Sustainable development

Activities

Latest activity: Promotion of Sustainable Development by Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Institutions, a joint IAU/ GUNI/ AAU Project.


Rationale to the overall theme: IAU recognizes the key role higher education could and should play in the overall process of achieving sustainable development. Leaders of higher education institutions and their academic colleagues are in a key position to contribute to an equitable and ecologically sound future by making sustainable development a central academic and organisational focus. This requires the generation and dissemination of knowledge through interdisciplinary research and teaching, policy-making, capacity-building, and technology transfer. It is critical that higher education institutions understand and accept their responsibility within the broader context of social and economic development, and the building of democratic, equitable and ecologically-minded societies.


Against this backdrop, and noting a sense of urgency, IAU has adopted Higher Education and Sustainable Development as one of its priority themes since 1993. For over fifteen years, the Association has developed projects, taken part in international or regional initiatives and regularly organized events on this theme in order to promote and facilitate universities' responsibility with regard to sustainability.

Contact: Dr. H. van't Land [h.vantland@iau-aiu.net], Director, Membership and Programme Development

Outcomes

Promotion of Sustainable Development by Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Institutions

The Global University Network for Innovation (GUNI), the International Association of Universities (IAU) and the Association of African Universities (AAU) developed a project on the Promotion of Sustainable Development by Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Institutions. The project was financed in part by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation.

The IAU is pleased to announce the publication of the final report of the project. The Report presents an overview of major actions, experiences and practices that sub-Saharan higher education institutions (HEIs) are developing to integrate sustainable development considerations within their activities; identifies the emerging trends and the priority lines of action for the integration of sustainable development considerations in the work of Sub-Saharan African HEIs and raises awareness about the important role of HEIs for promoting sustainable development in the region.

The Report and analysis of the results will be presented during the AAU Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP 2011), held in Stellenbosch, South Africa in June 2011.


Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles

A research project aiming at analyzing student perspectives on Sustainable Lifestyles has been launched in February 2009. The Project, coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the support of the Swedish Ministry of the Environment, is developed in partnership with the International Association of Universities (IAU). The Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles is an ambitious initiative meant to explore how sustainable lifestyles, a challenge for present and future generations, are perceived, envisaged and shaped by young adults from different cultures and backgrounds around the world.

Due to its global and diverse membership base IAU has become an active partner of the Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles. IAU has invited a selection of its members to actively participate in this project. Participating universities will represent more than 24 countries in all regions of the world (Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America and West Asia).

The project is part of the activities carried out in the framework of the 'Marrakech Process', a global multi-stakeholder platform aimed at promoting the shift towards Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) (http://www.unep.fr/scp/marrakech). The Marrakech Process is building cooperation between governments and various stakeholders for the development of SCP tools, methodologies and concrete activities such as the Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles.

A selection of 50 Higher Education Institutions, Members of IAU, has been invited to actively participate in this project.
http://www.unep.fr/gssl
Contact: h.vantland@iau-aiu.net; fabienne.pierre @unep.fr


IAU - UNEP CD Rom

Sustainability Communications - A Toolkit for Marketing and Advertising Courses.

IAU and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) jointly produced a CD-ROM on Sustainability Communications - A Toolkit for Marketing and Advertising Courses.

It provides resources on Sustainability Communications for educators training tomorrow's marketing and communication professionals as well as for marketing and advertising trainers in the corporate field. It is a flexible, interactive tool which provides a synthesis of theoretical and methodological knowledge illustrated by specific case studies. It offers numerous pedagogical resources - short presentations, campaign analyses, exercises, web links, bibliographies and more than 300 downloadable documents - to encourage students and communication experts to engage with sustainable development-- one of the major issues facing society today.

The CD-ROM aims to:

  1. Demonstrate and analyze the marketing and communications potential of sustainable development in the framework of corporate social and environmental responsibility;
  2. Allow the current and future marketing and communication professionals to become fully aware of the key role they could and should play by responding to new consumer demand for sustainability through the promotion of sustainable products and services;
  3. Provide the necessary tools to develop both effective corporate communications strategies that build confidence in greener brands and powerful marketing campaigns on sustainable goods.

The CD-ROM contains both English and French versions. It is downloadable at:
http://www.unep.fr/scp/publications/details.asp?id=DTI/0886/PA


GHESP - Global Alliance to promote higher education for sustainable development

In 2002, four international organisations with a strong commitment to making sustainability a major focus of higher education formed a "Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP)".

The four founding partners of the initiative - the International Association of Universities (IAU), the University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF) (external link) and UNESCO (external link) -combined forces in a unique effort to mobilise universities and higher education institutions to support sustainable development in response to Chapter 36 of Agenda 21 (external link)

The partnership came about as a result of the work program of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) and in anticipation of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).

The rationale for the partnership was the consensus that higher education must play a central role within the overall process of achieving sustainable development. The partners are still convinced that the leaders of higher education institutions and their academic colleagues in all disciplines must make sustainable development a central academic and organizational focus in order to create a just, equitable and ecologically sound future. This requires the generation and dissemination of knowledge through interdisciplinary research and teaching, policy-making, capacity-building, and technology transfer. It is critical that higher education institutions understand and accept their responsibility within the broader context of social and economic development, and the building of democratic, equitable and ecologically-minded societies.

The objectives of the partnership were to:

  1. Promote better understanding, and more effective implementation of strategies for the incorporation of sustainable development in universities and other higher education institutions, beginning with the over 1000 signatories to the charters and declarations sponsored by the partner organizations. Emphasis is put on the need for interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research;
  2. Undertake a global review and assessment of progress in making sustainability central to curriculum, research, outreach and operations in institutions of higher education. In so doing, assist UNESCO in its role within the UN system with respect to education for sustainable development;
  3. Identify, share and disseminate widely, via internet, in print, through seminars and other venues, effective strategies, models and good practices for promoting higher education for sustainable development (HESD);
  4. Make recommendations on HESD based on the partnership's research and review and in consultation with key stakeholders from North and South, including business, governments, other UN bodies such as the United Nations University (UNU), as well as other relevant non-governmental organizations;
  5. Demonstrate that it is possible to form a partnership of non-governmental organizations working closely with the UN system to develop and implement a joint action plan addressed to achieve common goals; and analyze this experience as an international demonstration project.

After having initiated projects and other activities for more than 5 years, the partnership ceased its activities.

Documents and outcomes

  • Memorandum of Understanding (pdf, 16 kb) and Action Plan (rtf, 128 kb)
  • Luneburg Declaration on Higher Education for Sustainable Development (rtf, 68 kb)
  • Joint publication IAU / ULSF journals on the theme of higher education for sustainable development Higher Education Policy (15/2, June 2002) and _International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education _(3/3, July 2002)
  • Development of Type II Partnership (rtf, 356 kb) as a major higher education outcome of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
  • International Conference on Education for a Sustainable Future: Shaping the practical role of higher education for sustainable development. 10 - 11 September 2003, Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic.
  • Regional Consultations
  • Multiple contributions to debates, conference, etc aiming developing HESD.


IAU Prague Conference: Education for a Sustainable future, September 10-11, 2003

Education for a sustainable future: Shaping the practical role of higher education for sustainable development
Organized by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and Charles University in Prague

Conference Papers

Opening remarks by the IAU President (rtf, 12 kb) and by the Rector of Charles University (rtf, 12 kb)



Keynote Address
Educating Earth-literate leaders (pdf, 88 kb) by Rolf Jucker, University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom. Stephen Martins, The Open University, United Kingdom


Thematic Plenary


Working Groups


Kyoto Declaration

Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development

Following the Ninth IAU Round Table, in Tokyo, Japan, Participants adopted, on 19 November 1993, the following Declaration:

  1. To urge universities world-wide to seek, establish and disseminate a clearer understanding of Sustainable Development - "development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations" - and encourage more appropriate sustainable development principles and practices at the local, national and global levels, in ways consistent with their missions.
  2. To utilize resources of the university to encourage a better understanding on the part of Governments and the public at large of the inter-related physical, biological and social dangers facing the planet Earth, and to recognise the significant interdependence and international dimensions of sustainable development.
  3. To emphasize the ethical obligation of the present generation to overcome those practices of resource utilisation and those widespread disparities which lie at the root of environmental unsustainability.
  4. To enhance the capacity of the university to teach and undertake research and action in society in sustainable development principles, to increase environmental literacy, and to enhance the understanding of environmental ethics within the university and with the public at large.
  5. To cooperate with one another and with all segments of society in the pursuit of practical and policy measures to achieve sustainable development and thereby safeguard the interests of future generations.
  6. To encourage universities to review their own operations to reflect best sustainable development practices.
  7. To request the IAU Administrative Board to consider and implement the ways and means to give life to this Declaration in the mission of each of its members and through the common enterprise of the IAU.

It is recommended that each university, in its own action plan, strive to:

  1. Make an institutional commitment to the principle and practice of sustainable development within the academic milieu and to communicate that commitment to its students, its employees and to the public at large;
  2. Promote sustainable consumption practices in its own operations;
  3. Develop the capacities of its academic staff to teach environmental literacy;
  4. Encourage among both staff and students an environmental perspective, whatever the field of study;
  5. Utilise the intellectual resources of the university to build strong environmental education programs;
  6. Encourage interdisciplinary and collaborative research programs related to sustainable development as part of the institution's central mission and to overcome traditional barriers between discipline's and departments;
  7. Emphasize the ethical obligations of the immediate university community - current students, faculty and staff - to understand and defeat the forces that lead to environmental degradation, North-South disparities, and the inter-generational inequities; to work at ways that will help its academic community, and the graduates, friends and governments that support it, to accept these ethical obligations;
  8. Promote interdisciplinary networks of environmental experts at the local, national and international level in order to disseminate knowledge and to collaborate on common environmental projects in both research and education;
  9. Promote the mobility of staff and students as essential to the free trade of knowledge;
  10. Forge partnerships with other sectors of society in transferring innovative and appropriate technologies that can benefit and enhance sustainable development practices.

In adopting this Declaration, delegates underlined specifically the following points:

  1. That sustainable development must not be interpreted in a manner that would lead to "sustained undevelopment" for certain systems, thus blocking their legitimate aspiration to raise their standard of living.

  2. That sustainable development must take into consideration existing disparities in consumption and distribution patterns, with unsustainable over-consumption in some parts of the world contrasting with dramatic states of depravation in others.

  3. That global sustainable development implies changes of existing value systems, a task UN which universities have an essential mission, in order to create the necessary international consciousness and global sense of responsibility and solidarity.

  4. That university cooperation for sustainable development must also assure that universities from countries with insufficient proper resources may play an active role in the process.

  5. That IAU, through the intellectual and organisational potential of the Association, its clearinghouse, catalyst and network function, has a major role to play in the implementation of this Declaration.

Task force

Terms of Reference

  • Provide advice on on-going IAU activities and projects in the area of HESD;

  • Propose and elaborate new actions and projects the Association could undertake to mobilize and assist its membership to share information and learn from each other as they develop strategies to:

    • Include SD in curriculum
    • Develop 'greening' policies and practices
    • Launch public information campaigns about SD
    • Conduct research projects that can contribute to knowledge about SD;

  • Advise the IAU Secretariat on requests for partnership and collaboration on SD related projects;

  • Review and consider updating the IAU Kyoto Declaration of principles concerning SD;
  • Bring key HESD news, events and information on important activities to the attention of the Secretariat for further dissemination to the higher education community;
  • Represent the Association on SD related committees and at topical country specific, regional or international conferences;
  • Help raise awareness for HESD in the Members countries and regions.

Members

IAU has been working on Higher Education and Sustainable Development (HESD) since it adopted the Kyoto Declaration on Sustainable Development in 1993. The first Task Force on topics related to Sustainable Development was created in 1997. Since that time IAU undertook several initiatives, contributed to many international conferences and held its own conference on this topic in 2003. Key partners for IAU in this area have been UNESCO, ULSF, UNU-IAS among others. IAU remains active by sitting on various committees (the Ubuntu Committee of peers, reviewing the Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs); the UNDESD Reference Group, etc.)

Task Force Members

  • Chair, Prof. Makoto ASASHIMA Managing Director & Executive Vice-President University of Tokyo, Japan

  • Deputy Chair, Prof. Abdul Razak DZULKIFLI Vice-Chancellor University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

  • Member, Prof. Janyne HODDER President The College of The Bahamas, The Bahamas

  • Secretariat, Hilligje Van't Land, PhD Director, Membership and Programme Development
    IAU Secretariat

Documentation

Definitions:

IAU takes as a reference the "Brundtland definition" (World Commission on Environment and Development) as given in the Brutland Report : Our Common future.

In this definition the term "Sustainable Development" in itself links the two concepts of "environment" and "development" and it refers to "development seeking to meet the need of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It aims at assuring the on-going productivity of exploitable natural resources and conserving all species of fauna and flora."

Sustainable human development: This concept has been further developed within the UN system, which tends to use the term: sustainable human development. The introduction of the "human" dimension places human development at the forefront of regional integration and sustainable development of a country or continent. "In recognition of the centrality of the human dimension to development, the UN general Assembly in 1986 adopted a "Declaration on the right to development" stating that the human person is the central subject of development", and called upon member states "to ensure access to the basic resources, education, health services, food, housing, employment and the fair distribution of income." (Ref: Sustainable Human Development. United Nations Economic Commission for, Africa 1995)


Below please find links to:

Thank you for providing IAU with information on projects and other initiatives in the field of higher education and Sustainable Development that could be included to these lists (h.vantland@iau-aiu.net).


Main Declarations and Charters

  • Tokyo declaration of HOPE, 2009 (external link)
    A commitment to action by ESD Educators and Facilitators (This declaration was adopted at the issue of the ACCU (Asia/Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO) organized Asia-Pacific Forum for ESD Educators and Facilitators in Tokyo, in August 2009)

  • Charter for an Alliance of French Universities in Fostering Sustainable Development, 2008 (external link, in French)
    On 3 July 2008, the French Conférence des Présidents d'Universités (CPU) has adopted a charter for the alliance of French universities in fostering sustainable development.

  • Lucerne Declaration on Geographical Education for Sustainable Development, 2007 (external link, French)
    The International Geographical Union (IGU) and Commission on Geographical Education (CGE) see the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 as an opportunity to confirm its commitment to education for sustainable development. They adopted a "Declaration on Geographical Education for Sustainable Development" (Lucerne, 2007-07-31). The declaration extends the foundational International Charter on Geographical Education (1992).

  • The Graz declaration, 2005 (external link)
    The Graz Declaration was drafted at the conference held from 20-23 April 2005 in Graz (Austria). It addresses in particular the forthcoming Ministerial conference in Bergen to the Bologna-Process and asks Ministers to take appropriate action to incorporate the principle of sustainable development in the establishment of the European Higher Education Area.

  • Declaration of Barcelona, 2004 (external link)
    The declaration of Barcelona is the result of the work of the Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD) 2004 conference scientific committee. The declaration gathers the orientations to be taken to integrate sustainable development in engineering education.

  • Cape Town Declaration on Research for Sustainable Development, 2002 (external link)
    In Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, on 28 July 2002, the Cape Town Declaration was adopted by the Ministers responsible for Research, Science and Technology in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States present at this time at the Cape Town Forum.

  • Ubuntu Declaration on Education and Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, September 2002
    Declaration issued by 11 of the World's foremost global educational organizations and scientific academies (one being IAU) at Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, stating that there is a need to integrate a sustainable development focus into the curriculum at every level of education, starting in primary school. Background (rtf, 40 kb) - Declaration (rtf, 40 kb)

  • Joint Declaration on Higher Education and the General Agreement on Trade in Services, 2001 (external link)
    The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) is a multilateral, legally enforceable agreement covering international trade in services. Education services, including higher education, are one of the 12 broad sectors included in the agreement. The declaration with respect to the GATS in education services was signed by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), American Council on Education (ACE), European University Association (EUA), Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), and 60 recognized institutional and programmatic accreditors in the United States.

  • Luneburg Declaration (rtf, 68 kb), on Higher Education for Sustainable Development, October 2001
    The Luneburg Declaration was adopted by the GHESP partners (IAU, ULSF, Copernicus Campus and Unesco), on 10 October 2001 in Luneburg, Germany, on the occasion of the International COPERNICUS Conference, "Higher Education for Sustainability Towards the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10)" held at the University of Luneburg 8 10 October 2001.

  • Earth Charter, 2000 (external link)
    Shared values, principles and aspirations on sustainable development compiled by The Earth Charter Initiative.

  • World Declaration on Higher Education For the Twenty-First Century: Vision and Change and Framework for Priority Action for Change and Development in Higher Education, 1998 (external links)
    Declaration in which sustainable development in higher education plays an important role. It was adopted by the World Conference on Higher Education (WCHE) on 9 October 1998.

  • Thessaloniki Declaration (rtf, 44 kb), December 1997
    Declaration presented and unanimously adopted by the 83 countries present at the International Conference on Environment and Society Education and Public Awareness for Sustainaility, organised in Thessaloniki by UNESCO and the Government of Greece, from 8-12 December 1997.

  • Declaration of Barbados, 1994 (external link)
    Declaration adopted by the States participating in the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Bridgetown, Barbados 25 April - 6 May 1994.

  • CRE-Copernicus Charter, 1994
    Charter written by the _CO-operation Programme in Europe for Research on Nature and Industry through Coordinated University Studies _whose aim is to bring together universities and other concerned sectors of society from all parts of Europe to promote a better understanding of the interaction between man and the environment and to collaborate on common environmental issues. Background (rtf, 40 kb) Charter (external link)

  • IAU Kyoto Declaration, 1993
    IAU Declaration adopted by 90 universities leaders that embodies the language and substance of both the Halifax Declaration and the Swansea Declaration. Declaration

  • Swansea Declaration (rtf, 36 kb), 1993
    Declaration released at the conclusion of the Association of Commonwealth Universities' fifteenth Quinquennial Conference, Swansea, Wales, August 1993

  • Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, 1992 (external link)
    United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janerio, Brazil, June 1992. Chapter 36 (rtf, 68 kb): Promoting Education, Public Awareness and training of AGENDA 21, (source: the Report of the United Nations Conference on Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992)

  • Halifax Declaration (rtf, 94 kb), 1991
    Follow-up to the Halifax Conference on University Action for Sustainable Development, Halifax, December 9-11, 1991

  • Talloires Declaration, 1990 (external link)
    Declaration adopted at the Tuft University European Center, Talloires, France, October 1990

  • Stockholm Declaration, 1972 (external link)
    Declaration adopted at the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, June 1972


Leadership and other Resources

  • United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014
    UN Resolution on Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, 2005-2014

  • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP): Environment for Development Environmental Leadership Programmes with focus on integrating human, environmental, and sustainable development dimensions.

  • 1998 WCHE - UNESCO World Conference on Higher Education - Paris, 5-9 October 1998
    Preparing for a sustainable future: Higher education and sustainable human development (rtf, 40 kb): Summary of the thematic debate 2 (October 6, 1998)
    World Declaration on higher education for the twenty-first century: Vision and action (external link)

  • 2002 WSSD - World Summit on Sustainable Development (Johannesburg, South Africa)
    Education for Sustainability. From Rio to Johannesburg: Lessons learnt from a decade of commitment (pdf) (external link): report on lessons learnt about the contribution of education to sustainable development since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). This report was prepared by UNESCO in its role as Task Manager for Chapter 36 of Agenda 21 and the International Work Programme on Education, Public Awareness and Sustainability of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD).
    WSSD Official site (external link) and main documents (no longer updated)
    Follow-up of the Summit (external link) by the UN Division of Sustainable Development by the UN Division of Sustainable Development

  • 2009 WCSD - World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development - Bonn 31 March - 3 April 2009
    http://www.esd-world-conference-2009.org/en/home.html

  • Higher Education Funding Council for England
    Website offering a comprehensive list of links to organisations, resources and sites developed by universities and colleges, to aid and inspire higher education institutions in developing an overarching strategy for their sustainable development activity.
    http://www.hefce.ac.uk/susdevresources/strat/

  • UNU/IAS"Mobilising for Education for Sustainable Development: Towards a global learning space base on regional centres of expertise"
    Compiling concept papers, case studies, conference papers and speeches to convey the challenges of education for sustainable development (ESD) and ambitions of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, this report highlights the roles of institutions and higher education in implementing ESD and presents case studies on the concept of Regional Centres of Expertise on ESD (RCE).
    It is available for free at the UNU-IAS website: http://www.ias.unu.edu/binaries2/RCEreport.pdf

  • HEFCE Progress Report: Sustainable development in higher education: Consultation on 2008 update to strategic statement and action plan, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
    This progress report and consultation on sustainable development in higher education focuses on:
    • Making sustainable development a central part of the UK funding strategy for future development.
    • Tackling the perception that society is not moving forward fast enough especially where climate change is concerned.
    • Encouraging universities to contribute to sustainable development through teaching and research, as campus managers, as employers and as protagonists in their local communities.
    • Supporting the momentum for change.
    http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2008/08_18/08_18.doc

  • European Portal on Sustainable Development
    The EU's Sustainable Development Strategy aims, in tandem with the Lisbon Strategy for growth and jobs, for a more prosperous, cleaner and fairer Europe. Sustainable Development is an overarching concept. The EU Treaty requires the integration of sustainable development into all European policies, so that they contribute in an integrated way to meeting economic, environmental and social objectives.
    This site offers information on the History of the idea of Sustainable Development in Europe, a selection of key publications and other relevant information sources. The Commission's activities for sustainable development and related subjects are presented along with the activities of the other European Institutions, the Member States, partners in science and education, and more.
    http://ec.europa.eu/sustainable/welcome/index_en.htm

  • Sustainable Futures Academy This international program prepares higher education leaders to integrate sustainability into the core of their organizations (teaching, research, campus operations, and community outreach.)

  • WBGU Report: World in Transition- A Social Contract for Sustainability, German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU). This report shows that the transition to sustainability is achievable and presents ten concrete measurements to accelerate restructuring in order to achieve sustainability.

  • PERL Progress Report: Partnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living (PERL) This group of over 120 associations has helped bring sustainable development and responsible consumption to the forefront.

  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) - IISD Sustainable Development Policy & Practice Links and Articles relating to Sustainable Development by Region

  • Increasing the Handprint - A set of 12 Handprint Resource books
    To find out more visit: http://www.handsforchange.org.

  • International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice
    To find out more visit: [http://mdp.ei.columbia.edu][40034]

  • Resources of Interest for the Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability
    Sponsored by the US Partnership on Education for Sustainable Development, the Disciplinary Associations Network for Sustainability is an informal network of professional associations. http://www2.aashe.org/dans/resources.php


Education

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Research / Programmes and projects



International Conferences

Conferences

2011

International Conference on Higher Education for Sustainable Development 14-16 September 2011, Lüneburg, Germany

GUPES Meeting 5-6 September 2011, Santiago, Chile. The First Preparatory, Consultative, Sharing and Learning Meeting for University Leaders and Managers: Increasing awareness for integrating environment and sustainability into university systems and programmes in preparation for Rio+20 Contact: env.edu@unep.org

La Formación de Líderes Universitarios Ambientales 18 October 2011, Quito, Ecuador. Social Responsibility of Universities Workshop: Sustainable Development

International Greening Education Event 19-21 October 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany. Education for Sustainability

2012

PERL Conference: Beyond Consumption - Pathways to Responsible LivingPartnership for Education and Research about Responsible Living (PERL) 19-20 March 2012, Berlin, Germany

World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSDU-2012) 5-6 June 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

For Other Upcoming Events


Organisations active in the field of SD

For a list of Organisations please click here