Stars and STEM Stories

Thanks, in part, to his experiences with The GLOBE Program, in 2022, Niels Brouwers, a Biology teacher at the International School of The Hague (The Netherlands) embarked on a journey in search of inspirational examples of teaching for sustainability.  >>

The GLOBE Regional Coordination Office for Asia and Pacific, in association with the Indian Environmental Society (IES), and in collaboration with the Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA) and the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO), organized a seven-day GLOBE Learning Expedition (GLE) in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal, from 27 September through 03 October 2022.  >>

In August, the GLOBE Regional Learning Expedition (GRLE) 2022 took place in Käsmu. The event brought together 160 students, teachers and researchers from Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Slovenia, Ukraine, and the United States to the Käsmu peninsula, which is located in Lahemaa National Park.  >>

On 24 June 2022, the grand finale of the GLOBE Contest took place during the Student Conference in Bern, Switzerland. Over 300 groups of students submitted their own work in the areas of biodiversity, climate change, soil, and water quality. Sixty-two groups, with over 170 students and their teachers, were invited to the national conference and were able to present their results.  >>

GLOBE Malta collaborated with Xrobb l-Għaġin Nature Park and Sustainable Development Center for the second consecutive year; this time focusing on the Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE). The Park consists of over 155,000 square metres, and is situated on a jutting peninsula with scenic views, including the Delimara peninsula and the white cliffs of Munxar.  >>

On 10 May 2022, GLOBE Ireland hosted a virtual Air Quality Campaign “End-of-Year” event from Dublin, Ireland. More than 200 people attended the event, including primary school student classes, secondary school groups, and teachers. In addition, Dr. Tony Murphy (GLOBE Implementation Office/GIO Director), Andy Fanning (Irish Environmental Protection Agency/EPA Programme Manager), members of the Irish EPA citizen science team, Dana Votapkova and Lenka Kleger (GLOBE Europe and Eurasia Regional Coordination Office), scientists from University College Cork, and Ramona Mercieca (GLOBE Malta Country Coordinator) participated in the event.  >>

On Earth Day 2022, over 60 K-12 students came together from across Alaska to participate in a research symposium. “Over the past year, students used GLOBE and accessed Indigenous knowledge to learn about their local environments. During the symposium they presented posters showing what they learned and want to do next to benefit their communities,” Maggie House said in a recent University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) article.  >>

In January 2022, in connection with Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA), GLOBE Nepal conducted an innovative Counselor Training Camp in Jwagal, Lalitpur.  >>

In November 2021, the GLOBE Taiwan Partnership hosted a workshop to help teachers learn how to develop a microplastics investigation protocol, and to provide a space where they could discuss how to incorporate the new knowledge into their classrooms. Fifteen teachers from 13 schools participated in the workshop.  >>

In January 2022, thanks to the collaborative efforts of the GLOBE Asia and Pacific Regional Coordination Office (RCO), the GLOBE Implementation Office (GIO), and the Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment Research (GLOBE Bhutan) the first teacher training workshop to implement The GLOBE Program introduced – and engaged – teachers from 12 schools in Bhutan.  >>