Home / annafiakkou (page 5)

annafiakkou

Publication: Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ): The Development and Validation of an Evaluation Instrument for Secondary School Students

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis and Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Abstract: Environmental citizenship is very important in sustainability research. The criticality of the observed environmental crisis requires capable and competent environmental citizens who can act as agents of change to achieve sustainability. This research presents the validation of the Environmental Citizenship Questionnaire (ECQ) for ...

Read More »

CYCERE Job opportunities

The deadline for submitting applications to fill the Environmental Trainer vacancy has expired. Due to its high interest in Environmental Education Programs, the Cyprus Center for Environmental Research and Education (CYCERE) receives applications from Biology / Education Sciences / Environmental Sciences graduates or other related education majors a full-time or ...

Read More »

Publication: European SWOT Analysis on Education for Environmental Citizenship

Andreas Ch. Hadjichambis, Pedro Reis, Demetra Paraskeva-Hadjichambi Abstract: The European Network for Environmental Citizenship (ENEC) funded as a COST Action (CA16229 – Horizon 2020) brings together more than 120 experts from 37 countries with the objective to improve the understanding, the practice and the assessment of Environmental Citizenship in Europe ...

Read More »

The species of March 2020

  Name: Phoenician juniper Scientific name: Juniperus phoenicea L. Family: Cupressaceae     Description The Phoenician juniper is an aromatic, short, silver shrub or small tree, up to 10m high. The flowers are small and on the top small branches, the males are small weeds and the females are also cones, with a dark ...

Read More »

Award Ceremony for Pancyprian Environmental Awards 2019

AWARD CERMONY FOR PANCYPRIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS FOR ORGANIZATIONS & COMPANIES AND PANCYPRIAN AWARDS GREEN CITIES & GREEN COMMUNITIES OF CYPRUS 2019   The Award Ceremony of the “Pancyprian Awards Green Cities & Green Communities of Cyprus” and the “Pancyprian Environmental Awards for Organizations & Companies” was held today, February 24, ...

Read More »

The species of February 2020

    Scientific name: Propomacrus cypriacus Family: Euchiridae       Description Propomacrus cypriacus is a large and impressive Coleoptera, a beetle, with a length of 40 mm and glowing black-brown colour. Features are the two pointed ends at the side of the chest and the very long, sawn, front legs [1,2,3]. ...

Read More »

The species of January 2020

  Name: Crocus Scientific name: Crocus hartmanianus Family: Iridaceae       Description Crocus hartmanianus is a perennial bulbous perch up to 15cm high. It has 3–4 leaves at the base of the plant, linear, obtuse, equal to or longer than the flower height at flowering, 1–1.5 mm wide, hairless. ...

Read More »

Species of December 2019

      Name: Narcissus Scientific name: Narcissus tazetta Family: Amaryllidaceae         “… in order the germinate seed to grow/…  and with red poppies, lilacs and Narcissus your sunken girls, …” says poet Andis Kanakis in an ode to the occupied land of Mesaoria in the poem Mesaritic Asma. Some ...

Read More »

Species of November 2019

  Name: Cyprus crested lark Scientific Name: Galerida Crisata Cypriaca Family: Larks (Alaudidae)       General Information’s Cyprus crested lark or as it is commonly called in Cyprus, Tsouroullos has the scientific name Galerida Crisata Cypriaca and is a very common winged resident of Cyprus. It is an endemic subspecies of Cyprus belonging ...

Read More »