UN Environment Programme - Value Education Olympiad 2021 | ISKCON News

We are excited to announce that United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Faith for Earth Council, Govardhan Eco Village, and the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) are collaborating for the launch of its Value Education Olympiad for the yr 2021.

This is a certification program, the place every scholar will get a certificates which can have the credentials of UNEP, Faith for Earth Council, and ISKCON. The certificates can be including worth to the profile of the coed, additionally facilitating their portfolio.

The Value Education Olympiad 2021 is targeted on local weather change. Being aware of the surroundings is the necessity of the hour, as local weather change would be the defining problem for this technology. Statistically talking, the final 7 (seven) years have had the most popular international common temperature on file and this development is predicted to proceed. The air temperature in India particularly has risen about 0.7 ℃ between 1901 and 2018. If deterioration continues as it’s, our local weather and ecosystems could by no means get better. This program (Value schooling Olympiad 2021) is to inculcate values amongst the scholars, which can information them to behave in opposition to local weather change.

The program has a registration charge of $ 5 (USD) for every Student. Registration begins on 15^th July 2021 and ends on 15^th September 2021. A last examination might be performed on 17^th October 2021. The high scorers of the examination are eligible to win some thrilling prizes. The course and examine materials for this system might be supplied on-line and may be seen at any time. According to a UN examine, 6 values play a big function in sensitizing a person for the surroundings and now we have included these values underneath our VEO program

1. Altruism

2. Trustworthiness

3. Equity

4. Justice

5. Integrity

6. Honesty

As part of this program, we might be conducting 7 (seven) recorded seminars for the scholars, each Sunday beginning 1^st August 2021 and ending on 12^th September 2021. Additionally, there might be 2 (two) on-line environmental workshops, on 19^th September and 26^th September 2021, which might be delivered by “Sow Good” and might be facilitated by skilled environmentalists and theologians.