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TIEDOTE/ENO-verkkokoulu 11.9.2024 ENO ja Joensuun kaupunginorkesteri yhteistyössä: WASSER LAULUA ETSIMÄSSÄ -produktio rantautuu Joensuuhun ja Nurmekseen Wasser laulua etsimässä on uusi lasten sinfonien satukonsertti vedestä, joka Mikkelin kehutun kantaesityksen jälkeen saapuu Pohjois-Karjalaan Joesuuhun ja Nurmekseen 25-27.9.2024. Joensuun kaupunginorkesteri tuo nyt tämän tärkeää luontoaihetta käsittelevän musiikkisadun Koululaisten kulttuuripolun ohjelmaan yhteistyössä ENO Schoolnet ry:n kanssa. Tarina ja Johanna Almarkin…

Terveisiä Tsekeistä! ENO-verkkokoulu mukana Place based learning paikka- ja yhteisökasvatus Erasmus+ hankkeessa Tammi-helmikuun vaihteessa 31.1-3.2 päivät ENO-verkkokoulu vietti tsekkiläisen ympäristökasvatusalan organisaation Severin vieraina Horni Marsovissa tsekinmaan pohjoisosien vuoristomaisemissa. Koulutuspäivät olivat lähtöstartti keväällä 2024 alkaneeseen Place based learning (PBL) -Erasmus+ -projektiin, jossa ENO on mukana yhtenä partneriorganisaationa. Kolmivuotisen hankkeen aikana on tarkoituksena jalkauttaa ko. paikka- &…

Weather, together! is a twinning project of two European primary schools: Suhmura school from Finland and Podružnična šola Bilje school from Slovenia. Aim of the project is the students learn from each country’s climate and geographical circumstances. Students in both schools and countries treat the subject of weather and teach each other inspiring ways to…

The traditional ENO Art Light event -this year “Lights for Friendship ” was celebrated in Joensuu, Finland in advance – friday 24 November. The snowy and frosty weather together with magical lights created a real winter wonderland in Kuhasalo natural reserve nearby the city center. The multisensory event combining lights, art and music was organized…

9th graders from Pielisjoki secondary school from Joensuu, Finland are studying this semester local natural reserves in the North-Karelia region together with the schools of Environment Online ENO network.  You can follow the advancement of this project from this blog diary. Twinning partner schools 2023-2024: OS Secovlje secondary school, Slovenia stydying Sečoveljske soline natural reserve…

The city of Joensuu is following the example of Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Center by creating a recycled material center for teachers and educators like the craft supplies service Näprä. The idea of the recycled material center is to intensify recycling of the Taitamo reuse center but also to offer material for artworks and handicrafts…

Let‘s learn about each other’s food culture! is a project initiative of Marjala school from Joensuu, Finland with an intention to invite other European primary schools to participate. In this project homes are also involved. During the weekends travelling mascot characters are visiting students homes and attend to making food and baking together in the families. The mascots will…

Pohjois-Karjalan ympäristökasvattajien verkoston eli Itävän 3. kokoontumistapahtuma järjestettiin syysretken merkeissä Biosfäärialueelle Ilomantsin Möhköön maanantaina 2. lokakuuta 2023. Syystapaaminen sujui inspiroivissa ja lämminhenkisissä syksyisissä tunnelmissa. Mukaan lähti mukava kymmenkunta asiasta kiinnostunutta henkilöä eri tahoista. Mukana oli Itävän toimintaan jo aiemmin löytäneitä henkilöitä ja tahoja kuin myös uusikin verkostolainen. Ohjelmassa oli Itävän asioiden käsittelyä keskustellen, verkostolaisten esittelyä…

Itävä Ulos Ut Out -tapahtumassa: Suomen suurin ulkona oppimisen tapahtuma ULOS-UT-OUT kokosi Hyvärilään yli 300 ympäristökasvattajaa Suomen suurin ulkona oppimisen tapahtuma ULOS-UT-OUT järjestettiin 13.-15.6.2023 Nurmeksessa Hyvärilässä teemalla ”Siltoja rakentamassa – yhdessä tulevaisuuteen”. Tapahtuma kokosi yhteen yli 300 ulkona oppimisen ja ympäristökasvatuksen ammattilaista ja aiheesta kiinnostunutta ympäri Suomen. Pohjois-Karjalan ympäristökasvatusverkosto Itävä oli tapahtumassa esillä osana verkostojen…

Pohjois-Karjalan ympäristökasvattajien verkoston eli Itävän toinen tapaaminen pidettiin Selkie Green Care tilalla viime perjantaina eli 5.5.2023. Ohjelmassa oli asiaa Itävän verkostomallista,  koordinaatiosta sekä viestinnästä kuin myös verkostolaisten kuulumiskierros. Lopuksi oli tietysti tutustumista itse tilaan ja sen toimintaan. Verkoston ensimmäinen tapaaminen pidettiin tammikuussa Joensuun Tiedepuistolla. Ensimmäisen tapaamisen jälkeen Itävän toiminta on lähtenyt vauhdikkaasti liikenteeseen. Verkostoon on…

Joensuun Reijolan alakoulussa nähdään kohta “kummia” kun uusiomateriaaleista loihditaan ENO-verkkokoulun ENO Art 2023 –kierrätystaidekilpailu FOLK CREATURESin myötä mielikuvituksellisia taruhahmoja. Kilpailu on osa vuosittaista ENO-verkkokoulun kansainvälistä kestävän kehityksen koulukampanjointia, jossa tulee hyödyntää ainoastaan uusio- ja kierrätysmateriaaleja. Kilpailussa on joka vuosi eri teema – viime vuonna aiheena oli kala ja sitä edeltävänä oman maan uhanalainen eläin. Tänä…

ENO Green Cities Network was launched in March 2012. It’s an integrated approach on sustainable city networks as it’s based on educational co-operation between schools, the private sector and city administration promoting a circular green economy and opportunities to connect to the world, in a concrete way. ENO Green Cities for schools is twinning interaction…

TIEDOTE 3.2.2023 – Julkaisuvapaa Ympäristökasvatusverkosto vihdoin Pohjois-Karjalaan -ensimmäinen kokoontuminen oli Tiedepuistolla Ympäristökasvatusalan toimijoita on alettu kokoamaan yhteen Pohjois-Karjalan ympäristökasvatusverkostoon. Kiinnostusta toimintaa kohtaan on ollut paljon ja innostus kehittää toimintaa eteenpäin näkyi verkoston ensi kertaa järjestetyssä tapaamisessa. Ympäristökasvatusverkostot ovat maakunnallisia verkostoja, jotka kokoavat yhteen ympäristökasvatustoimijoita ja asiantuntijoita. Verkoston kautta alueen toimijat löytävät toisensa, voivat jakaa tietoa,…

What a chance it was for the 2nd graders of Utra primary school from Joensuu, Finland to visit the Laurinvirta restored rapid at Kuurna canal power plant in Kontiolahti! The visit took place on Tuesday morning 8 Nov 2023. The rapid and power plant is situated just 20km north from the city centre of Joensuu.…

Normaalikoulu secondary school is a training school of the University of Eastern Finland. This autumn 9th graders environment class took part in ENO’s Sustainable Development via Co-creation project, which uses the principes of design-oriented pedagogy (DOP). They wanted to test the method as a new way of working for them but also they wanted to…

A lot of enthusiasm was seen in the air when SciFest was organized after the two years break caused by the pandemic.  Many interesting exhibitors were gathered and a variety of workshops were organised during the three days. This year’s theme was “Science about the Forest”. SciFest is a free and open science event especially for students,…

Three Rivers is a twinning project between three European primary schools from different parts of the continent. It is a meeting between the schools of CEIP Federico Romero from La Solana in Spain, Comprehensive school Valery Petrov from Pleven in Bulgaria and Utra school from Joensuu in Finland. The students investigate and explore the rivers…

Next Level Art Bridge – The earth is one country and mankind its citizens –  is an art based approach twinning project of two primary school classes towards a better and more sustainable future. It is done in exchange between The Reijola school in Joensuu, Finland and Bajram Curri school in Tirana, Albania. The project…

Tehdään yhdessä kestävän kehityksen projekti – kerrotaan siitä maailmalle! ENO-verkkokoulu tarjoaa mahdollisuuden ala- ja yläkouluille työstää yhdessä kestävän kehityksen kasvatuksen projektityö kansainvälisessä kontekstissa. Mukaan voi hakea luokka, valinnaisaineryhmä tai ympäristöryhmä tms. Oppilastyöt tehdään ohjatusti ENO-verkkokoulun asiantuntijoiden apua hyödyntäen. Lähtökohtana projektitöissä on kestävää kehitystä yhteisoppien jossa käytetään design suuntautunutta pedagogiikka (DOP). DOPissa keskeistä on antaa tilaa…

Just a week before escaping into the well deserved summer holidays the students from Pielisjoki & Nepenmäki secondary schools and Itä-Suomen primary school planted seeds of food plants at the Botania botanical garden of Joensuu. The event is now held a second time and the schools have agreed with the Botania garden that the summer employees will…

ENO is one of the two Finnish NGOs accredited to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Accreditation grants the NGO an observer status to UNEA. Until now, we have not had representation in the UNEP meeting. Senni, a student from the Aalto University, School of Business, will represent ENO in the UNEA meeting in Nairobi.…

February 22nd-25th ENO Schoolnet Association, together with the Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Nagano Prefectural Government (Japan), the University of Eastern Finland and the North Karelia Vocational Training Center organized an international 4-day conference for students – Zero Carbon Conference for Students. The main conference’s topics were: climate change, the circular economy, microplastics, and forestry.…

Haku syksylle 2022 on auki! Kestävää kehitystä yhteisoppien on ENO verkkokoulun toteuttama ja ELY keskuksen rahoittama hanke, jonka puitteissa on päästy kokeilemaan pedagogiikan uusia tuulia hyödyntäen yhteisoppimismenetelmää eli Design suuntautunutta pedagogiikkaa (DOP). Lue lisää ja hae koulusi mukaan!

Design-oriented pedagogy with Ahokkala school: Water and sustainable development Ahokkalan koulu is a small primary school in Kontiolahti municipality in North Karelia, Finland. It has 66 students and classes from 1-6 grades. The classes are combined so that 1-2, 3-4 and 5-6 graders study together with one teacher. Kontiolahti is a very special and child…

18.11.2021 Exchange with the Almafuerte primary school from Argentina!                We found an exchange school for the Art Forest project to Kummun koulu from Argentina when the Almafuerte primary school ( Escuela Primaria Nº 8 Almafuerte) took part in this project. Almafuerte primary school is a small rural school in central…

Tastings at the Botania -garden Students of Joensuu growing food A food and cultivation education went into action when students of Joensuu planted a food garden at the Botania botanical garden. The harvest event was held on August 27th. The planting was made at the end of May by the students from Pielisjoki and Nepenmäki…

In this blog we will follow Nepenmäki primary school 4th graders, who have started their meadow plant and flowers studyproject. The meadows are important but under a great threat to be disappeared with a variety of plants, flowers and insects. They need to be protected. The concern let students to bring up the issue and raise awareness towards the conservation. The project will be done together with ENO Environment Online.

Ylämylly school is a primary school with classes from 1-6. It is situated in the municipality of Liperi approximately 15km west from the city of Joensuu. The school is interested on sustainable development and has a strong emphasis on the issues in their curriculum. The school took also part in Environment Online ENOs Design oriented…

Design-oriented pedagogy with ENO Environment Online: Liperi secondary school students on a garbage trip About the project Liperi secondary schools 7th graders together with their geography and biology teachers Riikka Nousiainen and Tanja Pajarinen are participating in ENO’s Sustainable Development via Co-creation project, which uses the principes of design-oriented pedagogy -(DOP) by investigating littering and…

Design-oriented pedagogy with Eno school: River Pielinen under a study About the project The Eno school  from Joensuu with 3th graders and optional handicraft course students have participated in ENO Environment Online’s sustainable development project using Design oriented pedagogy method (DOP). In short DOP is anchoring the learning process to children’s ideas, thinking, conceptions and…

Jump in the Vital Water Water – our vital substance – has been the subject of environmental education studies at Nepenmäki school with ENO this year. Third graders 3C- class together with their teacher Mrs. Henna Kinnunen and ENO Environment Online specialist Mrs. Maire Turunen has planned the program for the whole year around the…

New ENO Art competition for schools and kindergartens has been launched! Present endangered animals in your country and the results of your creativity in 3D creation. The competition time is from 22 Feb to 22 May 2021. The competition has three categories: A – Kindergartens, 4 – 6 years B – Elementary schools, 6 –…

ENO invites all the ENO schools to participate in the UN World Water Day together with Nepenmäki primary school from Joensuu, Finland! In this water pilot we invite the ENO schools to show if they have studied the water issues. We’re interested to hear how you have studied? What methods and what is the outcome…

ENO Art is an annual ENO event that takes place two times per year – one in spring and another in autumn. The whole network is being invited to participate and art activities have had a huge success so far. In 2020 -even though the pandemic, there were 195 schools from 31 countries that participated! …

Want to participate in ENO but don’t know how? What do, when to do them, how toorganise? Well, we have good news for you! We have published a short ENO introduction and youcan also ask us to come and tell your teachers or students about the possibilities. Who we are and what we do can be discussed in…

Did you know that ENO Schoolnet Association and the city of Joensuu have a  long history of collaboration? Although ENO started in the municipality of Eno in 2000, the municipality joined the city of Joensuu in 2009. Since then, Joensuu has been the main partner of ENO. Our cooperation builds on environmental education in primary…

To celebrate 20 years, ENO India in association with Act Now organized World’s largest and longest Environment Online Event for 24 Hours. The event saw participants from 113 countries and had an approximate reach of about a million people. Content is constantly updated at: Event Page Facebook Instagram Twitter  

ENO network just turned 20 years so we asked you to share your stories and memories during the years. Thank you so much for sharing! Here’s a short compilation of them.     Read Rajiv’s ENO story “I stepped in green” from here >>     Babita Bajracharya, ENO country coordinator for Nepal, English Teacher…

ENO Tree planting days were organised again two times: one in spring and one in autumn. ENO Tree planting day on 22 May was heavily influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In most cases the whole event was cancelled or reduced to minimum. The amount of participants and trees planted remained lower than normally. Circumstances were…

My Journey with ENO began on an afternoon on March 11, 2000 when a random email from Finland landed on my table requesting schools to join a web based project. ENO promised an innovative project, an online global learning. However, to agree to participate in an online project was an intimidating prospect as I was…

Joensuulainen  eräopas Huck Middeke on muuttanut jurttaan kaupungin laidalle. Nomad Town Joensuuksi nimetyllä tontilla on tarkoituksena elää kestävää ja ekologista elämää niin, että maapallon luonnonvaroja kuluu mahdollisimman vähän; ”että ihmisille riittäisi yksi maapallo” – Huck huokaisee. ”Emme enää voi elää vanhemmiltamme oppimamme elämäntavan mallin mukaisesti maapallon nykytilanne huomioiden” – hän lisää. Vuokratulta tontilta löytyy Huckin…

ENO participates in local, regional, national and international activities in engaging communities in sustainable development activities, including climate actions. Joensuu is a growing city, with several new residential areas being built. Karhunmäki is one these, with approximately 800 households in the area. The Climate Blocks -project, implemented by the city of Joensuu, is a project…

What is your ENO Story? We want stories of what you have done in your schools, organisations, communities that is related to ENO. No politics, no discrimination of any kind and the basic rules of common courtesy apply! The writers can be organisers, participants or stakeholders.

TED-Ed, UNEP, and 30 other collaborators launch a free educational platform for environmental adventures available to teachers, parents, students, and curious global citizens

Kazakhstan is a country in Central Asia, where most of the residents are not yet ready to act against climate change. I believe that the main problem is the lack of awareness of the overuse of resources and the rejection of the issue of climate change.

The impact of carbon dioxide on climate was invented already more than hundred years ago by a Nobel winning Swedish physicist Arrhenius. He could not imagine the magnitude of the current use of fossil fuels.

I firmly embrace “one-planet prosperity”. Because the only alternative is “one-planet misery”. Currently we are at “one point seven planets prosperity for some” which is both ecologically and socially fragile. Here is what I mean with “one point seven planets”.

In the ENO blog we will publish biweekly articles and views on sustainable development. They are written by people working in the field of education, environment and arts.