Informal CV eric@pnyv.org
TELEPHONE:
030-69536469
0176-22059374
Location:
Berlin, Germany
Born: *27-7-71, one brother *1984, one son *1998
Parents: teachers of German and French origin, *1944
Lots of family relations, friends relations
and professional relations, world-around.
Nationalities: German, French
Homes:
Berlin, Nienburg, Muenster (Germany), Poitiers, Paris (France),
Perth (Western Australia), Truth or Consequences (New Mexico, USA),
Ochopee (Florida, USA), Requa Reservation (Northern California, USA)
Languages:
German, French, English (translator and interpreter)
Spanish, Italian, Latin (basic)
Priorities in Life:
Family, Positive Changemaking, Personal Development
Interests & Delights:
Travel, Cultures, Futures, Solutions, Learning, Media, Life, Consciousness, Spirituality, Storytelling, Arts, Music, DJing, Dancing, Festivities, Transformational Engagement, Friends and all the good things in life.
Key Concept:
Leading Meaningful Lives & Caring for Creation
Commitments:
Holistic Education, Old, New & Informal Learning, Omnicultural Learning, Positive Media Spheres, Facilitation of Co-creative Decision-making and Implementation for the Greater Good of All (Democracy), Fair Global Citizenship, Caretaking of the Deep Cultural Heritage of the Planet and magical times
My Websites, founder of:
PNYV! http://pnyv.org
World Future School: http://worldfutureschool.org
Tribal Travel: http://tribaltravel.org
World Culture Channel: http://great-spirit.org
Writing:
- Each One Do One
Conceptual approach and architecture for a New Conference-Culture. Check it out - it is a one-page PDF. Instead of talking-centred meetings of conference-tourists, this approach amplifies inspiration, participation, contribution, cooperation and follow-up action effects, inclusing outreach to schools, lots of schools. Such conferences actually are practical training sessions in positive change-making (open space technology approach (http://open-forum.de), online-campaigns, -petitions, playing the media and creating new change-focussed media formats applicable with schools and young people). This particular example was drafted for http://waterandyouth.org (Buenos Aires, Argentina, April2007). Limited time did not allow for the full application, but for the creation of a positive news special edition Theme Board on WATER (featuring issues, portraits, good practices, crisises, lifestyle tipps, education projects and contacts) to be co-created with 300 NGOs and 450 participants and then sent to all for application in their home communities.
- Literacies Required for Fair Global Citizenship / LITERACIES & Learning & Sustainability
http://pnyv.org/literacies
- "Global Democracy & Sustainability Literacy Learning - Why They Must Go Hand-in-Hand"
A look at concrete instruments, - ISLEs, IDLEs, IGLEs - for nurturing Fair Global Citizenship - sound, co-creative decision-finding and -implementation for the Greater Common Good - in the future generation.
paper for 1st Virtual Congress on World Citizenship and Democratic Global Governance, 1-31 July 2006; http://pnyv.org/idec2006/fairglobalcitizenship
- "Learning How and What we Want - or Learning for what we Care for?"
Democratic Education & Sustainability Learning
Article, 2 pages, online: http://www.pnyv.org/idec2006/LearningForWhatWeCareFor.html / document http://www.pnyv.org/idec2006/LearningForWhatWeCareFor.doc
- ISLE concept for Informal Sustainability Learning Environments in schools and public spaces
paper for EWOC, bi-annual Evolution of World Order Conference, Toronto, Canada 2004, http://www.ihtec.org/fileadmin/archives/IHTEC/documents/EricSchneider_ISLEs.pdf; more info at http://www.pnyv.org/index.php?id=67
- Old and New Learning for a Culture of Sustainability
paper for INST 2003: Congress "The Unifying Aspects of Cultures ", Vienna, 7. - 9. Nov 2003, http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/omniculturallearning.html
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
For those who want to know such.
But maybe zap forward to where I happen to be, pass-by and do things.
Formal Qualification until 1999:
Educator: Physical Education & English
Self-Learning Qualifications since 2000:
Creative Writer, Researcher, Journalist
Consultant for Youth Empowerment & Participation, Alternative Media
Assistant for Open Space / Open Forum moderation
Educator, informal: Sustainability Learning, Citizenship Education, Peace Education
ICT - distance presentation, online conferencing, online collaboration environments
Translator and Interpreter
Communication and Coordination
Photography
Web Design, CMS programming, graphic design, text processing,
Digital Film-making and processing
Learning & Work Environments:
1.) Global Change, Futures and Cultures issues, with Heiner Benking, Germany; since 2000 (http://benking.de)
2.) Global Sustainability Education issues, with Dame Julia Morton-Marr, Canada; since 2003 (http://ihtec.org)
3.) New Co-creative Dialogue Culture: Open Forum Open Space event organisation, management and documentation, with Farah Lenser, Germany, since 2000 (http://farah-lenser.de and http://open-forum.de)
4.) Tour 21 / Future-raft Swimming Class-room Adventure with Joy Lohmann, interdisciplinary artist and social entrepreneur, Germany; since 2000 (http://www.pnyv.org/index.php?id=46)
5.) Journeys with universal scholar and entrepreneur Nupa Tatanka (Lakota-Inuit); 1996-1997
Intercultural Experiences:
Several close encounters, journeys, dialogues and rituals with spiritual leaders of Europe, India, North and South America since 1995. Adoption to Native American family in 1996.
Organisation Memberships:
Board: Positive Nett-Works Association, Cultural Creative Salon, operating globally (Germany) http://p-n-w.net
Advisory Board: International Holistic Tourism Education Centre - IHTEC, operating globally (Canada) http://ihtec.org
Advisory Board: YAC YouthActionForChange (global) http://youthactionforchange.org
Member: Council on Global Issues, interdisciplinary scientific think tank on achieving a global, peaceful, just and sustainable civilisation (Canada) http://c-g-i.info
Member: TIG TakingITGlobal (global) http://takingitglobal.org
Work experience:
Employed and entrepreneurial
13.) Concept, Design and Coordination of various educational special projects / items / products (see timeline 2006)
12.) Concept, Design & Coordination of PNYV! Positive News + Youth Views E-zine, ISLE, Instrument and Amplifier for Youth Leadership and Changemaking (since 2005)
11 .) Concept & Design of World Future School Online LearnScape (2004)
10 .) Concept & Design of Tribal Travel, first Online Catalogue for Community-based visits and informal twinning of tribal, rural and urban communities for Agenda21-Alliances
9 .) Organisation of Online Conferences (since 2003)
8 .) Organisation of Cultural Concerts (2003)
7 .) 9months-Organisation and Coordination of 6week Adventure Tour with a Swimming Future Classroom along 300 kilometres of waterways (2001-2002)
6 .) Concept & Production of Berlin Tourist Guide : Metro Entertainment Guide (2001)
5 .) Web Design for businesses and organisations (since 2001)
4 .) Design and Sales of Native American Artwork, Northern California, USA (1997)
3 .) Development of first Native American Culture Restaurant in Ochopee, Everglades, Florida (1996)
2 .) Host at World Exposition expo2000 (May-Oct 2000)
1.) various jobs: factory, construction, promotion, telecentre, waiter
Where I happen to be, pass-by and do things...
2007
Project Involvement :
1.) PNYV! E-zine : Project Coordination, Emergence of Various Language Editions, http://pnyv.org
Special projects in the framework of PNYV:
2.) IHTEC, International Holistic Tourism Education Centre, http://ihtec.org; strategy, conference collaborations,
3.) YAC, Youth Action for Change, http://www.youthactionforchange.org; strategy, conference collaborations, online courses on Sustainable Development, Responsible Travelling, Positive News Media
4.) Conference architecture support.
Project Contributions :
1.) ...
Events - Presence / Participation :
- UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, special event at didacta 2007
- Conference on "How to Connect with education-alienated youths?", BZPB, Berlin
- Symposium on MDGs, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin
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2006
Project Involvement :
1.) PNYV! E-zine : Project Coordination, Emergence of Various Language Editions, http://pnyv.org
Special projects in the framework of PNYV:
a. Developing Online Collections of 21st Century Learning, Avantgarde Schools & Omnicultural Learning in the framework of PNYV
b. Set up of online environments for progressive youth organisations operating in Africa and Latin America in the framework of PNYV
c. Development of a (multimedia) United Nations Calendar for download, use in class and posting in school hallways.
d. Development of a (multimedia) Omnicultural Festival Calendar for download, classroom use and posting in school hallways
2.) IHTEC / ISPG program : http://ihtec.org
3.) Development & Launch of first global Online Travel Catalogue for Community-based Visits and Informal Twinning of Tribal, Rural and Urban Communities, facilitating and combining a new Travel Culture and Development Collaboration, http://tribaltravel.org
Project Contributions :
1.) IDEC 2006 : International Conference on Democratic School Education, Sydney, Australia, http://idec2006.org,
- Organisation of a multimedia ISLE together with youth (ISLE: Informal Sustainability Learning Environment) (PNYV!)
- Online Broadcasting & Recording of the entire week’s conference sessions via multimedia online conferencing room (IHTEC)
- Distance Presentations on Informal Sustainability Learning in particular for democratic, alternative schools
- Papers: Democratic Education & Sustainability Learning
"Learning How and What we Want or Learning for what we Care for?" Eric Schneider, Berlin
Article, 2 pages, online: http://www.pnyv.org/idec2006/LearningForWhatWeCareFor.html / document http://www.pnyv.org/idec2006/LearningForWhatWeCareFor.doc
and see 2) below
2.) 1st Virtual Congress on World Citizenship and Democratic Global Governance, 1-31 July 2006
Paper, 9 pages, http://pnyv.org/idec2006/fairglobalcitizenship
Global Democracy & Sustainability Literacy Learning - Why They Must Go Hand-in-Hand
A look at concrete instruments, - ISLEs, IDLEs, IGLEs - for nurturing Fair Global Citizenship - sound, co-creative decision-finding and -implementation for the Greater Common Good - in the future generation.
3.) Development of MYCeL: Multimedia Youth Conferencing platform for Empowerment and Learning (Development, Human Rights, Migration)
4.) Earth Day 2006 : An international Online Conference on Earth Literacy and New, Tangible Worldviews
5.) Earth Literacy Initiative and Learning Resource Development :
http://in-betweener.org/flatworlds/maps/earth-literacy.html
6.) The Civic Responsibility Summit, organised by African Youth Movement, Nigeria, South Africa; set up of website, distance presentation planned but cancelled due to unstable technology on site.
Events - Presence / Participation :
- ANU Jahrestagung "Wie wär's mit uns", Hannover, http://pnyv.org/anu
- Grace, Peace Symposium week, Berlin
- KyotoPlus, Berlin
- Annual Congress on School Reform Germany
- Annual Meeting of German Government's Council on Sustainability
- World Atlas of Globalization, Le Monde Diplomatique, Release, Berlin
with Johan Galtung: Strategies for Peace http://transcend.org
- Future Summit of the Greens, Berlin
- IDEC 2006: International Conference on Democratic School Education http://idec2005.org
- Geresnet: Gender Studies in a Globalised World; Workshop at Humboldt University Berlin; organisation and documentation of Open Space workshop
- Imbolc Evening, Berlin
- Congress: Modern Medicine & Healers in Dialogue, Berlin
- Panel Discussion: Quantum Physics and Collective Cohesion, Academy of Arts, Berlin
- Symposium: The Spirit of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 1600 participants.
- Online Course: Human Rights, 9 week course, 311 participants from 113 countries, organised by YouthActionForChange.org, host: Sammy Jacobs Abbey, Ghana.
- Online Chat of UN Habitat on Urban Living and Sustainable Development
- Online Chat and Discussion on Youth and the Millenium Development Goals
2005
Project Involvement :
1.) PNYV! E-zine : Project Coordination, Emergence of Various Language Editions, http://pnyv.org
2.) IHTEC / ISPG program : http://ihtec.org
Project Contributions :
1.) Earth Day 2005 : An international Online Conference on occasion of the 90th birthday of John McConnell, Earth Day Founder
2.) Earth Literacy Initiative and Learning Resource Development :
http://in-betweener.org/flatworlds/maps/earth-literacy.html
3.) Week of Sustainability 2005, Berlin; A Round Table on Out-of-the-Box Thinking & Creative Hot-Spots for Societal Change
4.) European Carpet, Berlin, http://www.europateppich.de at FEZ
Events - Presence / Participation :
- Learning how to Learn, Expert Discussion Panel, Educators from PISA "worldchampion" Finland
- Annual Congress on School Reform Germany
- Annual Meeting of German Government's Council on Sustainability
Annual BRICS+G Meeting on Sustainable Development for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa + Germany
- IDEC 2005: International Conference on Democratic School Education http://idec2005.org
- United Nations Conference on reshaping UNEP into UNEO
- Panel Discussion with Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize recipient 2004
- Femme Globale Conference, Berlin, 1000 participants
- IPA 2005 : World Congress of the International Play Association, Berlin http://ipa2005.org
- Online Course: NEPAD & Africa, 9 week course, organised by YouthActionForChange.org, host: Sammy Jacobs Abbey, Ghana.
- Germanys largest Organic Breakfast, Berlin
- 60 years of United Nations; events in Berlin and Dresden, United Nations Association Germany (DGVN)
- Whistleblower Award, Urania Berlin, an event of the Einstein Year
- Didacta, Stuttgart; Germany, Europe's largest Education Fair
- Opening Event of United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014, ZDF Television Studios, Mainz
- ITB Berlin, worlds largest International Travel Fair
2004
Project Involvement :
1.) World Future School Online LearnScape : Project Coordination & Design http://www.worldfutureschool.org
2.) IHTEC / ISPG program : http://ihtec.org
3.) Development of the ISLE concept for Informal Sustainability Learning Environments
4.) Weltgeist Congress, Berlin; connecting spiritual leaders, educators and civil society activists, on occasion of Germany’s first national Ecumenic Church Day, Berlin
5.) Organisation of Concerts; TDC Trance Danse Communicative
Project Contributions :
1.) European Carpet, Berlin, http://www.europateppich.de
2.) An international Virtual Conference on the Implementation of Global Sustainability Education, as part of the Evolution of World Order Conference EWOC 2004, Toronto, Canada
2003
Project Involvement :
1.) World Future School Online LearnScape : Project Coordination & Design http://www.worldfutureschool.org/index.php?id=237
2.) Open-Space Online Conference on Youth Leadership & Global Learning
Project Contributions :
1.) INST Conference 2003, Vienna, Austria, TUAC The Unifying Aspects of Cultures, Education Section: Presentation on New Learning for a Culture of Sustainability; an advocacy for omnicultural learning http://www.cafeweltgeist.org/omniculturallearning.html
2001-2002
Project Involvement :
1.) Tour 21, Swimming Future Classroom under the patronage of the german federal minister for the Environment, Juergen Trittin, on occasion of the World Summit of Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa
2.) Treasure Mapping activities, networking and thinking beyond
2000
1.) Host at World Exposition expo2000, Hanover, Germany (May-Oct 2000)
1992-1999
Teacher Training Studies in Germany and Australia
Extensive Travel in Australia, North America and Europe
1991-1992
Civil service
1977-1990
School, good high school degree
Lots of Sports, Travel, Art, Adventure Roleplaying Games
-1977
Roaming free!