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Sustainability Education: Teaching for sustainability (Videos)

by Richard Matthews
November 13, 2016
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Educating future leaders about sustainability is key to solving the increasingly interconnected challenges facing humanity. The practice of teaching for sustainability is known as sustainability education (SE), it is also called education for sustainability (EfS), and the United Nations calls it education for sustainable development (ESD). More generally we need to appreciate the importance of education as it relates to sustainable development. Education is one of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and it is a fundamental right. Investing in a quality education for all is essential to realize the other SDGs and targets.
It is also the most powerful tool we have for sustainable development.

Here is a UN Secretary General’s Global Education First Initiative video that shows the power of education in acting as a catalyst for development.

In its simplest essence, sustainability is any activity that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. It is focused on the triple bottom line in business (people, planet and profits). The idea is to benefit the greater good by learning how to foster vigorous communities, a healthy environment, and robust profitability.

There are valid concerns that business schools are not doing enough to emphasize sustainability. With this in mind Andrew Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan and Education Director of the Graham Sustainability Institute has suggested, “modern business school must fundamentally alter its teaching and research in order to respond to the environmental and social challenges of the twenty-first century.”

Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation’s (CGMF) work in sustainability education is focused on sustainability science, a discipline that the foundation integrates into all of its grant making and long-term planning. This dynamic science-based approach addresses environmental and social problems. It does this by bringing together scholarship and practice, global and local perspectives, and a diverse range of social sciences.

For the last four years CGMF has been working with The University of Texas at Austin to integrate sustainability education into research, facilities and course development. Here is a video of a 2016 research symposium that took place at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin. The event was organized around school founder Jack Jackson’s vision of educating young people “in the subjects of geology; geophysics; energy, mineral and water resources; and broad areas of the earth sciences, including the Earth’s environment.” The video concludes with a Presentation from keynote speaker Marilu Hastings, the vice-president of the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation’s sustainability program

Jaimie Cloud is a pioneer in the field of Education for Sustainability (EfS). She is passionate about inspiring young people to think about the world, their relationship to it, and their ability to influence it in an entirely new way. In this video, she shares new ideas to create conditions for life-long Education for Sustainability.

For those interested in more information go to the Journal of Sustainability Education (JSE), a forum for academics and practitioners to share, critique, and promote research, practices, and initiatives that foster the integration of economic, ecological, and social-cultural dimensions of sustainability within formal and non-formal educational contexts.

Make sure to see the article titled, “Comprehensive Green School Information and Resources.”
It contains links to over 325 articles covering everything you need to
know about sustainable academics, student eco-initiatives, green school
buildings, and college rankings as well as a wide range of related
information and resources. 

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