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Breadwinners: Actions against food loss and waste
Various ideas with inspiration, tips and tools to combat food waste and loss at school, in class and at home.
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Never leave residual waste bins alone!
Put them together , because sorting is so much better!
Not sorting? That's so 1990s. Yet many Flemish people are losing their good sorting habits in the workplace. Is that also the case with you? You can easily motivate your employees to put their …
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How do you organize a green event?
Local authorities, companies, associations and private individuals will find the latest information about legislation, inspiring examples, practical tips and support that OVAM offers on this page.
You can also organize a school party or open door at …
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Accelerate: A festive gift or a challenge?
For some children, finding the right enrichment can mean a lot, but for other children it is unfortunately not enough. Children who have a big head start in terms of academic skills and/or children whose hunger for learning has not yet been …
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Celebrate your director with this poem poster
January 31 is Director's Day. Would you like to show your appreciation with the most beautiful words from Joke van Leeuwen? You can display her poem at your school with this ready-made poster. This way, every colleague, parent and student …
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Paving playgrounds: Script for a climate-proof school environment
A script with the best practical tips from 45 schools. Intended for every school that wants to create a child-friendly and climate-proof playing and learning environment. The book contains building blocks that schools can use.
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More climate and sustainability education in education: Open letter
On October 9, 2023, during a study day led by the Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO), the Flemish Youth Council and the Walloon Youth Council made a fierce and remarkable call for more climate and sustainability education to be …
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Critical thinking: A powerful medicine against nonsense
In our society, truth competes with alternative facts and individual interpretations. Experts are increasingly being dismissed as suspicious. How do you feel about this in your classroom? And how do you get students with critical thinking …
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Dress code at school: Exercise in democracy
June 2021: angry students went to Don Bosco Zwijnaarde with swimming bands and slippers. The reason was the outdated view of the school regulations on dress codes. Teacher Johannes Lippens seized the opportunity and, together with his students, …
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Critical Thinking: Help your students recognize 4 manipulation techniques
Everyone sometimes dares to disguise something, to play on emotions or to present things as simpler than they are. But radicalization specialist Emilie Le Roi explains in the video that accompanies this article that we also often receive …
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Debate in the classroom?: Tips from Ruben Mersch
How do you get students to discuss complex themes such as climate or migration? Philosopher Ruben Mersch shows how to approach this at the Sint-Guido Institute in Anderlecht: Debating is not about winning, but about solving problems together.
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Educational innovation: Six pieces of advice to get your school moving
In any case, innovation is constantly entering your school. And as a team you also want to innovate in a substantiated manner. But where do you get the time and energy? What about resistance? And what if things don't go according to plan? …
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