Asia-Pacific

​RCE Trang is Reorganized to Tackle Current Challenges

RCE Trang is Reorganized to Tackle Current Challenges

After a decade of existence, since its official acknowledgement by UNU in 2007, RCE Trang, Thailand had been admirably active in carrying out ESD/SD activities and its collaborations with other RCEs in the Asia-Pacific region. Recently the RCE’s stakeholders moved to reorganize and strengthen RCE Trang, to broaden the network, and make it more inclusive and responsive to the needs of the communities. 

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Turning a Passion into a Career

Turning Passion into a Career

Brittany Hardiman (RCE Greater Western Sydney) explains how she translated her passion for sustainability into a career. Brittany works as a Sustainability Officer at Western Sydney University. Here she discusses the varied opportunities she had professionally since graduating from the School of Science and Health.

Watch the video here.

 

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Australia
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UNESCO and TERI organise ESD Youth Leadership Training

UNESCO and TERI organise ESD Youth Leadership Training

UNESCO in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) successfully conducted the “Young ESD Leaders Capacity Building Training Workshop” from 15-16 February, 2017 in New Delhi.

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India
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Western Sydney University – A Pioneer in Implementing ESD Values Across Faculties and Beyond Campus

The need to develop sustainable ways of living that can reduce the ecological footprint and conserve precious natural resources for future generations is widely recognised as a critical concern of education at all levels.

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Australia

5th ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme, Bangkok, Thailand

The 5th ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme “Building transformational leadership towards the Sustainable Development Goals” will be held on 29 June – 5 July, 2017, at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

The Programme will provide participants with the necessary inter-disciplinary skills to lead sustainable development initiatives in local, regional or global contexts. The Programme has a special focus on collaborative efforts, leveraging networks and will involve multiple stakeholders. 

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Sejahtera Fellowship 2017

RCE Tongyeong is launching its 3rd Fellowship Programme for researchers from Asia-Pacific RCEs. Every year, one researcher is invited to stay at the Tongyeong Sejahtera Center for a duration of 3-5 months to conduct research of his/her interest and to produce a research report.

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Comparative research on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

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South Korea

UNU-IAS collaborates in the 8th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development (ICERD)

A total of 159 researchers participated in the 8th International Conference on Environmental and Rural Development (ICERD) “Approaches to Environmental and Sustainable Development”, hosted by Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (STOU) in Thailand on 25-26 February 2017.

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