Category: Our News
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Art as an Actor for Transformation
Philippe M Jenny Helinairesse Pierre Guillet de Monthoux Karen van den Berg
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Action, Activities and the Next Act
This week we want to announce the opening of our services to you all. Firstly, we will provide a workshop series for teacher groups to help apply education for sustainability in your context. This spring, we will be visiting Örebro University and Göteborg University to provide workshops for teacher groups interested in developing their skills…
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New Partnerships: Support Through Art Education for Sustainability
This week we have been working with the inspiration that we could contribute a stream at The Art of Management & Organization 2024 conference. We have been talking with many experienced professors from different fields who also show passion for art in education, especially in education for sustainability. Empowering individuals and communities, and provoking action…
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The Interdisciplinary Nature of Art
We had the pleasure to meet with some very inspiring minds and encouraging positive energy from several fantastic people this week. Firstly, we met with Katarina Pierre, Director of the art museum in Umeå, (Bildmusset), this week and were guided through the latest exhibitions they have on show right now. We have been developing ideas…
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Art & Literature for Sustainability
We have had the pleasure of hosting Pierre Guillet de Monthoux from Stockholm School of Economics to discuss his passion of art and literature in different contexts. Pierre gave a lecture for USBE students and provided time to discuss projects and plans with our staff. We discussed our ideas about how art and literature can…
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A Student-Centered Approach To a Happy New Year
In this very snowy new year (at least here in Umeå), we welcome you all back to our project about advancing education for sustainability. Last year, we had visitors from 39 countries on all continents (except Antarctica) that show the interest for ESD is global. This year we will be developing ideas to encourage engagement…
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Happy Winter Break Everyone!
Happy holidays to all! As the winter holiday season approaches, we wanted to take a moment to thank you all for your participation in our project this year. From the inspiring conversations and acts of kindness to the moments of laughter and joy, we are grateful to have been a part of it all. This…
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A Virtual Living-Lab to Learn for Sustainability
Now that we have had more than a year of experience planning our platform, presenting our project and receiving great encouraging and valuable feedback from you all, we have reached out to technical advisors that can develop the platform further. The design of our platform has been inspired by our conversations about what you need…
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Learning For Sustainbaility and Gaining Knowledge About Sustainbility
This week we presented our project with an ESD group at KTH university. We had an interesting discussion about how the Sustainability Competence Assessment tool is designed and what type of competence it measures. The questionnaire uses scales already tested in the Sustainability in Higher Education (SHE) literature, which we discuss in our recently published…
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A Network to Share and Support ESD
Like cogs in a system, our ideas keep on moving and progressing forward each time we meet someone new. Thank you to everyone this week for your contributions, whether big or small. It feels like many of the innovations that have developed from this project are coming together bit by bit, as we move in…