I'm grateful to Alan Reid for the following:<\/p>\n
A team from the University of Minnesota is traveling across all seven continents to understand how education and sustainability coincide. \u00a0Aaron Doering, a learning technologies associate professor, and his co-explorer Charlie Miller, plan to travel to climate hotspots on all seven continents over the next four years to study how the changing climate has impacted people\u2019s lives \u2014 the first study of its kind. \u00a0It\u2019s called Earthducation, an adventure-learning project inspired by the United Nations\u2019 Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n
Doering said<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThere is a gap between how students are being educated and what they need to sustain their lives in their regions\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The mission of the project is to discover how the changing world is impacting people and how education will allow them to adjust to these changes. \u00a0The two researchers started their voyage in March 2010 in Nunavut, Northern Canada. \u00a0They\u2019ve since traveled to Africa and Norway. \u00a0During these trips, they traveled 1,000 to 1,500 miles. \u00a0The explorers speak with ordinary people, students and leaders to hear their takes on how education is shifting as a result of the climate change.<\/p>\n
They ask the same three questions:<\/p>\n
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\n- Define what education means to you.<\/li>\n
- Define what sustainability means to you.<\/li>\n
- How do you believe the two can intersect?<\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/ul>\n
Doering said<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe people are extremely welcoming because they want their voice to be heard because no one else is listening\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The team reports their findings daily on the website earthducation.com. \u00a0They post pictures, video and audio of their experiences, and they have a link on their website, Environnetwork, which allows anyone to share their perspective on education and sustainability. \u00a0Doering and Miller have conducted about 80 formal interviews, and there have been more than 100 posts from teachers, students and the general public. \u00a0They will soon leave for their next destination: Australia, and will travel to different parts of the country, including the Great Barrier Reef, and spend time with the Aborigine people.<\/p>\n
Doering and Miller say this project is unique to the University because it is the first study to span over the course of three or more years and explore all seven continents. \u00a0Their journey will end in Antarctica in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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