Today's environmental challenges impact our social and political world. With the future journey in mind, it is vital that graduates are equipped with the expertise and experience to guarantee their positive contribution to sustainable development. The important role of universities and colleges in shaping a young person's early career outcomes can be used to empower their students to take on employment opportunities with confidence, and begin to shape the sector thereafter.
If you would like to connect with other professionals interested in this area of sustainability, join SHED - the leading cross sector Community of Practice in the UK for Education for Sustainability (EfS). This group is open to all.
EAUC-Scotland has two Education for Sustainable Development Topic Support Networks (TSNs) which are open to all, one for further and one for higher education. Each provide an opportunity for those working in or with the further and higher education sector to share ideas and questions and to get together to hear from particular speakers or discuss topics of interest.
Ecocampus developed an ESD competence profile for graduated teacher training students (in cooperation with the teacher training learning network)
The work package Ecodesign in Higher Education (EHE kit) provides concrete guidance to teachers, professors, programme coordinators and training councils to integrate ecodesign...
Students with a different background and expertise try to solve a real business case together. In this way the project meets the needs of the business community
During 10 days participants from socio-educational care work and business studies in Flanders and other European countries (Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland and Germany) take...
The Global Citizenship and Youth Participation in Europe Report identifies the context within which the Schools for Future Youth Project takes place in terms of evidence on...
Prof. Dr. Arjen Wals often begins his lectures by handing out pieces of a Happy Meal from fast food chain McDonald's. The students, divided into small teams, are all given...
The Ecolizer calculates the environmental impact of your product quickly and easily. You can calculate the overall environmental impact, but also the impact of each phase in the...
Every two years, PXL-Tech organises a Sustainability Day. During this Sustainability Day students and lecturers are given the opportunity to familiarise themselves with all...
FEVIA Trophy and Ecotrophelia are innovation competitions for food. They are aimed at the Flemish education sector and are organised by FEVIA, the Belgian Food Industry...
Since the beginning of the 90s, the term 'sustainable development' has been widely adopted in common language
The OVAM Ecodesign Award for students is open to all students enrolled in design studies for 3-dimensional products, such as product development, industrial design, product...
UNESCO has released a Clearinghouse on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)which comes with a comprehensive Resource Bank.
Around the world there is growing attention to sustainability (including at KU Leuven). The many students' associations in Leuven that are engaged in sustainability and are...
University college PXL orients its education towards learning for sustainable development. The Education Service works along two tracks to that end.
The participating organisations form a heterogeneous group, in which each organisation focuses on education, involves learners and/or provides services to educational...
Within the framework of the module 'Kind in de wereld' (Child in the World), students work with current affairs
Think global, act local! Become an ambassador in sustainable construction and save the climate. The program Bachelor in Construction attaches great importance to...
The quest for sustainable development is a challenge for anyone who aspires to take responsibility in the present or future society.
Each year, the University of Antwerp organises an international education project 'River 21 project: vision-building for transboundary river management’.
CORE cvba-so is a cooperative enterprise with a social purpose that was started and is managed by students who want to contribute actively to the sustainable development of our...