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The Role of Adult Learning and Education in the Sustainable Development Goals
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Anke Grotlüschen; Alisa Belzer; Markus Ertner; Keiko Yasukawa – International Review of Education, 2024
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), launched by the United Nations in 2015, established ambitious targets to be achieved by 2030, including in education. SDG 4, which focuses on ensuring "inclusive and equitable quality education and promot[ing] lifelong learning opportunities for all", attracted attention from the adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Sustainable Development, Lifelong Learning, Case Studies
Social Learning as a Key Factor in Sustainability Transitions: The Case of Okayama City
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Didham, Robert J.; Ofei-Manu, Paul; Nagareo, Masaaki – International Review of Education, 2017
The Okayama Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Project is an ongoing initiative in Okayama City, Japan, established in 2005 by the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Okayama and the Okayama Municipal Government with the aim "to create a community where people learn, think and act together towards realising a sustainable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Socialization, Case Studies, Sustainable Development
School-Community Learning Partnerships for Sustainability: Recommended Best Practice and Reality
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Wheeler, Leone; Guevara, Jose Roberto; Smith, Jodi-Anne – International Review of Education, 2018
Effective partnerships across different stakeholders are essential to the collaboration required for learning cities to contribute to sustainable development. Through partnerships, formal educational institutions, such as schools and universities, play a vital role in establishing and sustaining learning cities, often by facilitating the…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Sustainable Development, School Community Programs, Case Studies
Mapping a Sustainable Future: Community Learning in Dialogue at the Science-Society Interface
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Barth, Matthias; Lang, Daniel J.; Luthardt, Philip; Vilsmaier, Ulli – International Review of Education, 2017
In 2015, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) announced that the Science Year 2015 would focus on the "City of the Future". It called for innovative projects from cities and communities in Germany dedicated to exploring future options and scenarios for sustainable development. Among the successful respondents was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Case Studies, Socialization
Promoting Community Socio-Ecological Sustainability through Technology: A Case Study from Chile
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Aguayo, Claudio; Eames, Chris – International Review of Education, 2017
The importance of community learning in effecting social change towards ecological sustainability has been recognised for some time. More recently, the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools to promote socio-ecological sustainability has been shown to have potential in community education for sustainable development (ESD). The…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Information Technology, Foreign Countries, Community Education
Strategies for Developing a Sustainable Learning Society: An Analysis of Lifelong Learning in Thailand
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Charungkaittikul, Suwithida; Henschke, John A. – International Review of Education, 2014
Today's world may be characterised as the dawn of the new millennium of the learning society, where knowledge is considered as a country's most valued asset and primary source of power. In the increasingly intense competition among international communities, Thailand has been respected for advancing the concept of transforming communities, cities…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Strategies, Change Strategies, Sustainability
ESD and Lifelong Learning: A Case Study of the Shangri-La Institute's Current Engagement with the Bazhu Community in Diqing, China
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Liu, Yunhua; Constable, Alicia – International Review of Education, 2010
This article argues that ESD should be integrated into lifelong learning and provides an example of how this might be done. It draws on a case study of a joint project between the Shangri-la Institute and the Bazhu community in Diqing, southwest China, to analyse a community-based approach to Education for Sustainable Development and assess its…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability: An Analysis of a Master's in Environmental Science and a Tree-Planting Project at Chancellor College, University of Malawi
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Chiotha, Sosten S. – International Review of Education, 2010
In 2004, Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities (MESA) was formally launched by UNEP, UNESCO and the Association of African Universities. This paper sets the stage for a critical analysis of ESD by reviewing historical perspectives of conservation in Africa as a means of appreciating the need for African universities…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Forestry