The First World Environmental Education Congress (1st WEEC) was held in Espinho, Portugal, from May 20 to 25 2003. The 2nd WEEC took place in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2004, September 16 to 18, for improving the network. The 3rd Congress in Torino (Italy) 2005 (3rd WEEC) brings the phase of consolidating the Congresses to an end and paves the way for the series of biennial Congresses to follow. Significantly, the 3rd WEEC in Torino in 2005 occurs during the inaugural year of the Worldwide Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), proclaimed by the United Nations for the ten-year period of 2005-2014. The Congresses of 2007 in Durban (South Africa), and Montréal (Canada) of 2009, confirm the continuity of the network.

The event, co-organized by the Foundation and Permanent Secretariat of the WEEC will have as leading theme: “Environmental Education in Cities and Rural Areas: Seeking Greater Harmony.”

Along with the title theme of the congress, various other arguments relevant to environmental education (divided into 11 thematic niches) will be dealt with:

1. Promoting Environmental Education and Networking.

2. Intercultural dialogues.

3. Social Movements and building ecological societies.

4. Communications and the impact of social media.

5. Ecological economics and green economies.

6. Ethics, Eco philosophy, human-nature relationships.

7. Greening education.

8. Creative impulses: Arts, imagination, and emotional understanding.

9. Pedagogy and learning.

10. Research in environmental education.

11. Risk, health, and environment.

The Foundation which is placing the environmental education at the heart of its missions, invites teachers, academics, scientists as well as education scholars to register and share their experiences in order to foster open information and exchange of experiences and take the opportunity offered by the holding of the congress in Morocco.

For more information, Please visit the official congress website: www.weec2013.org