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The World Becomes What You Teach
December 2010
Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (www.HumaneEducation.org) and is considered a pioneer in the comprehensive humane education movement, which provides people with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to be conscientious choicemakers and engaged changemakers for a better world.
Zoe recently gave a TEDx talk highlighting the need for a revolution for including humane education for all children, and how this could help our communities, human society, and the world as a whole. To view this video on YouTube, click HERE.
First International Conference on Animal Welfare Education
October 2010
Ruth De Vere and Mariah McConnaughey from the education team at WSPA International attended the First International Conference on Animal Welfare Education in Brussels on 1st-2nd October. The conference was a great success. The plans were for this to be the first of many conferences aimed at educating the citizens of Europe – and the wider world – on animal welfare. It was organised and funded jointly by the European Commission and the Belgian Presidency. The target audience, and the variety of speakers, were designed to cover a broad range of stakeholders representing the thinking behind the subtitle of "everyone is responsible". Ruth's presentation was well received, and pleasingly five other speakers mentioned WSPA’s education work in their presentations independently, indicating that WSPA's work is at the forefront of global animal welfare education. The proceedings from the conference are available from the FAO Gateway to Farm Animal Welfare site.
Publication of the First Concepts in Animal Welfare: For Teachers Resource
September 2010
First Concepts in Animal Welfare is the name of WSPA’s education programme aimed at providing materials and tools to those that will benefit from an introduction to the concepts of animal welfare. This enables introductory messaging about animal welfare to reach diverse audiences who are in need of gaining an understanding of animal needs and welfare, and might include examples such as adults with low literacy levels or adults who lack the knowledge about how to best provide for their animals. If you would like to request a copy of the education pack, please feel free to email the education team at WSPA.