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From activists to the inclusion of ESD in the education system:
progress and challenges still to be faced.........................................87
Pierre Varcher, Vice President, Swiss Commission for UNESCO
Sweden’s pioneering role in education for
sustainable development. ...............................................................89
Marie Neeser, Ramboll Natura, in collaboration with Shivani Jain, CEE,
India; Jim Taylor, SADC REEP, and Frans Lenglet, SWEDESD
Structural solutions for ESD in Sweden. ........................................ 92
Carl Lindberg, Special Advisor to the Swedish National Commission
for UNESCO on ESD
From personally relevant experience to action research for
sustainable education.....................................................................95
Ilga Salite, Inga Gedžune and Ginta Gedžune, Institute of Sustainable
Education, Latvia
Beyond boundaries: implementing education for sustainable
development in language arts......................................................... 99
Lorna Down, Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Education,
University of the West Indies
Building a world-class education system through capacity-building:
the Singapore experience..............................................................102
David John Hogan and Sing Kong Lee, National Institute of Education,
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Transforming higher education for a sustainable tomorrow:
a case of learning by doing at Universiti Sains Malaysia..............106
Dzulkifli A. Razak, Zakri A. Hamid, Zainal A. Sanusi and Kanayathu C.
Koshy, Centre for Global Sustainability Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Citizenship Project brings sustainable development education to
Malaysia’s youth. ..........................................................................110
Aminah Ayob, Rajendran Nagappan and Eng-Tek Ong, Sultan Idris
Education University, Malaysia
Promoting Earth System Science in Thailand..............................113
Pornpun Waitayangkoon, GLOBE Country Coordinator for Thailand,
and GLOBE Thailand, Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science
and Technology, Ministry of Education, Thailand
Vietnamese perspectives on ESD..................................................117
Le Dong Phuong, Viet Nam Institute of Education Sciences
Caring for people through education...........................................120
Patricia Gallardo, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and
Sustainability, Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd.
Politics and civil society in the UN Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development. ............................................................123
Walter Hirche, President of the German Commission for UNESCO
UNEP’s environmental education activities.................................126
Ibrahim Thiaw, Director of the Division of Environmental Policy
Implementation, United Nations Environment Programme
Child rights and equity through climate change education.........129
Suchitra D. Sugar, Consultant, Climate Change and Environment
Education, UNICEF, Stephanie Hodge, Education Specialist, Cross Sector
Coordination, UNICEF and Sonia Sukdeo, Education Officer, Disaster
Risk Reduction, UNICEF
Perspectives on higher education for sustainable development:
transformation for sustainability..................................................133
Zinaida Fadeeva, United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies
Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable
Development: advancing partnerships across boundaries............138
Yoko Mochizuki and Sampreethi Aipanjiguly, United Nations University
Institute of Advanced Studies
ESD in science: revolutionary human resource development
in science and engineering...........................................................143
Tokyo Institute of Technology International Office
Change for a better world: assessing the contribution
of the DESD..................................................................................146
Professor Daniella Tilbury, Chair of the UNESCO DESD Monitoring
and Evaluation Expert Group and Director of Sustainability at the
University of Gloucestershire, UK
The Austrian Sustainability Award for Universities.....................149
Anna Streissler, FORUM Umweltbildung, Austria
Contributing to sustainable development....................................151
Suzanne Benn and Jessica North, The Australian Research Institute in
Education for Sustainability
Turning today’s youth into tomorrow’s leaders in ICT
for development............................................................................154
Dr. Hyeun-Suk Rhee, Director, United Nations Asian and Pacific Training
Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development
Transformative learning...............................................................157
Moacir Gadotti, Director, Paulo Freire Institute, Brazil
Helping people take control of their destiny................................160
Hassan Ahmad and Siti Sayadi, Mercy Relief, Singapore
Education for sustainable development in higher education: the
experience of Gulf universities.....................................................163
Ali Alraouf, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
Entrepreneurship as the fishing rod in place of the fish...............166
Young-Gil Kim, PhD and George Gihong Kim, PhD, Handong Global
University, Pohang, Korea
Strategies to reinforce the role of ICT in teaching and learning
for sustainability...........................................................................169
Professor Vassilios Makrakis, Department of Primary Education,
University of Crete, Greece
Transforming childhood: from reinforcing consumerism to
inspiring sustainable living...........................................................172
Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute and Executive
Director, The Fangorn Group
Looking beyond the Decade: UNESCO’s contribution.................175
Aline Bory-Adams, Chief of Section for DESD Coordination and Shivali
Lawale, Section for DESD Coordination, Division for the Coordination of
United Nations Priorities in Education, UNESCO
Democratizing education: the quantity and quality debate..........179
Maya Dodd, Foundation for Liberal and Management Education,
Pune, India
The foundations of ESD in early childhood education. ...............183
Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Transformative learning for a more sustainable world.................186
Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes University, South Africa
Notes and References....................................................................189