{"id":7585,"date":"2019-11-04T08:21:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T08:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/?p=7585"},"modified":"2019-11-04T08:21:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T08:21:32","slug":"keep-that-esd-jigsaw-in-the-cupboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/2019\/11\/04\/keep-that-esd-jigsaw-in-the-cupboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep that ESD jigsaw in the cupboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent SEEd Newsletter asks:<\/p>\n<p>I<em>sn\u2019t it time we attempted to bring together the hundreds of organisations and individuals with commons cause, who are doing work around ESD or global citizenship within a common narrative? \u00a0Where do we all fit in the jigsaw of approaches that could comfortably sit under the banner of ESD?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ann Finlayson <a href=\"https:\/\/se-ed.co.uk\/edu\/where-in-the-esd-jigsaw-do-you-fit\/\">expands<\/a>\u00a0on this. \u00a0She begins ...<\/p>\n<p>\"I\u2019ve recently found myself in meetings of like-minded sustainability folk where I\u2019ve had to explain, for what seems like the millionth time, what education for sustainability (ESD) is. \u00a0I\u2019m then challenged to explain the plethora of different approaches and delivery mechanisms that exist in the UK, and the fractured and confused face to the world this conveys.<\/p>\n<p>So, thinking further about all this, isn\u2019t it time we attempted to bring together the hundreds of organisations and individuals with commons cause, who are doing work around ESD or global citizenship within a common narrative? \u00a0Where do we all fit in the jigsaw of approaches that could comfortably sit under the banner of ESD?<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, given that we should all now be working towards contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, we should embrace UNESCO\u2019s definition of ESD:<\/p>\n<p><em>Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers people to change the way they think and work towards a sustainable future. \u00a0<\/em><em>UNESCO aims to improve access to quality education on sustainable development at all levels and in all social contexts, to transform society by reorienting education and help people develop knowledge, skills, values and behaviours needed for sustainable development. \u00a0It is about including sustainable development issues, such as climate change and biodiversity into teaching and learning. Individuals are encouraged to be responsible actors who resolve challenges, respect cultural diversity and contribute to creating a more sustainable world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You can see how Ann continues\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/se-ed.co.uk\/edu\/where-in-the-esd-jigsaw-do-you-fit\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>...................................<\/p>\n<p>I'll not be rushing to do this jigsaw because there's a category error here. \u00a0It's Ann's assumption that it's possible to explain ESD in clear terms. \u00a0UNESCO failed that test 15 years ago. \u00a0Just look at the definition, above, if you need re-convincing. Think about using it at a parents evening and imagine where you'd get.<\/p>\n<p>This is why, as I noted the other day, Teach the Future (c\/o UKSCN and SOS_UK) is onto a winner when they engage people by using simple language that everyone can understand eschewing jargon like\u00a0Sustainable Development, Global Learning or Environmental Education. \u00a0All power to them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent SEEd Newsletter asks: Isn\u2019t it time we attempted to bring together the hundreds of organisations and individuals with commons cause, who are doing work around ESD or global citizenship within a common narrative? \u00a0Where do we all fit...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comment","category-news-and-updates"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/edswahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}