AASHE Conference (25-28 October 2015, Minneapolis, USA)
by Philip Vaughter, Research Fellow, UNU-IAS
edited by Hanna Stahlberg, Communications Associate, UNU-IAS
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) held its annual conference at the end of October, marking the organization’s first decade with the theme of “Transforming Sustainability Education.”
In the context of the post-2015 development agenda and the GAP and in order to make a tangible contribution to th
What is Sociocracy
Sociocracy is using a decision making and an organizational structure to enable co-creation in organisations. RCE Munich started a sociocracy working group to spread this system of governance in the ESD-field. RCE Munich hopes to give a boost of trust, cooperation and transparency in every organisation.
Similar methods are for example Dragon-Dreaming and Holocracy. Sociocracy is based on the philosophy of Auguste Comte (1798-1857) More on sociocracy can be found here.
RCE Tirupati Activities – August to October 2015
RCE Tirupati's activities report is available in the attached document. It describes a launch event of RCE Tirupati, their acivities related to the EcoChallenge, and an interactive talk with university students.
We are looking for an intern to join our Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) project for 3 to 6 months, starting in December. Please spread the word ( Global RCE Network and ProSPER.Net)!
For more information visit UNU-IAS.
This is a vacancy announcement for a Green Growth Indicator Consultant based in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the period of November 2015 – May 2016.
Kindly send applications to: chiden.balmes@gggi.org
For more information on this position please click here.
The European Union is finally officially acknowledging the importance of cycling as a climate-friendly means of transport (see EU Declaration of Cycling as a means of climate-friendly transport). The Declaration's action plans invites local, regional and national focal points on cycling as a means of transport.
Cycling is a European success story. Bicycle innovation will boost jobs and growth and support EU industry through new technology and services.
Dear Collegues/Coordinators,
Please see the attached document which describes an initative of the Global RCE Youth Network. If you have not received the document last month please read it.
We request RCE Coordinators to identify leading youth in their RCE community to record a short video (total 1 minute) of themselves answering the following questions. We ask RCE Coordinators to work with the youth to help them frame their answers.
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