Results of ESD Thematic Discussion - RCE NETWORK fileAwareness programs, webisodes (Montreal), Sacred groves and model forest project (Kodagu), Satoyama Project (Japanese RCEs), What

Education for Sustainable DevelopmentEducation for Sustainable Development. . .. . . research and capacity development for ESD

Results of Results of ESD ThematicESD Thematic Discussion Discussion

Education for Sustainable Development Programme

UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS)

www.ias.unu.eduwww.ias.unu.edu

RCE Thematic MeetingsRCE Thematic Meetings

15 May 2009, 15 May 2009, MorningMorning Sessions Sessions

Health & ESD: Catherine Matheson (RCE Sudbury),

Zainal Sanusi (RCE Penang)

Biodiversity, Ecosystems & ESD: André Champoux

(RCE Montreal), Reita Furusawa (RCE Chubu),

Shyamala Mani(RCE Kodagu), Yoshi Natori(UNU-IAS)

SCP: Zinaida Fadeeva & Arimar Vierira (UNU-IAS)

Role of Higher Education Institutions: Kiran

Chhokar (Center for Environmental Education), Jim

Taylor (RCE KwaZlu Natal)

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RCE Thematic MeetingsRCE Thematic Meetings

15 May 2009, 15 May 2009, AfternoonAfternoon Sessions Sessions

Youth: Jos Hermans (RCE Rhine-Meuse), Eko

Ernada (RCE East Kalimantan), Mandla Mlipha

(RCE Swaziland)

Better Schools for ESD: Okorie Okoro (RCE

Lagos), Chuck Hopkins (York University)

E-Learning: Anjeela Jokham (RCE Pacific), André

Champoux (RCE Montreal)

Poverty & Environment: Ali Bukar (RCE Kano),

Zinaida Fadeeva (UNU-IAS)

Climate Change: Lyle Benko (RCE Saskatchewan)

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Facilitators: Catherine Matheson (RCE Sudbury), Zainal Sanusi

(RCE Penang)

Participating RCEs:

! RCE Greater Sudbury (Catherine and Cindi)

! RCE Penang (Zainal)

! RCE Montreal (Carole)

! RCE Greater Mbarara (Samuel)

! RCE Yogyakarta (Ida)

! RCE Kwazulu-Natal (Tich)

! UNU-IAS (Nami)

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Health and ESD


Key Questions and ChallengesKey Questions and Challenges

Lack of educational materials/tool kits

Need for training for all levels of health

related professions

Strategic approach to address

prevention of major diseases

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Agenda for actions and strategies forAgenda for actions and strategies for

sustaining thematic discussionsustaining thematic discussion

Training on ESD for health professions (in-service and

teachers/trainers) <Penang>

Development of toolkits for children on local health issues,

e.g. obesity (Sudbury), cholera/malaria (KZN, Mbarara)

<individual RCEs>

Research project on sustainable approach towards

pandemic diseases <Catherine: Sudbury>

Looking for funding sources (twining RCEs to bring about

more synergies) <Catherine: Sudbury>

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Biodiversity, Ecosystems & ESDBiodiversity, Ecosystems & ESD

Facilitators: André Champoux (RCE Montreal),

Reita Furusawa (RCE Chubu), Shyamala Mani(RCE

Kodagu), Yoshi Natori(UNU-IAS)

Participants: RCE Western Jalisco, RCE

Tongyeong, RCE Montreal, RCE

Saskatchewan, RCE Incheon, RCE Greater

Sendai, RCE Chubu, RCE Pune, RCE Trang,

RCE Kodagu, RCE Delhi, RCE Guwahati,

RCE Lucknow, RCE Cebu, RCE KZN

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What are RCEs doing on biodiversity?

• Mudflat Eco Leader Program (Incheon), BioKits, E-learning,

Awareness programs, webisodes (Montreal), Sacred groves and

model forest project (Kodagu), Satoyama Project (Japanese RCEs),

What are collaborative actions toward CBD COP10 in Nagoya, Japan in2010?

• RCE side event presentations at CBD-COP10

• RCE booth (s) at CBD-COP10

• Cyber-dialogue -Multilingual forum on different topics (moderators)

• Film Festival (travelling?) and booklet to showcase best practices andlessons learned. Possible link with TVE through the CBD Secretariat.

• Join the Green Wave Campaign

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• Exchange of materials, experiences and good practices usingClearing house mechanism of CBD`s.

• Impact of Food production on Biodiversity

-Community based assessment and Scientific assessment (LCA)

• Businesses – Biodiversity: How RCEs can work with Businesses inthe promotion of Biodiversity and in reducing their impact on it.

Get involved in the development of training for business people

Invite Businesses in their own regional areas





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• Establish an RCE Working Group on Biodiversity

COP10 Task Force Team• RCE Montreal (S. Kingsbury, André Champoux, Patricia Garcia)

• RCE Saskatshewan (Karen McIver)

• RCE Kodagu (Shyarmala Mani)

• RCE Pune (Sanskriti Menon)

• RCE Chubu (Reita Furusawa)

• RCE Trang (Watcharee Amplord)

• RCE Greater Sendai (Satoshi Shimano)

• RCE W. Jalisco (Salvadore Garcia)

• UNU-IAS (Yoshi Natori)

Web Platform Team• RCE Chubu (Reita Furusawa)

• RCE Montreal

Continue Networking through Electronic Format

–A Mailing List is open to everybody! Please sign up!


Sustainable Consumption &Sustainable Consumption &

ProductionProduction

Facilitator: Zinaida Fadeeva & Arimar Vierira

(UNU-IAS)

Participants:

• RCE Saskatchewan; RCE Candidate Brighton

to Oxford, RCE Kano, RCE Rhine-Meuse,

RCE Montreal, RCE Chubu, RCE Tongyeong,

RCE Skane, RCE Nuremberg

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ProjectsProjects

Sharing productive capital: RCE- Saskatchewan, RCE

candidate Brighton to Oxford, RCE Kano, RCE-Rhine-Meuse

Cradle-to-cradle process: RCE-Rhine-Meuse, RCE

Saskatchewan, RCE candidate, Brighton to Oxford

Technology Transfer for Sustaining Agriculture Products

(GMS)– RCE KANO looking for partners

Guide for museums to adopt SD practices – to be shared by

RCE Montreal; conference for teachers on SCP – Sep/2009) –

RCE Montreal inviting other RCEs

Video-conferences for students on SCP: RCE-Montreal inviting

other RCEs

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Projects cont`dProjects cont`d

RCE-Chubu – looks for contributions in collaboration with

the private sector

RCE – Kano - Wealth for Waste (community engagement;

cooperative work and recycling) – looking for research

partners

RCE – Tongyeong – Working on awareness of people

(meaning Sustainable values of eating)

Important points: cases; consequences of recession.

Activities: policy report on cases; training for SCP, progress

must be under verification.

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Jos H. will explore opportunities in Europe for

potential funding

Sustaining communication (basecamp/ Ning);

Quarterly e-mail blanket (input on the

progress of activities in the area);

Policy paper – will be prepared by Joe

Eusen, request for comments

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Participating RCEs:

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Europe Asia & Pacific Americas & Africa

RCE Barcelona RCE East Kalimantan RCE Grand Rapids

RCE Graz-Styria CEE, India RCE Montreal

RCE Skane RCE Hyogo-Kobe RCE Saskatchewan

RCE Nuremberg RCE Kyrgyzstan RCE Curitiba-Parana

RCE Porto Metropolitan Area RCE Tongyeong RCE Greater Nairobi

RCE candidate Nizhny Novgorod RCE Pacific RCE Makana & Rural Eastern

Cape

RCE candidate Brighton to Oxford RCE KuwaZulu Natal

RCE candidate Vetcha

RCE candidate London

RCE candidate Copenhagen

Higher Educationfacilitated by Jim Taylor and Kiran Chokkar


Higher EducationHigher Education——Key Areas ofKey Areas of

InterestInterest

Sustainable Universities and Cities

Research

Teacher Education

Competencies/ Assessment

E-Learning

Schools and Youth

Resource Materials

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Higher EducationHigher Education——

Three Working GroupsThree Working Groups

Sustainable Universities (facilitated by Clemens Mader)

• Involve students in RCEs

• Include gender approach

• Exchange programme

• Summer University

• Shape together sustainability courses

Research and Resource Materials (facilitated by Jim Taylor)

• A template for writing resource materials was shared.

• The background philosophy & educational orientations explored

Competencies (facilitated by Harold Glasser)

• Rich discussion on fundamental issues

• Agreement on joint activities

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Create as monograph or special journal

issue:1. Primer on discourse(s) of core competencies & how they

are framed.

2. Papers exploring how the discourses on CC are being

applied to education/learning for sustainability.

3. Response papers to (2)

4. Collaborative synthesis papers by two groups.

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Youth & ESDYouth & ESD

Facilitators:

• Jos Hermans (RCE Rhine-Meuse)

• Eko Ernada (RCE East Kalimantan)

• Mandla Mlipha (RCE Swaziland)

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Ideas:

Youth group in every RCE.

Action comes first; education comes second.

Perhaps combine action-places with SD-

places.

Do not use the term SD but Waste

Management etc.


Youth Cont’d

Make youngsters part of a community.

Make them taken seriously by the adults.

Not too many conferences, only when you

know that something concrete will come out.

Make different age SD- groups in schools;

older students can coach younger ones.


Youth Cont’d

Organize a youth-conference for every

continent.

Youth Xchange booklet

World Camp on SD-items

Go to conferences or meetings where

youngsters can do something and not just sit

around.


Youth Cont’d

We should facilitate young people with

getting together and take them seriously. Not

getting involved in developing their plans.


Better Schools for ESDBetter Schools for ESD

Facilitators:

• Okorie Okoro (RCE Lagos)

• Chuck Hopkins (York University)

Participating RCEs:

RCE Montreal; Kalimantan Indonesia, Barcelona;

Saskatchewan; Lucknow; Brazil; KZN

UNU-IAS;

RCE Candidates: Brighton to Oxford; Insurous;

Copenhagen, Denmark

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How do we engage schools in ESD?

How can our thematic group support RCEs?

Understanding/learning about significant

systemic school change (ESD)

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Policy support (national, local government, teachers, and

learners), including UNESCO policy briefs

Sharing toolkits for individual action (potentially using the

Education and Sustainability magazine)

Stories and case studies of change (language at various levels,

focus on motivating and inspiring)

Celebrate, share and promote good practice (potentially using the

Global RCE website)

Systemic engagement from individual schools to entire system

Quality education/reorienting education

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E-LearningE-Learning

Facilitators:

• Anjeela Jokham (RCE Pacific)

• André Champoux (RCE Montreal)

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Poverty & EnvironmentPoverty & Environment

Facilitators:

• Ali Bukar (RCE Kano)

• Zinaida Fadeeva (UNU-IAS)

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Climate ChangeClimate Change

Participating RCEs:

• Saskatchewan

• Montreal

• Pune

• Kwazulu Natal

• Tongyeong

• Trang

• Western Jalisco

• Chubu

• Grand Rapids

• Guwahati

• UNU- IAS

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Facilitator:

Lyle Benko (RCE Saskatchewan)



Curriculum innovation (ESD module climate

change)

Increasing awareness among society about CC

(media)

Guidance to local governments (municipalities)

Community based initiatives for adaptation

Funding (cleaning development mechanisms)

Involving local industries.

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Seoul Korea conference

Copenhagen conference

Joint action in progress: Inventories on

climate change plan

Compile RCE climate change actions

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Documents

Results of ESD Thematic Discussion - RCE NETWORK fileAwareness programs, webisodes (Montreal), Sacred groves and model forest project (Kodagu), Satoyama Project (Japanese RCEs), What