{"id":893,"date":"2013-07-29T14:09:11","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T11:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/?page_id=893"},"modified":"2017-10-03T21:35:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T19:35:08","slug":"project-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forum-via.org\/de\/project-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Project news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Below you can read about new developments in our projects, such as &#8222;Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure&#8220; and our other formats that help to experience sustainability first hand.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________February 2017<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure project got evaluated! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalgoals.org\/global-goals\/quality-education\/\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2802\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/goal4_education-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"SDG4_education\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Miriam found a way to use her work on a Master thesis in a meaningful way: Via the <a title=\"GO Eco-Social Masterarbeiten-Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oessfo.at\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=65&amp;Itemid=108\" target=\"_blank\">GO Eco-Social Master&#8217;s Theses Portal<\/a> (in German) of the <a title=\"Eco-Social Student Forum (\u00d6SSFO)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oessfo.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eco-Social Student Forum<\/a> she found out about the opportunity to research how the ViA project &#8222;Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure&#8220; promotes and achieves the objectives of the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development in Austrian schools. Her results will now help us to further develop our project in order to contribute even better to the SDG#4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">______________________________________________________________January 2016<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Foto_Clara_Seraphin_Rikscha_opt.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2428\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2428 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Foto_Clara_Seraphin_Rikscha_opt-150x150.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Foto_Clara_Seraphin_Rikscha_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Foto_Clara_Seraphin_Rikscha_opt.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Two new ViA Ambassadors traveling the world! Clara and Seraphin adopted a class at the school &#8222;Bundesrealgymnasiums Ringstra\u00dfe&#8220; in Krems, Austria and are discovering India since mid-January!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information <a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/second-challenge\/the-via-ambassadors\/\">about them<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/projects\/sustainability-adventure\/challenges-en\/clara-seraphins-challenges\/\">challenges<\/a> that they will overcome in the course of their Sustainability Adventure, click on the links.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________July 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out this short video of <strong>Irene, the newest ViA Ambassador<\/strong>, as she starts her flight-free journey from Vienna, Austria to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia! Irene adopted a class at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosasgasse.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rosasgasse High School<\/a> in Vienna and plans on focusing on the link between human rights and sustainability (she&#8217;s currently pursuing a master&#8217;s degree in human rights). You can follow more of her sustainability adventure on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forumvia\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1D9NKhp6DA4?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________________________May 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"GO Eco-Social Masterarbeiten-Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oessfo.at\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=65&amp;Itemid=108\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2131 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/goecosocial_ma-portal_logo.jpg\" alt=\"goecosocial_ma-portal_logo\" width=\"204\" height=\"108\" \/><\/a><strong>The Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure project is being evaluated! <\/strong>Via the <a title=\"GO Eco-Social Masterarbeiten-Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oessfo.at\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=65&amp;Itemid=108\" target=\"_blank\">GO Eco-Social Master&#8217;s Theses Portal<\/a> (in German) of the <a title=\"Eco-Social Student Forum (\u00d6SSFO)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oessfo.at\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eco-Social Student Forum<\/a> (\u00d6SSFO) Miriam Bahn, a master&#8217;s student of social ecology at the Vienna branch of the University of Klagenfurt (Austria) found a topic for her master&#8217;s thesis which will have a direct impact on how we carry out our project in the future. Over the coming months Miriam will be conducting her research and interviewing stakeholders regarding the project and how it promotes and achieves the objectives of the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development. We look forward to working with her and reading the results of her research!<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________January 2015<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CYOSA_logo.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-1524 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/CYOSA_logo.png\" alt=\"CYOSA_logo\" width=\"223\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><strong>A new year with new ViA Ambassadors and a new partner school in a new country!<\/strong> Mathis and Hannah started their around-the-world travels as ViA Ambassadors in Thailand on December 5th, 2014. They have adopted a class in Essing, Germany, which will follow their sustainability adventures and help them solve sustainability &#8222;Challenges&#8220; around the world. We&#8217;ll post more info about Mathis, Hannah, and their school in Essing soon on our homepage, so check back soon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">__________________________________________________________December 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Seek the Change\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seekthechange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1859\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SeektheChange.jpg\" alt=\"SeektheChange\" width=\"800\" height=\"98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SeektheChange.jpg 800w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SeektheChange-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SeektheChange-500x61.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Yay networking! The sustainability world is a small world. We were connected with <strong>Emily Dunning<\/strong> by Jenny from <a title=\"Baikal Environmental Wave\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baikalvolna\" target=\"_blank\">Baikal Wave<\/a> in Irkutsk, Russia. Emily has a project similar to ours and is traveling the world on her\u00a0<a title=\"Seek the Change\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seekthechange.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SEEK THE CHANGE<\/a> journey, interviewing people and organizations working toward a sustainable world. She also interviewed us via Skype and posted a profile about the Sustainability Adventure on her blog <strong><a title=\"Forum ViA profile\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seekthechange.org\/profiles\/forum-via\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>. With such similar goals, we&#8217;ve decided to &#8218;join forces&#8216; and support each other as partners however we can! As they say: &#8222;Alone you go fast, but together you go farther!&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________October 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/biorama_logo-e1416513254669.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1830\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/biorama_logo-e1416513254669.jpg\" alt=\"biorama_logo\" width=\"200\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a>What is the Sustainability Adventure all about? If you can read German, then check out the article \u201c<a title=\"Eine Weltreise als Schulfach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biorama.eu\/eine-weltreise-als-schulfach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eine Weltreise als Schulfach<\/a>\u201d by Doris Fr\u00f6hlich which was published in the Austrian sustainable lifestyle magazine <a title=\"BIORAMA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.biorama.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">BIORAMA<\/a>, to learn more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">___________________________________________________________September 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Sustainability Adventure continues!<\/strong> This year we welcome a new Partner School in Washington State, Sumner High School, as the New N\u00d6\u00a0Middle School in Retz, Austria becomes our first Associated School!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;\">As in the first year, we will continue to meet amazing people from all walks of life and discover inspiring sustainability initiatives in the places our partner classes send us and our travels take us!<\/span><br style=\"color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;\" \/><br style=\"color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;\" \/><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;\">And don&#8217;t forget to follow us on social media (<a title=\"Forum ViA - Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/forumvia\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a title=\"Forum ViA - Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/forum_via\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a title=\"Sustainability Adventure - Instagram\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/sustainability_adventure\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>) and our project website:\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sustainability-adventure.org%2F&amp;h=3AQEvGkP5&amp;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">www.sustainability-adventure.org<\/a><span style=\"color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; line-height: 20px;\">!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24.375px;\">______________________________________________________________August 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/screenshot_seedbarkroot.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1615 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/screenshot_seedbarkroot-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"screenshot_seedbarkroot\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/screenshot_seedbarkroot-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/screenshot_seedbarkroot-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/screenshot_seedbarkroot-479x300.jpg 479w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/screenshot_seedbarkroot.jpg 1062w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valentina and Matt met Kayci and Joe, writers of the blog\u00a0<a title=\"Seed, Bark &amp; Root\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedbarkroot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Seed, Bark &amp; Root<\/a>, while traveling through Colombia in May. They\u00a0interviewed the ViA Ambassadors this summer &#8211; click\u00a0<a title=\"Seed, Bark &amp; Root interview with ViA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedbarkroot.com\/our-stories\/interview-sustainability-via\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to read the article!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_________________________________________________________________July 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 20,000km by land and sea, 100s of amazing people, +50 sustainability initiatives, 9 countries, 8 months, 3 partner school classes on 2 continents, 2 travelers and 1 awesome adventure &#8211; the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">first<\/span> year of our project <strong>Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure<\/strong> has come to a close!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Check out this video<\/strong> to learn more about the project&#8217;s first year or visit us on <a title=\"Forum ViA on Facebook!\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/forumvia\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> or the project <a title=\"Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainability-adventure.org\" target=\"_blank\">homepage<\/a>. And stay tuned for more when the adventure continues during the 2014\/2015 school year!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a1rLXz7I9nM?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">________________________________________________________________June 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ankunft_Livorno.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1564\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Ankunft_Livorno.jpg\" alt=\"Ankunft_Livorno\" width=\"148\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainability-adventure.org\" target=\"_blank\">Sustainability Adventure<\/a> has made landfall in Europe! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\" data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body\"><span class=\"UFICommentBody\" data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0\"><span data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0\"><span data-reactid=\".7.1:3:1:$comment246015548931964_246028155597370:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0\">We&#8217;re excited to carry out the <a title=\"SIXTH CHALLENGE!\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/sixth-challenge\/\">6th and final Challenge<\/a> of this school year with our partner classes in Austria, which will be decided by our partner class in the United States!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September the adventure continues, this time by land from Austria towards Southeast Asia!<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________22 May 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tbnn-header.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1570 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tbnn-header.png\" alt=\"the bird's new nest\" width=\"451\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tbnn-header.png 451w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/tbnn-header-300x63.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><\/a>Click on the following link to read an article (in German) about the Sustainability Adventure in the online magazine <a title=\"the birds new nest\" href=\"http:\/\/thebirdsnewnest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">the bird\u2019s new nest: Eco.Life.Style.Magazine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Nachhaltigkeits-Abenteurer mit Nachwuchs\" href=\"http:\/\/thebirdsnewnest.com\/tbnn\/nachhaltigkeits-abenteurer-mit-nachwuchs\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thebirdsnewnest.com\/tbnn\/nachhaltigkeits-abenteurer-mit-nachwuchs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">________________________________________________________________May 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a class=\"cboxElement\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ideenwettbewerb_logo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1472\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Ideenwettbewerb_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Ideenwettbewerb_logo\" width=\"194\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a>The entire Forum ViA team, including our partner teachers in Retz and Vienna, are excited to be among the<strong> winners of the Austrian ideas competition \u201cTeaching for a Sustainable Future\u201d<\/strong> (\u201c<a title=\"Teaching for a Sustainable Future\" href=\"http:\/\/www.umweltbildung.at\/news\/news-detailansicht\/nachhaltig-zukunft-lehren-ein-ideenwettbewerb.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nachhaltig Zukunft lehren<\/a>\u201c)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prize was awarded for our didactic proposal in the area of food and sourcing, specifically the <a title=\"SECOND CHALLENGE!\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/second-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">second challenge of the Sustainability Adventure<\/a> entitled \u201cStrawberry Dream or Strawberry Nightmare?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_______________________________________________________________March 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/UN_Dekadenprojekt_logo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/UN_Dekadenprojekt_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a>Great news! Forum ViA is proud to announce that its project <a title=\"Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/projects\/sustainability-adventure\/\">Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure<\/a> has been selected as an official project of the <a title=\"UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development\" href=\"http:\/\/www.desd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development<\/a> by the <a title=\"Austrian Commission for the UNESCO\" href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.at\/bildung\/nachhaltigkeit.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Austrian Commission for the UNESCO<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This distinction recognizes the project&#8217;s ongoing efforts to promote the aims and values of education for sustainable development and global learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_____________________________________________________________February 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screenshot_InteraktivesSpielfeldWelt.png\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1561 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Screenshot_InteraktivesSpielfeldWelt-150x150.png\" alt=\"Screenshot_InteraktivesSpielfeldWelt\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Our new project website (<a title=\"Sustainability Adventure\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sustainability-adventure.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.sustainability-adventure.org<\/a>) is <strong>NOW ONLINE! <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The website is updated regularly and we are continuously adding content, so check back often!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_____________________________________________________________January 2014<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_20140208_162911-e1391900874498.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/IMG_20140208_162911-e1391900874498.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"FOURTH CHALLENGE!\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/fourth-challenge\/\"><strong>fourth challenge<\/strong><\/a> is devoted to the topic of <strong>garbage and waste management<\/strong>, with a focus on <strong>Nicaragua<\/strong>. In an international vote, the students voted overwhelmingly to send Valentina and Matt on the trail of trash, which means half a day picking up garbage and then heading to the dump! Matt and Valentina were able to visit <strong>La Chureca (Managua)<\/strong>, once the largest open-air dump in all of Latin America, with the organization <a title=\"ProNica\" href=\"http:\/\/pronica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ProNica<\/strong><\/a>, as well as document first-hand the terrible conditions at the garbage dump in Granada. They are working on a video of their impressions and will post it online soon!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">___________________________________________________________December 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the <a title=\"THIRD CHALLENGE!\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/third-challenge\/\"><strong>third challenge<\/strong><\/a> students learned about the concept of &#8218;<strong>eco-villages<\/strong>&#8218; and researched three located at <strong>Lago de Atitl\u00e1n, Guatemala<\/strong> to decide where to send Matt and Valentina. Here&#8217;s a video that shows the results fo the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cLab58h_XGI?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">___________________________________________________________November 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <a title=\"SECOND CHALLENGE!\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/second-challenge\/\"><strong>second challenge<\/strong><\/a> dealt with <strong>strawberries and pesticide use in California<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s a video that shows the results of the challenge.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oEAhkYSsz80?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_____________________________________________________________October 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/sustainability_adventure\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"Sustainability Adventure\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Instagram_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a>Besides Twitter, you can now also get visual impressions of the <strong>Sustainability Adventure on Instagram<\/strong> at: <a title=\"Sustainability Adventure\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/sustainability_adventure#\" target=\"_blank\">www.instagram.com\/sustainability_adventure<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_____________________________________________________________October 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here&#8217;s a video showing the <strong>Choose You Own Sustainability Adventure<\/strong> kick-off in Lakewood, WA and the results of the <a title=\"FIRST CHALLENGE!\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/first-challenge\/\"><strong>first challenge<\/strong><\/a>, which focused on the environmental impact of <strong>transportation<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fosm51kQ3pQ?feature=player_detailpage\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_______________________________________________________September 26th, 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bike_HarrisonPrep.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; border: 0px none;\" title=\"By bike from Harrison Prep to Olympia, WA\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Bike_HarrisonPrep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>On <strong>September 26th<\/strong>, the ViA Ambassadors<strong> met with students<\/strong> at the U.S. partner school, <strong><a title=\"Harrison Preparatory School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.edline.net\/pages\/Harrison_Preparatory_School\" target=\"_blank\">Harrison Prep<\/a><\/strong>, in Lakewood (WA) and <strong>officially launched<\/strong> the Sustainability Adventure with a bike ride to Olympia (WA)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following a weekend of stormy weather, the adventure continues to the next stop in Portland (OR)!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">______________________________________________________September 23rd, 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Twitter_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; border: 0px none;\" title=\"Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Twitter_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a>The project can now be followed <strong>on<\/strong> <strong>Twitter<\/strong> at <a title=\"Forum ViA Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forum_ViA\" target=\"_blank\">@Forum_ViA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ViA Ambassadors, Valentina and Matt, will be tweeting about the trip and will make announcements here first!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">___________________________________________________________September 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Patagonia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patagonia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Patagonia\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PatagoniaLogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>Great news! The project has received support in the form of product donations from <a title=\"Patagonia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.patagonia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Patagonia<\/a>, Inc., a leader in outdoor gear and clothing whose mission is to &#8222;<em>Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.<em>&#8222;<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">_________________________________________________________________July 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BBF_logo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1622 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BBF_logo-300x108.jpg\" alt=\"BBF_logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BBF_logo-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forum-via.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BBF_logo.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are happy to announce that the project was selected to receive financial support from the <a title=\"Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women's Affairs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmbf.gv.at\/enfr\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Austrian Federal Ministry for Education and Women&#8217;s Affairs<\/a>! This funding enables us to have a professional designer and programmer develop the cool, interactive online interface that will be crucial for the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Development of the interface has already begun and will be completed in the second half of September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We look forward to seeing the interface go from an idea to a reality!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">________________________________________________________________May 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>THREE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SELECTED!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three schools \u2013 one in the US and two in Austria \u2013 have been selected to take part in the project <a title=\"Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/projects\/sustainability-adventure\/\">Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure<\/a>, which will begin with the new school year in the fall of 2013!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For more information about our partner schools, please click <a title=\"Partner schools\" href=\"http:\/\/forum-via.org\/projects\/sustainability-adventure\/partner-schools\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 164px; left: 20px;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1744px; left: 194px;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below you can read about new developments in our projects, such as &#8222;Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure&#8220; and our other formats that help to experience sustainability first hand. _____________________________________________________________February 2017 The Choose Your Own Sustainability Adventure project got evaluated! 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