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ESD-for-SDGs a post-GAP Vision
The current framework of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) will end in 2019 and a decision on the post-GAP period will soon have to be made by UNESCO Member States.
To that effect, the UNESCO Secretariat is launching a global consultation process to reflect on the post-GAP period and on the future direction of ESD.
For this purpose, UNESCO has drafted a position paper on the future of ESD through a series of mee…
The Road from Wigan Pier
“For this is part at least of what industrialism has done for us. Columbus sailed the Atlantic, the first steam engines tottered into motion, the British squares stood firm under the French guns at Waterloo, the one-eyed scoundrels of the nineteenth century praised God and filled their pockets; and this is where it all led – to labyrinthine slums and dark back kitchens with sickly, ageing people creeping round and round them like blackbeetles.”
George …
Water for Life
The ‘Local Water Solutions for Global Challenges’ course took off at the World Water Day 2018 with 350 students enrolled online. Our largest online class ever!
The 5-week free MOOC, developed in partnership with Gaia Education, UNITAR, University of Strathclyde, the Scottish Government and CREW was officially launched on 22 March 2018 through two interconnected events taking place in Brazil and Scotland.
In Brazil, during the World Water Forum, the course was broadcast widely at the …
International Meeting of NGOs – ECOLISE
Meeting in Luxembourg on 28 March, representatives of 43 leading networks and organisations supporting community-led initiatives for climate change and sustainability have called on policy makers from the local to the European level to recognise and support the vital role that grassroots organisations are playing in the transition to a healthy and sustainable zero-carbon society.
“Thousands of communities across Europe are experimenting in new ways of living tha…
Empowered by the Training of Trainers, Thailand
“When I first joined a Gaia Education EDE hosted by NextGenOA it changed my life. Taking the Training of Trainers in Thailand was the next step for me as I wanted to strengthen my skills in becoming a qualified project leader. The course demonstrates distinctly what is participatory learning; the content is rich and the learning process fluid. What impressed me the most was the talent of the facilitators to get participants to understand and practice Meta-Skill…
Awakening Leadership Training – Ecovillage Design Education, Thailand
‘I learnt that science and local wisdom align with each other. Most young people in my town only believe in science, and unconsciously we ignore the wisdom of our elders. Now I trust more deeply how natural history and local wisdom complement each other.’
This Ecovillage Design Education (EDE) was integrated into a longer course called Awakening Leadership Training that took place 3 September 2017 – 25 January 2018 at various locations in Th…
Building Capacity for the Redesign of our Economic Systems
in 2005 Gaia Education — a global network of sustainability practitioners and educators born out of a collaboration between the Global Ecovillage Network, Gaia Trust, the International Society for Ecology and Culture, Permanent Publications, and others — launched a practical 125 hours curriculum for a residential programme in Ecovillage Design Education (EDE).
The curriculum was structured into the four dimensions of Gaia Education’s whole…
Our Glocalisers Webinar Series Continues
On Wednesday 7 March at 5pm UK, innovative economists Ross Jackson and Jonathan Dawson will hold a webinar moderated by Naresh Giangrande. The subject will be ‘Pathways to Prosperity: Turning Around the Global Economy’.
The conversation will look at reform of the economic system by exploring some of the following topics:
- Open source innovation
- The transition from a centralised to a distributed system
- The ‘breakaway strategy’ from Occupy World Street
- How can we reform the finan…
Mountain to Climb in Solving World’s Problems in a Sustainable Way
A major network of leading companies, think tanks, charities, universities, trade unions and professional bodies has reached an important milestone in measuring the UK’s performance against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Organisations including WWF-UK, Good Energy, the Open University, Gaia Education, Glasgow Caledonian University and the RSPB are partners of the UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD), a cross-sector netw…
Gaia Education is now a CPD UK member
Earlier this month, Gaia Education joined CPD UK, an organisation whose members are committed to providing accredited, skills-based training to develop the careers and professionalism of individuals.
What is CPD?
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is the commitment by professionals to develop new skills or enhance existing ones through online training programmes and face-to-face courses. Many organisations, companies and businesses prioritise CPD to ensure their workforce is up skilled,…