{"id":6571,"date":"2016-01-28T08:19:05","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T08:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2016-01-28T08:19:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T08:19:05","slug":"the-power-of-the-sdgs-as-a-means-of-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2016\/01\/28\/the-power-of-the-sdgs-as-a-means-of-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of the SDGs as a means of exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been a bit critical of the bloated<\/a> nature of the new sustainable development goals<\/a>, but that should not blind us to the potential that they have for focusing attention on solutions to the world's problems.<\/p>\n

In particular, the breadth of the issues covered by the Goals has the power to be useful in education institutions as a means of bringing academics, students and external activists together. \u00a0I say this because it seems to be that every university in the UK\u00a0will already have teaching and research that is focused on one or (more likely) more of the SDGs \u2013 quite often in partnership with external groups. \u00a0And\u00a0the goals are already of interest to student unions in their various activities. \u00a0Add to this mix the fact that many graduates get jobs that focus on the goals, one way or another, and you see the potential for constructive synergies. \u00a0They are also reasonably respectable, given their UN sponsorship and the existential crises that drive them.<\/p>\n

So, unlike ESD \u2013 which has to be patiently explained to bewildered audiences over and over again \u2013 the SDGs offer a currency and means of exchange that all can understand and\u00a0get involved in. \u00a0They may even have the power to bring those interested in environmental education and global learning to the same table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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