In this episode, host Klaudjo Kavaja talks with Klaudja Koçi of Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania (PPNEA), about the trans-boundary lakes of Prespa in the Balkans, shared between Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia which are part of the list of UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves. Prespa Lakes form a unique ecosystem having some of the oldest lakes in Europe with a rich flora and fauna. we touch upon topics like natural conservation, biodiversity, environment, and the importance that the lakes play for the local communities, how to protect and appreciate nature more, and how environmentalists engage children and youth in their work.

You can find more info about Prespa lake here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Prespa

https://www.pont.org/tag/prespanet/

You can read more about Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania work here:

https://ppnea.org/

https://www.facebook.com/ppnea

You can contact Klaudja Koçi and follow her work here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/klaudja-koci-00983534/

https://www.facebook.com/Klaudja.koci90

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PRIMER EPISODIO EN ESPAÑOL

En este episodio nos adentramos en el mundo de la educación emocional. ¿Cómo aprender a entender, reconocer y gestionar nuestras emociones y las de los demás? Susana, profesora de primeria en España, ha desarrollado Lavamagic: la lavadora de las emociones, un proyecto de educación emocional y nos lo cuenta junto a sus alumnos y alumnas en este episodio. almudena, profesora en un colegio de educación especial en España, nos cuenta cómo usa y ha adaptado Lavamagic a las características de un aula.

FIRST EPISODE IN SPANISH 

In this episode, we dive into the universe of emotional education. How do we learn about our emotions and the emotions of others? Susana, a primary school teacher, has developed a project to teach her class all about emotions. In this episode, she tells us, together with her students all details about the project. Almudena teaches children and young people with disabilities and she uses Lavamagic. She tells us how she adapted the project to her classroom.

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In this episode, The Living Education host Klaudjo Kavaja, sits down and talks with Konstantinos Maragkos, a young entrepreneur from Greece and co-founder of YouthMakers Hub who was selected by the Forbes list as one of the Global Young Leaders under 30. Konstantinos explains us about his work in East and West Africa through his project WE Afrihug. How has his passion about Africa helped bring closer young people and students from six different African countries to Greece and Europe and how to be motivated and inspired to keep doing what you are doing.

You can contact and follow Konstantinos Maragkos on Twitter @KLMaragkos

You can visit the WE Afrihug project website at https://www.weafrihug.com/

And check out his other professional endeavors at https://youthmakershub.com/

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In this episode, podcast hosts Camilla Bellatalla, Klaudjo Kavaja, and Paloma Lainz review and give their insights on some of the most interesting education movies for them such as The School of Rock, Yentl, Captain Fantastic, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting. For those of you who haven't seem these movies yet, watch them before, as there might be some minor spoilers!

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In this episode, hosts Paloma Lainz and Klaudjo Kavaja focus on one of the most important master’s programmes in Europe, the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees (EMJMD) run by the European Commission. They provide a brief overview of the programme, how to apply to it, what are some of the benefits and challenges for graduate students while following such a prestigious and demanding master’s programme and also share their personal experience as graduates of GLOBED one of the EMJMD study programmes.

You can find the EMJMD catalogue here https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus/emjmd-catalogue_en

For more information on the GLOBED Master’s programme visit the following website http://globed.eu/

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In our first episode, we cover the effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in education systems globally. We talk about moving education from classroom-based to remote and digital-based, the challenges and opportunities that this entails, the role of the private sector, the response of different countries’ education systems to the outbreak, how this will shape the future of education, and we bring some of our personal feedback acquired through interviews with different actors.

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