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Creating a Sustainable City through a System of Citizen-Based Learning: ESD at Nagoya Open University of the Environment
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Chikami, Satoshi; Sobue, Kirstie – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2008
In Japan, environmental education partnerships among citizens, businesses and local government increased since new legislation was introduced in 2003, but there was little evidence of cross-sector collaboration until recently. Nagoya Open University of the Environment is a highly innovative, multi-sectoral citizen learning system founded in 2005…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Local Government
Realizing Education for Sustainable Development in Japan: The Case of Nishinomiya City
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Yoshizumi, Miki; Miyaguchi, Takaaki – Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2005
Various approaches have been advocated and practiced to address sustainable development. Among these, education has been recognized as one of the key measures to achieving sustainability. In Nishinomiya, Japan, education for sustainable development (ESD) has been established through the Learning and Ecological Activities Foundation for Children…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education
Adult Education through World Collaboration.
Cassara, Beverly Benner, Ed. – 1995
This book contains the following papers about development/delivery of adult education through the efforts of multinational and bilateral government donors and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE): "Preface" (Beverly Benner Cassara); "Introduction: Adult Education and Democracy" (Francisco Vio Grossi);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Role, Cooperative Planning, Democracy