Workshop F
Education for Sustainable Development: Changing Mindsets and Behaviour. The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development and Beyond
Professor Charles Hopkins
UNESCO Chair for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), York University, Canada
Lina Mata Guido
Agentes de Cambio Programme, Costa Rica
Representative from the Young ESD Voices at the ESD World Conference
Shankar Musafir
Education Empowerment at Educomp, New Delhi, India
Representative from the Young ESD Voices at the ESD World Conference
Matthew Hare
UN Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development
Hannes Siege
Standing Conference of the German Culture and Education Ministers/InWEnt - Capacity Building International
Chair:
Alexander Leicht
German Commission for UNESCO
It is increasingly being recognized that efforts to attain sustainable development require a fundamental reorientation of our approach to teaching and learning. The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) promotes the inclusion of values, competencies, skills, and knowledge required for sustainable development into all aspects of teaching and learning. The German implementation of the UN Decade is coordinated by the German Commission for UNESCO on the basis of a unanimous declaration of the German Parliament. The German Commission for UNESCO also co-organized the UNESCO World Conference, which took place on the occasion of the completion of the first half of the UN Decade. The conference and its 900 participants from 150 countries, among them 49 ministers and vice ministers, issued an urgent appeal to integrate education for sustainable development into all activities towards sustainable development.
Building upon the outcomes of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (31 March – 2 April 2009, Bonn) and specifically the Bonn Declaration, the workshop will explore the innovative concept of education for sustainable development as a powerful motor of change towards sustainable lifestyles.
What is the potential of education for sustainable development for changing mindsets in society?
What is good practice in education for sustainable development?
Which direction should the implementation of education for sustainable development take after the Bonn conference, also in the light of possible synergies with other sustainable development initiatives?
