Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)

15-18 October 2017, San Antonio, Texas  Read more

Call for proposals and Reviewers for AASHE 2017.

Applications for 2017 UNU-IAS MSc and PhD Programmes

UNU-IAS is now accepting applications for September 2017 admission to its MSc and PhD in Sustainability Science Programme. The application deadlines are 28 February 2017 (MSc) and 28 April 2017 (PhD). Read more

Call for Solutions - Anticipating Climate Hazards

How can vulnerable communities best prepare for climate-related hazards, and what new tools can be used to incentivize early action? Climate CoLab is calling for a wide range of innovative and practical solutions – on the local, national and international levels.

Deadline for submission is 10 February 2017. Read more

Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme

The Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) provides a concrete contribution towards the efforts of member universities to consolidate their initiatives in the field of sustainable development in many ways. Read more

UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Role of Education – Call for Submissions

UNESCO and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are jointly organizing the “UNESCO Week for Peace and Sustainable Development: The Role of Education” in Ottawa, Canada, 6-10 March, 2017. This is a unique platform to discuss two key programmes of UNESCO, ESD and Global Citizenship Education (GCED), and their practical contribution in achieving Target 4.7. The Deadline for submission is 23 December 2016. Read more

Call for Papers: Lifelong Learning and Education in Healthy and Sustainable Cities

This book collects interdisciplinary reflections from researchers, educators and other experts about the linkages between environmental quality, human health, human education and well-being, including inequality, unplanned urbanization, migration, lifestyles, and consumption and production patterns. Contributions of a 200 words abstract with all contact details should be sent to walter.leal@haw-hamburg.de by 15th January 2017.

More open calls and vacancies in the CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT section on ProSPER.Net. 

Circular Economy Resource Maps

A circular economy that is based on regeneration and restoration can help solve most problems associated with a linear economy. It aims to keep raw materials, goods, and product parts at their highest value and utility levels all the time.

Check these links: Ellen MacArthur Foundation Educational Resources and Rutgers Online which explain the concept visually and may be useful for your work and activities.

2016 International Essay Contest for Young People on “Education to Build a Better Future for All”

 Among 12,937 entries from 153 countries, winners were selected in the children’s and youth categories. Read more

2016 Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition Winners by Goi Peace Foundation announced

The Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition is a global programme and an online platform, which supports the implementation of the SDGs.  Prizes were given for the best ideas, best projects, and the People’s Choice Award. Read more

New ISO standard to help communities manage sustainable development

How can a community become more sustainable? What strategy should it adopt? A new ISO standard will help communities answer these questions and put in place a framework to become more sustainable and resilient. Read more

Projecting progress: are cities on track to achieve the SDGs by 2030?

This report by the Overseas Development Institute explores the scale of the challenge for 20 cities across the world to reach selected targets set out in the SDGs. Read more

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development (JESD)

CEE brings out the ‘Journal of Education for Sustainable Development’ (JESD). JESD is a forum for academics and practitioners to share and critique innovations in thinking and practice in the emerging field of ESD. A peer-reviewed international journal, JESD aims at global readership and is published twice a year. The latest issue (September 2016) focused on SDGs. Read more

New Open Access Publication: Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City

This book offers a genuine solution to today’s global food crisis. By contributing more to feeding themselves, cities can allow breathing space for the rural sector to convert to more organic sustainable approaches. Read more

New UNESCO Publications

On the occasion of COP22, UNESCO launched two new publications: “Action for Climate Empowerment: Guidelines for accelerating solutions through education, training and public awareness” a guidance document for policy-makers, developed in collaboration with UNFCCC; and “PLANET: Education for environmental sustainability and green growth” by UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, which looks at how education enables individuals to better cope with, and reduce their vulnerability to, the dangers associated with climate change.

The International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education (IJSHE)

IJSHE is the first international scholarly publication to specifically address the need for documentation and the dissemination of research, studies and projects on sustainability matters at higher education institutions. In 2017, the journal is interested to review more papers focusing on innovation on sustainable development at universities. Read more