Global Action Plan International
A Catalyst for Global Behaviour Change
GAP International has a rich history supporting the adoption of Education for Sustainable Development in thousands of schools across Ukraine. Today, during these unthinkable times, where Ukrainian citizens are experiencing untold horrors due to Putin’s war, the GAP International community is again working to support Ukraine’s teachers and their students in the extremely difficult circumstances …
A few days ago, the message arrived that Bessie Schadee, founder of Global Action Plan the Netherlands, has passed away. We remember her as a strong woman with a great drive to change the world. She has inspired many of us to take a stand for what we believe in. In 1989 Bessie and David …
FCHgo goes beyond classroom walls. With our new initiative FCHgo at Home we want to show that the energy of hydrogen can be discovered everywhere. Most of the educational materials of the FCHgo toolkit can be easily done at home. We have put together a selection here on our website. “FCHgo at Home” is addressed in particular to: …
Supporting the development of sustainable habits in the catering sector. Did you know that a third of all food produced for human consumption is thrown away? In fact, food production contributes significantly to climate change, loss of biodiversity, and water stress. This is particularly true for the growing catering sector, where a major part of food waste occurs. …
FCHgo! launches international school contest on fuel cells and hydrogen World of the future: the best FCH application The contest “World of the future: the best FCH application” aims to raise awareness and interest in fuel cells and hydrogen technologies (FCH) among teachers, school children and their families. What could future applications of fuel cells …
GAP International ha una ricca storia a supporto dell’adozione dell’Educazione per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile in migliaia di scuole in Ucraina. Oggi, in questi tempi eccezionali, nei quali i cittadini ucraini stanno vivendo orrori indicibili a causa della guerra di Putin, la comunità di GAP International è ancora al lavoro per sostenere i docenti ucraini e …
The Fuel Cells Hydrogen Educational model for schools, or FCHgo, is a project funded under InEuropa’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project was launched in January of 2019, and will be carried out through to the end of 2020. The goal of FCHgo is to strengthen public acceptance and awareness of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies …
For two days in September 2018, InEuropa staff traveled to the farm Aarde-Werk de Stegge in Winterswijk-Kotten, Netherlands. The farm is a local partner with Global Action Plan Netherlands, and is one of the non-GAP International entities they point to as a shining example of practical sustainability in action. Aarde-Werk offered us the “International Course …
We were hosted by GAP Ireland for oneweek in May 2018 to take part in a job shadowing. We visited local programmes in Ballymun, a suburb of Dublin, and participated in GAP IE activities such as Biodiveristy Week, where we joined in on a workshop with classes from a nearby girls’ primary school. The children …
One of GAP International’s member organisations, Cork Environmental Fund (CEF), offered us the chance to job shadow with them for six days in August of 2018. We had several meetings with local actors, social workers and public and private stakeholders to learn more on environmental issues and policies and deepen our skills in sustainability. Our …