Author:
Publisher: IICA
Total Pages: 245
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Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development

Education, Community Engagement and Sustainable Development
Author: Nicole Blum
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400725272

A growing body of research has given critical attention to diverse theories and practices of environmental education, and its potential contribution to addressing pressing global issues such as sustainable development and climate change. While much of this work has focused on perspectives and practices in Europe and North America, this book explores environmental learning within formal education, in programmes by non-governmental organisations, and in public education spaces in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The discussion also highlights the need for more research to understand the broader social and economic interactions between such efforts and the communities in which they are located.

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Publisher: Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE
Total Pages: 224
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Educational Response, Inclusion and Empowerment for SDGs in Emerging Economies

Educational Response, Inclusion and Empowerment for SDGs in Emerging Economies
Author: Mustafa Öztürk
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2022-08-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030989623

This volume analyzes cases from emerging economies in relation to the global endeavor to promote the vision of sustainable development in all forms of education. It aims to discuss the significance of hearing local voices and understanding local discourse regarding strategies for action for change, and the role of educational systems as a means to communicate, promote and educate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this book, emerging economies are defined as newly industrialized countries that have not yet reached developed status, but have, in a macro-economic sense, outpaced their developing counterparts. In this context, the book highlights how education in emerging economies could extend conventional economic methods to sustainability issues, or depart from money-based calculations and business-dominated values to promotion of real-life considerations and ethical, environmental and humanistic values. With the help of this volume, readers will have a chance to look at educational response, inclusion and empowerment for SDGs in countries with emerging economies, and to grasp the synthesis of Education for Sustainable Development/Global Citizenship Education (ESD/GCE) within the overall national educational systems. This volume focuses on early childhood through upper secondary education.

New Organic Architecture

New Organic Architecture
Author: David Pearson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1308
Release: 2001
Genre: Nature (Aesthetics)
ISBN: 9780520232884

New Organic Architecture is a manifesto for building in a way that is both aesthetically pleasing and kinder to the environment. It illuminates key themes of organic architects, their sources of inspiration, the roots and concepts behind the style, and the environmental challenges to be met. The organic approach to architecture has an illustrious history, from Celtic design, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, to the work of Antoni Gaud� and Frank Lloyd Wright. Today there is a response to a new age of information and ecology; architects are seeking to change the relationship between buildings and the natural environment. In the first part of his book, David Pearson provides a history and assessment of organic architecture. The second part comprises statements from thirty architects from around the world whose work is based on natural or curvilinear forms rather than the straight-line geometrics of modernism. Each statement is accompanied by full-color illustrations of one or several of the architects' built projects.

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education

Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education
Author: Ulisses M. Azeiteiro
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2018-01-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 3319701991

This book addresses the links between climate change and the threats it poses to sustainable development, from a distance education perspective. Discussing current trends and challenges in sustainable development education, climate literacy and innovations in climate change education, it contributes to the global debate on the implementation of education for sustainability. It also assesses the role that e-learning can play in this process, addressing pedagogical concepts as well as the wide range of technological options now available.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Unesco Publishing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002
Genre: International agency publications
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