It is our pleasure
to invite talented full-time university students you know to attend the “2014
International Students Conference on Environment and Sustainability,” which
will be held at Tongji University,
Shanghai, China, from June 5 to June 10, 2014.
Background
and Objective of the Conference: environment and sustainability is always a
hotspot issue that attracts a lot of attention from the international society. At
the Rio+20 Conference, the United Nations Environment Programme
(UNEP), together with other UN agencies and
many higher education institutes around the world, launched “Higher Education Sustainability Initiative”
Declaration, aiming to integrate environment and
sustainability into higher education with the “Global Universities Partnership
on Environment and Sustainability (GUPES)” as a strategic platform. University
students, as future leaders and decision-makers of our society, should be
engaged in different areas of environmental protection and sustainable
development.
Supported by the UNEP
and Tongji University, the “International Students Conference on Environment
and Sustainability (ISCES)” had been successfully held in the last three years.
Around 950 students from more than 50 countries took part in the conference, exchanged
understanding and ideas on topics relevant to environment and sustainable
development and issued “Global Youth Tongji Declaration.” These conferences
made great contributions to the spread of concepts and practices of environment
and sustainability among university students.
Topics
and Main Activities of 2014 ISCES: the theme of 2014
ISCES will be “Ecological Civilization and Green Development.” Students will be
divided into four groups to discuss the topics on Education for Sustainable
Development, Food and Health, Ecosystem and Climate Change and Green
Development. University students will be engaged in a series of activities,
including lectures, group discussions, field trips and poster competitions. In
this process, we aim to inform students of the concepts, practices, the recent
developments and challenges on the selected topics.
Host and organizer: the conference is co-hosted
by Tongji University and UNEP, and is organized by UNEP-Tongji Institute of
Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD).
Participants: Full time university
students (including undergraduate and post-graduate students).
Deadlines: the applicants
should register online before April
15 (http://unep-iesd.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=875), fill in the
resume form (in English) and upload their posters to the website above before April 30. We will
announce the selected participants by
May 15 and issue invitation letters afterwards.
We believe that the participation and contributions
of students you recommend are significant to the success of our conference. No
registration fee will be charged and we will cover the local accommodation, and
transportation during the conference in Shanghai. Field trips will also be
provided by the organizer. We will offer scholarships (round-trip flight
tickets) to competitive participants. For more information, please check the
official website of ISCES 2014: http://unep-iesd.tongji.edu.cn/index.php?classid=875 ,or contact:
Organizing Committee of 2014 International Student Conference on
Environment and Sustainability
Address: Rm.903, Zonghe
Building, No. 1239, Siping Road, Shanghai, China, 200092
Tel: 86-21-65983146 Fax: 86-21-65987790
We are looking forward to your participation!
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