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DESD Conference Presentations
Presentations held at the conference
Halfway through the UN-decade for Education for Sustainable Development
Lessons learned and missions to follow in higher education
September 22-23, 2009, Turku, Finland
Tuesday 22.9 2009
Introduction to the conference (Paula Lindroos & ) Ea Blomqvist: Roadmap for the conference
Tapio Markkanen: “Environmental and sustainability education; a multi-dimensional challenge & some remarks on the role of UNESCO”
Hans van Ginkel: “Why Universities need to change ... and how?”
Michail Scoullos: “The framework of Sustainable Development (SD) and Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education”
Tage Kurtén: “Our Need for a Holistic View”,
Christine Jakobsson: “The Baltic University Programme - a network of more than 220 institutions of higher education supporting ESD”
Wednesday 23.9 2009
Tove Holm:“The integration of sustainability into all activities at Novia University of Applied Sciences”
Ida Mielityinen: “Sustainable development needs to be a part of every engineer’s competence”
Mikko Perkiö: “UniPID (Finnish University Partnership for International Development)”
Factsheet (HEI ICI) Capacity Building Support Programme for Higher Education Institutions
On-line glimpse at the film: Introduction to Global Responsibility" (produced in 2008, by Rydén & Lehman; BUP-Uppsala, initiated by the Finnish Ministry of Education)
Taina Kaivola, Mauri Åhlberg, Arja Kaasinen & Hans van Ginkel: Panel discussion “Research based evidence on the outcome and learning for SD and ESD”
Erik Bonsdorff: “Threats and challenges for the Baltic Sea ecosystem; can science meet policy?”
Lars Rydén: “Summarizing the multidimensional challenges and needs for actions”
NWPI Visit to Åbo Akademi
NWPI Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Reseach Center, Russian Academy of Sciences.
The seminar at Åbo Akademi with guests from NWPI, programme with links to materials (pdf) below:
"Education for sustainable development & environmental issues co-operation" Åbo Akademi and Northern Water Problems Institute, Karelian Reseach Center, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Time: 15.4.2009 9.00-11.30
Place: Centre for Continuing Education, aud Kosmos (Fabriksgatan 2/Tehtaankatu 2)
"Aspects on Education for Sustainable Development in Finland and Europe", dir. Paula Lindroos, Centre for Continuing Education, Åbo Akademi University, BUP Centre Director (pdf)
"Education for sustainable development - developing international co-operation”, ”Science and education - possibilities for co-operation” Tatiana Regerand NWPI (pdf)
"Studies of lakes and coastal inlets in Åland", Doc. Tore Lindholm, Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University (pdf)
“Climate change on global and local levels”, Larisa Nazarova, NWPI (pdf)
"The Finnish Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment - VELMU",
PhD Sonja Salovius-Laurén, Environmental and Marine Biology, Åbo Akademi University (pdf)
“Biological recourses of Lake Onego”, Natalia Kalinkina (pdf)
“National park Vodlozero”, Elena Kuznezova (pdf)
“Ecological education in schools in Karelia”, Olga Desinova (pdf)
http://nwpi.krc.karelia.ru/e/ from Petrozavodsk visited the Finnish BUP Centre in Turku, 15-17.4.2009. The programme included a seminar and visits in the region. Pictures from the visit. (Photo Sinikka Suomalainen)
European Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
European Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
EU as Global Actor ?
meeting global challenges through creativity and innovation in local education
Lund September 28-29, 2009
EU as Global Actor, an international event in association with the Swedish Presidency of the European Union, an arena for policymakers, experts and practitioners in education and training, wants to bring the imperative implementation of Education for sustainable development into both the European context of lifelong learning and the European expression of key competences.
For post conference documentation see: www.lucsus.lu.se/lundcalling
DESD-conference
Invitaton to the conference:
“Halfway through the UN-Decade for Education for Sustainable Development
- Lessons learned and missions to follow in higher education”
Time & place:September 22-23, 2009, at ÅboAkademi University, Tehtaankatu 2 G, Turku, Finland
Organized by: Åbo Akademi University in collaboration with The Finnish National Commission for UNESCO
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This conference aims at promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education, supporting the core mission and goals for the UN-Decade for ESD (2005-20014):
Higher education is (beside the role of professional research and learning outcome within each field of expertize) - also expected to promote skills and tools for intercultural/ interdisciplinary understanding, social responsibility and abilities to take professional and personal actions for SUSTAINABILITY; interconnecting environmental, socio-cultural and economic perspectives in order to create a more sustainable future. The main focus for the conference is to analyze these challenges and discuss new ways of actions.
Further information about the conference here
Registration by 14.9 2009 here.
Contact: Ea Maria Blomqvist, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone: +358-2-2154942
Welcome to participate in the conference
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