Name: Judas-tree Scientific name: Cercis siliquastrum Family: Cupressaceae       Description The Judas tree is a deciduous shrub or tree up to 4 to 10 m tall. It is characterized by its open Branches, which is loaded with thin reddish-brown twigs. The special feature of its leaves ...

The Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education (CYCERE) has published the 2020 Calendar, which includes photographic material and scientific information on the Fauna and the Native Flora of Cyprus. The photographs included derive from the photography competitions announced by CYCERE in collaboration with the Cyprus Photographic Society (Cyprus) – Limassol ...

Post-Doctoral Research Positions at CYCERE Job Description Cyprus Centre for Environmental Research and Education (CYCERΕ) is a non-profit educational and research institution, emphasizing international collaborations and cross-disciplinary research in the field of environmental research, environmental education and environmental awareness. CYCERE is coordinating the European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) which ...

    Name: Levant water frog Scientific name: Pelophylax bedriagae Family: Ranidae     Description The Levant water frogs are somewhat thick and have long hind legs with five fingers attached to a membrane. While their two front ends have four non membrane-bound fingers. Observing a Levant water frog will notice its big ...

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Pedro Reis, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Jan Činčera, Jelle Boeve-de Pauw, Niklas Gericke, Marie-Christine Knippels Abstract: This open access book is about the development of a common understanding of environmental citizenship. It conceptualizes and frames environmental citizenship taking an educational perspective. Organized in four complementary parts, the book first explains the political, economic and societal dimensions ...

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Abstract: Contemporary and urgent environmental problems need to be addressed through Education for Environmental Citizenship. This chapter proposes a specific model of Education for Environmental Citizenship which includes the outputs, dimensions, scales and spheres of Environmental Citizenship. A specific pedagogical approach is elaborated which ...

Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Daphne Goldman, Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Gema Parra, Katharina Lapin, Marie-Christine Knippels, and Frans Van Dam Abstract: Non-formal education is an integral component to lifelong learning and its aim is for young people and adults to acquire and maintain the skills and competencies necessary to adapt to a continuously ...

Gema Parra, Ralph Hansmann, Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Daphne Goldman, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Per Sund, Louise Sund, Niklas Gericke, and Daniela Conti Abstract: In order to achieve a sustainable society, a citizen must be supported in overcoming any important gaps or challenges. Preparing people for Environmental Citizenship and Education for Sustainability shows ...

Ralph Levinson, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi, Bjorn Bedsted, Boris Manov, and Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis Abstract: Conceptions of Environmental Citizenship are core to models of sustainability. Such contested conceptions raise historically significant questions associated with the rights of the individual and the responsibility of the community to the environment. Attitudes towards sustainability beg ...

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and Pedro Reis Abstract: Environmental Citizenship has been an influential concept in many different arenas. Education and especially environmental discourses in science education have a lot to contribute in adopting and promoting Environmental Citizenship. Τhe roots of Environmental Citizenship derived from the political science arena are examined ...