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Thanks for kindness sharing. It really interesting. Thanks and thanks again.
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Socheata SOEUR
Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
CAMBODIA
 
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Subject: [LocalCommunitiesInAction] Digest for wcesd_commu...@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 07:45:11 +0000

WCESD_CommunityLearning <wcesd_commu...@googlegroups.com>: Nov 12 01:13AM -0800

Dear all,
 
The workshop on local communities in action organised yesterday was
featured in a local TV news.
The 3-min. news is in Japanese but you can view how the workshop went.
Check out:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/okayama/4025855251.html?t=1415706935933
<http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/okayama/4025855251.html?t=1415706935933>
 
More news about the workshop and Nagoya-Aichi Declaration in coming days.
 
Best wishes, Rika
Nico Koenig <ns.k...@gmail.com>: Nov 11 07:27PM -0800

Hi there everyone,
 
I am unable to attend the conference but I do have a strong interest in
community-based learning, life long learning and non-formal learning
strategies.
 
One platform which I am involved with here in Toronto Canada is called
Jane's Walk www.janeswalk.org
 
*Jane’s Walks* are free, locally organized walking tours, in which people
get together to explore, talk about and celebrate their neighbourhoods.
Where more traditional tours are a bit like walking lectures, a Jane’s Walk
is more of a walking conversation. Leaders share their knowledge, but also
encourage discussion and participation among the walkers.
 
A Jane’s Walk can focus on almost any aspect of a neighbourhood, and on
almost any topic you can think of.Walks can be serious or funny,
informative or exploratory; they can look at the history of a place, or at
what’s happening there right now. Anyone can lead a walk -- because
everyone is an expert on the place where they live!
 
Some examples: A walk in Colchester, England was led by two brothers, aged
6 and 4, who showed walkers around their favourite park and shared
interesting historical facts about the local castle. In Ljubljana,
Slovenia, a city councillor came on a walk to discuss the history and
potential future of the area around a stalled construction site. In the
heart of Toronto, Canada, a Queer Newcomer Youth walk was led by a group of
young people who had all arrived in the city recently, but had found a
welcoming community there. In Calcutta, India, a group set out to explore
the wetlands at the city’s edge.
 
 
Jane's Walks happen in 150+ cities on every continent on the first weekend
of May. I've been working with environmental organizations in Canada on how
best to use Jane's walks to educate the public through use of walks.
 
It is really easy to sign up individual cities and is hosted in multiple
languages. If you have any questions about what is involved in Jane's walk,
please feel free to contact me directly.
 
-Nico Koenig
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