Collect Resources for YELL’s Environmental Education Hub Database

UNDP Malaysia is committed to assist Malaysia and its people in establishing sustainable pathways to development. UNDP’s analytical work, household surveys, and policy offerings found uptake from multiple Ministries – Planning, Finance, Enterprise Development, National Unity, Environment, and Communications. UNDP led 3 of the 4 pillars of the United Nations Sustainable Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF). We combine global networks and best practices to indigenous knowledge and experiences to overcome challenges in the areas of: Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth, Democratic Governance, Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Environment and Energy for Sustainable Development, Women's Empowerment and SDG Financing.

Youth Environment Living Labs (YELL) is a joint programme of UNDP Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Darussalam and UNICEF Malaysia, in collaboration with Amanah Lestari Alam (ALAM), the European Union (EU) and OSK Foundation. YELL includes the Environmental Education Hub (yell.my) aims to become Malaysia’s central reference point for educators, students, and community members seeking high-quality, accessible environmental education materials. Currently, the database lacks sufficient content. Online Volunteers will directly help populate the hub, enabling teachers and youth to access credible resources on climate change, biodiversity, waste management, and water conservation. This supports SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land) by improving environmental literacy and access to learning tools.

We are looking for 10 Online Volunteers who will support the population of the Environmental Education Hub database on yell.my., under the guidance of the YELL Project Associate. Each Online Volunteer is expected to independently find and submit 40-50 unique environmental education (EE) resources. Resource selection criteria will be provided by YELL, including guidelines on language complexity, acceptable formats, interactivity level, and cultural relevance to Malaysia. Access to the YELL Environmental Education Hub can be found here: https://yell.my/environmental-education Resources must be distributed across the following user groups: kindergarten (ages 4-6) , primary school (ages 7-12) , secondary school (ages 13-17) , and adults (ages 18+). Online Volunteers are encouraged to aim for reasonable coverage across all four groups, though a primary focus on 1-2 groups is acceptable if clearly indicated. Specifically, each Online Volunteer will: - Use a provided Google Sheets template to log each resource (e.g, title, description, age group, format, URL, language) - Search for credible online sources following YELL's provided selection criteria - Evaluate each resource against YELL's quality criteria (e.g, bias, timeliness, link functionality) before logging - Collect and log 40-50 unique resources that are ready for database entry Submit the completed dataset by the end of the assignment