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also reaching out to parents and is planning to recruit ex-students
to the programme.
RCE Hyogo-Kobe – disaster mitigation and ESD
Stakeholders of RCE Hyogo-Kobe view disaster prevention and miti-
gation as an important aspect of ESD work in their region, which in
1995 suffered the tragedy of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
(Kobe Earthquake). The Science Cafe, which promotes dialogue and
collaboration between scientists and citizens, is one of the activities
that aim at making a culture of disaster prevention and mitigation a
part of people’s everyday life.
RCE Saskatchewan (Canada) – innovation and learning for more
sustainable consumption and production of services
The Sharing Productive Capital Project is an applied research
project led by RCE Saskatchewan with the support of Luther
College at the University of Regina, the University’s Department of
Computer Science, and the Craik Sustainable Learning
Project. People and organizations in the region volun-
teer productive capital, such as machines, tools and
buildings, while software is used to keep track of the
available assets. Participants in the project learn about
their place in the systems of consumption and produc-
tion and about opportunities for delivering services in
the community.
RCE Skåne (Sweden) – innovation, learning and capacity
development for sustainable regional food systems
RCE Skåne facilitated a project aimed at developing
knowledge about sustainable food systems among part-
ners in the municipality of Malmö, Sweden’s first Fair
Trade certified municipality. The project unfolded around
the ambition of increasing the amount of organic food in
school meals. Under this project, while the municipality,
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