNOVATION ::: FOR PROJECT INVOLVEMENT SEE BELOW ::: I. Nutshell: My Territories II. Designing Missing Links into Education III. A Bit of a Bio IV. Expand Your Mind - - - - - I. NUTSHELL : MY TERRITORIES My commitment to creating functional societies includes integral interest in omnicultural, holistic learning, innovative cultural bridging, ethical values, the children of nature, disseminating best practice approaches to new civil participation, implementing global law, netizenship, using ICT for meaningful communication and information in a new media culture, a new culture of travelling replacing tourism, establishing new models of earth-literate leadership, responsible governance and decision-making for safeguarding and protecting the global commons. My engagement has led to encounters with many outstanding personalities from the realms of science, civil society, education, learning, democracy, the arts and youth leadership, representatives of traditional cultures, spiritual leaders and healers. I live in Berlin, running an adventurous camp with a nice fireplace, veggie garden and busy virtual cockpit, while having a tenth of an eye on the pulse of the city, occasionally rushing to key events and meetings with other project captains. Cherishing the view from the top, I spend quality time with cross-disciplinary elders providing aspiring young people with perspectives from atop their seasoned shoulders. I can be reached by email: eric@worldfutureschool.org + + + + + + + II. DESIGNING MISSING LINKS :: My priority lies in designing effective "Missing Links" between the tidal wave knowledge environments and the worldwide public, especially the formal education systems; of participative nature. I have developed the ISLE concept for Informal Sustaniability Learning Environments: http://worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=631 I am working on Global Sustainability Education curricula with IHTEC Canada (http://ihtec.org) and the Council on Global Issues (http://ryerson.ca/~woc) CURRENT CRE-ACTIVE INVOLVEMENTS: Positive News Youth Views :: E-Zine for Youth Leadership & Changemaking: http://www.pnyv.org WHICH IS NOW AN OFFICIAL PROJECT OF THE UNITED NATIONS DECADE OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. Very well worth checking it out and JOINING IN! TribalTravel :: World Premiere Portal for Community-Stays (responsible tourism) & Agenda-Alliances: Twinning tribal, rural and urban communities for informal, multisectorial cooperation through grassroot activities, building on the untapped power of citizens, youth and schools! http://www.tribaltravel.org World Future School online LearnScape: http://worldfutureschool.org IHTEC's International School Peace Gardens programs: http://ihtec.org Culture Channel: http://great-spirit.org Related projects have been opened in TIG at Positive News: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/pn International School Peace Gardens: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/ispg Inter-cultural Education: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/great-spirit Fair Travelling: http://projects.takingitglobal.org/tt Positive Nett-Works Association, host of Positive News Youth Views and the World Future School project: http://worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=490 I can be reached by email: eric@worldfutureschool.org + + + + + + + + + III. A BIT OF A BIO :: Eric was born into a family of franco-german teachers in 1971 and spent his teenage life on travelling and sports; handball and volleyball, one of the sweetest memories is the 1:0 fast break vs Israel national team. The rest of his time basically went into drawing, music, movies and the fantasy role playing board game Dungeons & Dragons; in six hours a day for five years, his triade of co-players probably developed the most massive, toughest and magical universe ever created in the genre. The same accounts for the series of 4 deck-techno parties and the founding party of Camp Weltgeist. But all those are different stories that will not be relived, so - now for something completely different... In 1992, Eric started teacher training studies in Germany. In 1995, Eric spent an intense one year study experience in Perth, Western Australia, followed by journeys all around the continent. In 1996/97, Eric became the last student of Nupa Tatanka, a universal scholar with Lakotah-Inuit roots. Not only was this time filled intensely with authentic learning time on indigenous worldview, history, values, spirituality, healing, achievements, community, society and bottom lines, but - building on his teacher's track records in the domains of the sixties movement, cultures, tradition, history, sociology, psychology, teaching, diplomacy, media, festivals, adventure, travel, business entrepreneurship, teaching, human relations and living dreams. The "circular world" of holistic societies was contrasted with a non-stop journey into the "linear world's" dys-functional heart of the USA, meeting red, black, brown, yellow and white people, millionaires, trash, druglords, bankrobbers, killers, bleeding-heart liberals, new age gurus, hippie kids, gays, hyppocrites, apples and oreo cokkies, - a flight on top of the labyrinth of industrial society, offering exceptional and fundamental insights. 1997-2004: Back in Europe, Eric has collected experiences in running a ranch commune, founding a family, series of parties, events, concerts and spectacles, publishing magazines, tourism, ALL music styles, entertainment, graphic, print and webdesign, co-editorial online technology, various jobs "on the marketplace", labour rights, exploring and uncovering unethical business enterprises, youth projects, public relations, sustainability networking and information design. In 1999, Eric finished his teaching degree, learning precious lessons on avantgarde teaching curricula (New Phys. Ed curricula 1998, of Lower Saxony, Germany). In 2000, Eric spent five months at the Universal World Exposition expo2000 in Hannover, Germany, http://expo2000.de/expo2000/index_e.htm#, a perfect long term Informal Sustainability Learning Environment. This is where Eric met with many leading thinkers, movers, shakers, talkers, representatives, blockers and responsibles of the world, discussing global issues and - especially - visions for new online-based learning environments building cultural bridges and sharing cultural knowlegde, wisdom and competences. Eric joined Positive Nett-Works Association http://www.worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=490 in expo 2000's final future-raft phase. Here started his involvement in creating "participatory public spaces for sustainability learning and networking"; see http://worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=490 for ensuing projects. Since then, Eric has inaugurated http://www.pnyv.org (Official Project of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014) and http://www.tribaltravel.org (contribution to the United Nations Decade of Indigenous People 2005-2014) in cooperation with recognised leaders in positive innovation, see http://www.worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=601. JOIN IN to utilise these projects for enhancing your positive activities and reaching out to a larger public through schools and ohter sectors!!! + + + + + + + + + + + + + IV. EXPAND YOUR MIND:: Some good stuff for your realistic understanding of the world we live in: STATE OF THE PLANET: WWF Living Planet Report: http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/general/livingplanet/lpr04.cfm Kenny Ausubel: The Long Way Home, http://www.alternet.org/story/20180/ Author and filmmaker,founder and co-executive director of http://www.Bioneers.org The 15th annual Bioneers conference took place Oct. 15-17, at Marin Center in San Rafael, Calif. What is Bioneering? http://www.worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=376 Mathis Wackernagel. Ecological Footprint of Nations: http://dieoff.org/page13.htm and http://www.panda.org/news_facts/publications/general/livingplanet/lpr02.cfm and http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/focus/report/english/footprint/ranking.htm YOUTH: Ryan, age 13, "I'm just a normal boy,": http://www.worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=293 Informal Sustainability Learning and Self-Empowerment: WORLD FUTURE SCHOOL PROJECT Website: www.worldfutureschool.org WFS Tour: http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/ewoc_slideshows/schneider/sld001.htm POSITIVE NEWS YOUTH VIEWS Website: http://www.pnyv.org Info Materials, Print Edition, Press Info: http://www.pnyv.org/downloads.html GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION RESOURCES: IHTEC's International School Peace Garden programme, THE world leading (the only!) holistic curriculum for Global Sustainability Education, http://www.ihtec.org/index.php?id=19 with ten (10!!!) years of international experience. A collection of tidal wave Global Sustainability Education papers, compiled at the international and Interdisciplinary Video Conference on the Implementation of Global Sustainbility Education as part of the Interdisciplinary Conference on the Evolution of World Order EWOC & Science for Peace Round Table: http://www.ihtec.org/index.php?id=202 Contact Julia Morton-Marr for joining into the International School Peace Garden program. (appearingly unusual approach? do you expect the conventional approach to function after 2000 unsuccesful years?) Youth, Learners and Teachers: implement this. And Positive News. It takes no time and takes your school into the 21st Century - at least a little bit. Finally, some MEANINGFUL FUN: http://www.themeatrix.com/ http://www.e-tractions.com/truemajority/run/oreo?rd=436 more about a new culture of Awareness Movies in Your Mailbox, here: http://www.freerangegraphics.com/html/gallery/flash_movies.html ENJOY! Where are move around... Whole Day School Reform in Germany: http://benking.de/open-forum/events/Ganztagsschulen.html Youth & FutureS of Europe http://benking.de/open-forum/events/NeuesEuropa.html UN ICT Task Force http://www.unicttaskforce.org/seventhmeeting/ always unusual ideas and perspectives... at Ming.tv take care, Eric
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