10 Tips on Baking Sustainably at Home

With all this extra time we’re spending at home, you may have taken an interest in baking! Or maybe you’re like me, and you’ve always enjoyed baking, but now you have more time to do it. Either way, it’s important to try to be sustainable in the ways we bake! Here are some of my […]

Green Skills Programme

  Green Skills, supported by Accenture, is a full-time 10 week training course that aims to provide young people with the skills, experience and support they need to progress onto paid employment or education.   The course is open to all young people aged between 16 – 25 years old who are not in employment, education […]

Environment

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Our Aims

ECO-UNESCO’s aims are: To raise environmental awareness, understanding and knowledge of the environment among young people To promote the protection and conservation of our environment To promote the personal development of young people through practical environmental projects and activities Biodiversity Energy Sustainable Development Waste

What is Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species, which is the product of nearly 3.5 billion years of evolution. […]

How to Save Energy

Are YOU and your family having an energy crisis? You may be if you’re wasting energy. How many of these ways to save energy around the house do YOU know? Change a Light, Change the World We really can “Change the World” with just one light bulb. The key is that the more people that […]

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but also for future generations. The term was used by the Brundtland Commission which coined what has become the most often-quoted definition of Sustainable Development […]

Reduce Waste

When you avoid making garbage in the first place, you don’t have to worry about disposing of waste or recycling it later. Changing your habits is the key — think about ways you can reduce your waste when you shop, work and play. There’s a ton of ways for you to reduce waste, save yourself […]

Our Environment

Our aims Biodiversity Energy Sustainable Development Waste