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Eco-schools mentor
Every participating school gets assigned to an Eco-Schools mentor. There are plenty of mentors that work actively across the Netherlands. You can find the mentors’ contact details and the participating organizations in the overview below:
Team Eco-Schools the Netherlands
The Eco-Schools team consists of enthusiastic and committed people. They are happy to provide you information, help you with trainings and carry out audits.
About Eco-Schools the Netherlands
Eco-Schools is a program of the world’s largest organization for nature and environmental education: the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). In the Netherlands, Eco-Schools is owned by IVN Natuureducatie. The coordination of the program has been outsourced to Vereniging GDO.
Vereniging GDO is the network of 90 municipalities and 140 nature and sustainability centers that work to bring nature and sustainability closer to people through education, participation, and communication. GDO members have extensive experience in supporting schools with local educational offerings (such as lessons and excursions), as well as acting as educational partners or local facilitators in the fields of nature and sustainability. Most Eco-Schools advisors therefore work for a nature and sustainability center or a regional branch of IVN Natuureducatie.
Read more about Vereniging GDO.
Partnerships
Eco-Schools is one of our initiatives aimed at helping young people learn for the world of tomorrow. From teacher training programs for sustainable education to support for municipal policy in the field of sustainability education, we carry out a wide range of projects to help schools address sustainability in a coherent and integrated way.
In doing so, we work closely with our partner SME, as well as with civil society organizations, governments, and businesses.
Learning for tomorrow
Vereniging GDO is an active member of the Learning for Tomorrow (Leren voor Morgen) cooperation. The goal of Learning for Tomorrow is to embed sustainability in the DNA of education. We do this on the basis of an integrated approach : the Whole School Approach.