UNESCO ESD Newsletter - February 2022
28. februar 2022
Last Call: A short survey to shape a global policy on education
There are only a few days left to respond to UNESCO's global survey, which aims to collect information that will enable the revision of a reference legal instrument on education for international understanding, cooperation and peace, the rights of man and environmental sustainability, known as the 1974 Recommendation.
In the face of a growing call for education to address sustainability challenges that have evolved dramatically over the past five decades, such as the climate crisis, we invite you to participate in the process of revising the 1974 Recommendation.
Take the 10-minute survey, share it with your networks and help shape global education policy. The deadline to respond is March 1, 2022.
Read the Synthesis of Feedback on “Teaching for Climate Action” and let us know what you think!
UNESCO collaborated with the OECD and Education International on the Teach for Climate Action initiative to gather teachers' expertise on what makes a difference in promoting student action on climate issues.
Teachers around the world were invited throughout 2021 to share their initiatives and projects through videos and Conversations on Teaching for Climate Action. They also participated in global dialogues with their peers, teacher educators, school leaders, organizations and climate experts, including an event during COP26, to discuss the future of educational systems.
Discover the Synthesis of comments collected during this initiative. We invite you to read the report and share your thoughts through the survey by March 31, 2022.
Make your voice heard and help shape the document!
One Ocean Summit: UNESCO calls on countries to include ocean education in school curricula by 2025
On the occasion of the One Ocean Summit , UNESCO announced its objective to include ocean education in the school curricula of its 193 Member States by 2025.
To achieve this ambitious goal, UNESCO has unveiled a common repository of educational content for policy makers and curriculum designers, giving them all the keys they need to integrate ocean education at each level of the chain. educational: from the drafting of national programs to the preparation of lessons by teachers. "With this toolkit, all states are on an equal footing, quickly able to put the ocean at the heart of education and increase students' knowledge in this area so that they become responsible and engaged citizens," said Stefania Giannini, UNESCO's Assistant Director-General for Education.
"Building peace with nature" challenge: announcement of the winners
Peace with nature was the theme of the "Global Build Challenge 2021" organized in partnership by UNESCO and Microsoft. For this challenge, students were encouraged to reflect on how we can all change our lifestyles and live more sustainably in harmony with nature.
Students from 109 countries participated in the challenge, exploring broad themes such as sustainable community and biodiversity, as well as locally relevant topics such as coral protection. They modeled their ideas in Minecraft: Education Edition, working as a team to design and build in an immersive Minecraft world.
Local award ceremonies of the UNESCO-Japan Prize for Education for Sustainable Development organized for the laureates of the 2021 edition
The outstanding contributions to education for sustainable development of the three laureates of the 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize were honored recently in Ghana, Palestine and Peru.
Three local ceremonies were organized in addition to the main award ceremony for the 2021 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development , held at UNESCO Headquarters on the sidelines of the 41st session of the General Conference, on 19 November 2021, to celebrate the achievements of the three winners: World Vision Ghana (Ghana), Birzeit University Media Development Center (Palestine) and Kusi Kawsay School (Peru). Funded by the Government of Japan, the UNESCO-Japan Prize for ESD was created in 2014 to draw attention to the role played by education in linking the social, economic, cultural and environmental components of sustainable development.
Egypt Trash Hack Campaign: Build for Sustainability, Build for Education
In Egypt, discarded plastic bottles are not always disposed of properly and pollute water resources. This is how two project managers, Rasha and Ola, and their team came up with the idea of building an eco-friendly classroom out of plastic bottles.
The Eco-Classroom Inside Out project is part of UNESCO's Trash Hack campaign , which focuses on small actions to reduce waste, leading to big ideas for the planet. At the heart of the Trash Hack campaign is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), whose goal is to transfer learning, thereby providing people with the tools to tackle current and future problems, fight the climate crisis and change the world.
Making scientific research on the environment accessible to children
In Malaysia, DeRiA brings together dynamic and passionate young professionals, determined to commit to the climate.
For these young people, in order to be able to act, it is important to make the results of scientific research on the environment accessible to everyone. For example, they have developed a genuine environmental education manual for teachers, with climate-themed lesson plans for elementary school students in Malaysia. They introduced elements of play and multi-sensory learning to convey complex scientific concepts.
Building resilience to climate change in the Gokova Bay Marine Protected Area
In this region of southwestern Turkey, the coast from Gökova Bay to Cape Gelidonya is home to an important marine habitat, but subject to strong pressures: increase in invasive species linked to warming sea temperatures, fishing illegal, tourism and pleasure craft.
The Mediterranean Conservation Society has developed a marine protection system (No Take Zone) that puts the local coastal fisherman at the forefront of conservation. Artisanal coastal fishermen are positioning themselves as key players in the conservation of marine biodiversity, no-take zones and sustainable fishing activities.
Rewatch the sessions of the 5th UNESCO Forum on Transformative Education!
From November 29 to December 1, 2021, UNESCO and APCEIU brought together experts in education for sustainable development, education for global citizenship and education for health and well-being to discuss good practices, progress, monitoring and mainstreaming of transformative education towards achieving target 4.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
1600 policy makers, education practitioners, experts and young people actively participated in the Forum to share their experiences, knowledge and suggestions for the future.
Curriculum and Learning for Climate Action
The book explores curricula, education systems and communities to get an answer on how to effectively achieve target 4.7 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), universal education for sustainable development ( EDD) and Global Citizenship Education (GCED).
Key stakeholders, including students, educators and civil society leaders, said with one voice: "We can and must avoid the worst of climate change by integrating climate action into the recovery of the climate. fight against pandemics in the world."
Turn down the cards! Futures of Education Flashcards
The Futures of Education Flashcards are an adult learning tool that aims to radically transform education to strengthen our connection to nature and the living world around us in the face of the climate and ecological emergency. This game breaks the rule and was designed by young people to inspire education decision-makers, political leaders and teachers to think, see and act differently.
This project was developed by Arizona State University and the Artists' Literacies Institute, in partnership with the Open Society Foundations and UNESCO's Futures of Education initiative .
Visit the site to explore the existing collection of Flashcards, as well as to create and submit your own!
IAU Horizons Number
The December issue of IAU Horizons offers an overview of values-based leadership in higher education (HE), internationalization and strategies in the (post)-Covid era. Other topics cover the role of HE and research in sustainable development and the disparities of digital transformation in HE.
The In Focus section presents a collection of inspirational materials on leadership for a sustainable future – higher education and the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, with contributions from HE leaders from 25 countries around the world.
UN SDG: Learn
UNESCO is an active partner in the UN SDG:Learn platform led by UNITAR and the United Nations System Staff College. It compiles a large number of online training courses on the SDGs, and UNESCO has helped to develop a system of self-assessment of SDG skills and recommendations for learning, based on Education for the Goals Sustainable Development: UNESCO Learning Goals (2017). This new tool has just been launched.
Challenge 18
The 18 Days of Sustainability and Leadership Challenge is a sustainability and leadership gaming tournament designed to enable players from clubs around the world to work together towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Friendly training games include engaging tasks like listening to relevant TED talks and brainstorming exercises that connect you in the "right place" with each other.