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Guardians of Planet Earth: Gamification in Early Childhood Education Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado (INTEF) The project "Inspiring Educational Experiences" is part of the Educational Digital Transformation Plan launched by INTEF, specifically "Guardians of planet Earth" whose main objective is the internalization by students of the importance of caring for our planet around three fundamental axes: recycling and treatment of waste, care of flora and fauna. With this, it intends to impregnate the students and their families with solid values that are internalized and endure over time and for this it uses different methodologies and active and participatory teaching strategies, in turn, favors the development of creativity and imagination in all activity of the project and explains how ICTs are a transversal element, offering the youngest population a variety of opportunities to use and enjoy technology. 
Chakra the Invincible: Climate Change Year of publication: 2015 Author: Stan Lee | Sharad Devarajan | Gotham Chopra | Ashwin Pande | Thiago Vale | Sesha Sainan Devarajan | Aditya Bidikar | Nilesh S. Mahadik | Rakesh B. Mahadik Corporate author: Graphic India Pte. ltd | POW Entertainment The legendary Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan bring their character Chakra the Invincible to teach children about the global goals! Chakra and Mighty Girl learn from other children around the world how climate change is doing damage and spring into action! 
Simon says "Save the Climate" Author: Denis Thomopoulos Corporate author: Hippo Works | United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) Creator Hippo-Works, invites children to go on a song-filled cartoon adventure with Simon the Hippo and friends as they learn about the world's changing climate, the role that carbon dioxide and methane play, and the good eco habits we can all develop to help. Along their way the animals find out about topics such as the Greenhouse Effect, the Food Chain, the "Three Rs" (Reducing, Reusing, Recycling), Composting, and Carbon Offsetting. 
The Circular Economy and Modern Agriculture: Seeing The Bigger Picture - Lesson 5 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) World’s Largest Lesson is a collaborative education project to support the announcement of the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Learning outcomes of the project: • To understand the challenges around conventional monocultures and soil quality • To explore the importance of seeing the whole system when designing solutions • To critically evaluate the challenges in modern agriculture and securing food supply for the future 
Challenging Common Conceptions: Seeing The Bigger Picture - Lesson 1 Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) World’s Largest Lesson is a collaborative education project to support the announcement of the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Learning outcomes of the project: • To understand that environmental issues can be intrinsically linked to economic issues • To critique the flaws inherent in some common approaches to environmental education • To begin to investigate a different way of approaching environmental, social and economic issues 
Rohit Fenn Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Fresh water availability is already a major environmental problem in several areas of the world and will become a global problem soon. That is why it is foolish to continue to flush billions of liters of treated fresh water down our toilets everyday. Since 40% of the 6 billion people on earth use toilets, it is a lot of water. Rohit embarked on a project to redesign the water closet / flush to reduce the consumption of water. He made this possible with a simple mechanism added to the conventional closet that creates a partial vacuum when the user pushes down the flush lever. He called it the Vacu-Flush. 
Clean Water for All Corporate author: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) World’s Largest Lesson is a collaborative education project to support the announcement of the United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Learning outcome of the project: • Define water pollution • State or outline some of the causes of water pollution • Describe the global inequality of access to clean water 
Status of water education in the context of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014) Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: International Hydrological Programme (IHP) This document reports on the thematic programme “Education for Sustainable Water Management” of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which is to be implemented under the leadership of UNESCO-IHP. As a follow-up to 166 EX/Decision 3.6.1 of the Executive Board of UNESCO and Resolution XVII-12 of the Intergovernmental Council of IHP, an intersectoral Working Group on Water Education was constituted and is operational. The Working Group developed a draft Work Plan, which is presented in Annex V for the endorsement of the Bureau. 
Natural disaster preparedness and education for sustainable development Year of publication: 2007 Corporate author: UNESCO Bangkok Natural Disaster Preparedness and Education for Sustainable Development provides details of the development of culturally appropriate and locally relevant educational material for natural disaster preparedness that targets key stakeholder groups and integrates Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) principles and strategies. It is expected to develop and strengthen a regional network to implement and further ESD initiatives throughout the region by promoting education for natural disaster preparedness as well as ESD. This will underpin an identified key area of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. The publication articulates the lessons learned by the four in-country project teams (i.e., the Maldives, Thailand, Indonesia and India) and two collaborating organizations (i.e., Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO and Bangladesh Red Crescent Society) in developing materials in collaboration with community groups in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides insights into effective techniques to develop locally relevant educational materials, and highlights some of the challenges in that field. 
Between legs and hands: animal well-being Year of publication: 2015 Author: Gloria Diva Guevara Corporate author: Ambiente This book is especially aimed at children, but also at teachers and parents with the intention to raise awareness of the importance of respecting pets and wildlife.