10th World Environmental Education Congress
3-7 November, 2019, Bangkok, Thailand
Under the theme 'Local Knowledge, Communication and Global Connectivity', the 10th World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC) will be held 3-7 November, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
This international congress will address education for environment and sustainability, with the goal of enhancing local knowledge within the global spotlight in terms of environmental education.
The ESD Project at UNU-IAS will be hosting two workshops, and co-hosting a side event. Details are below:
Side Event (Panel Discussion):
Education and Learning in and through Environmental Assessment Experiences from Higher Education Institutions in Asia
4 November, 2019, 15:00-16:30
Gliceria Arlyn G. Garancho (Executive Director of the Philippine Normal University Visayas, Philippines), Arun Kansal (Dean, Research and Relationships, TERI School of Advanced Studies, India), Janne Leino (Chief Representative, Hanns Seidel Foundation Zheijang Representative Office), Ushio Miura (Programme Specialist, UNESCO Bangkok), Riri Fitri Sari (Chairperson of UI GreenMetric, University of Indonesia), Mario Tabucanon (Senior Visiting Professor, UNU-IAS), Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi (Director, UNU-IAS)
As the world converges around efforts to move forward with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, higher education institutions in the Asia-Pacific region are increasingly placing 'greening the campus' high on their agenda as never before. Along with the rise of this aspiration, many institutions have also begun to introduce environmental assessment as a part of their administrative and operational strategies. A crucial question from the perspective of education is if, and how, learning for environmental sustainability is triggered and enhanced for the whole campus community in the process of undertaking the assessment. Does environmental assessment facilitate and contribute to promoting campus-wide environmental education and learning? If so, what are some of the key aspects or issues that we need to be mindful of if we are to leverage environmental assessment as opportunities to promote education and learning for sustainability? This session will bring together panellists from three institutions that are/have been involved in environmental assessment in Asia, aiming to draw insights into how higher education may be able to contribute effectively to the achievement of the UN SDGs through advancing SDG 4 and SDG 4.7 in particular.
Workshops:
The classroom, the city hall, the ivory tower, and the rising sea: Using a multi-stakeholder approach for education as a mechanism to implement local action on international climate policies
5 November, 2019, 10:00-11:00
UNU-IAS, RCE Georgetown, RCE Iskandar, and RCE Sakon Nakhon
This workshop will use the Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCE) model to examine how multi-stakeholder networks can provide a more coordinated and effective approach for educating communities as a whole about meaningful actions to take in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation. This workshop will help participants understand how bridging formal and informal education partners can reduce redundancies, improve communication, and upscale action across communities, as well as through different age and sectoral cohorts. Attendees will identify partners and initiatives in their own communities they can begin working with on climate education initiatives.
Community-based Environmental Education (EE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): Unpacking confusions and getting insights to enrich local community practices and policies for 2030 and beyond
5 November, 2019, 11:00-12:00
Fumiko Noguchi (UNU-IAS), Jose Roberto Guevara (RMIT University), Osamu Abe (Rikkyo University)
This workshop attempts to unpack the confusions and struggles around ESD for 2030 from local community perspectives, addressing two questions: How can the local community practices see 'SDG' as an opportunity that can enhance the practices at the local community?; and, How can SDGs policies be enriched by obtaining insights from local community experiences? By doing so, it will critically reflect on the efforts made for community-based EE and ESD in Japan and Asia in the past. Finally, this workshop will discuss what educators, practitioners, policymakers, researchers and academic societies can do for 2030 and beyond to enhance the local community practices at global, regional, national and local levels.
For further details on the events above, please visit the WEEC2019 website here.
