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Post(card) from Beijing
The 6th Beijing International Forum on begins in two hours with ceremony, and with welcomes from: Niu Chunshan, Deputy Mayor, People’s Government of Beijing Municipality Xian Lianping, Director, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education Liu Limin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education...
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A dull report from Accenture
Here’s an Accenture survey of about 1000 CEOs, with an analysis of what they think about sustainability. Not much, it seems. I found that ... – companies think they’re only really able to learn from each other – universities aren’t...
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Enlightenment anyone? The clue is in the name
A new campaign c/o The Art of Positive Change: A new social media campaign, launched as a result of the Powered by Nature Awards – an initiative of IUCN CEC and ALCOA – encourages people to turn off their lights and...
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That good old UNESCO shimmy
A while back, I received this email: A message from the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Secretariat Hello everyone, The monitoring and evaluation process for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) is designed to...
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UNESCO-UNEP's Environmentally Educated Teachers – once the priority of priorities
In 1987, as part of its International Environmental Education Programme, UNESCO-UNEP published: Strategies for the Training of Teachers in Environmental Education [Vol 25 of the programme], a summary of whose recommendations was subsequently made available in 'Connect XV(1) pp.1-3, 'Environmentally Educated Teachers –...
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Off to Beijing
I'm off to the 6th Beijing International Forum on ESD. The theme is Education for Sustainable Development: Education for Tomorrow – The Decade Review and Future Prospects. I'll be speaking on: The Development of ESD indicators – exploring frameworks and criteria. The...
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Just minding the GAP
Later this month, UNESCO’s governing bodies will consider a draft of a Global Action Programme [GAP] on ESD with a view to forwarding it to the UN General Assembly in 2014. The plan is that the GAP will replace the Decade, and...
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A great deal from QAAHEA
I understand that the QAAHEA's soon-to-be-revealed ESD guidance document for universities will set out over 50 new learning outcomes. That is, it will specify 50+ additional things that graduates should be able to know, understand and be able to do after...
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Educate business leaders in line with UN development goals
This was the thrust of an FT Soapbox piece the other day. It said: Management education must produce leaders who can lead companies in line with UN development goals. In particular, the article arued that ... "Business school deans need to...
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A postcard from ELSA to Hefce about the HEA
The English Learning and Sustainability Alliance [ELSA] has contributed to Hefce’s review of the UK's Higher Education Academy. ELSA brings together England’s key stakeholder groups with interests in learning and sustainability in order to inform national debates and influence policy...
