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Curiosity Driven Education
I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Dr. Jeanine Gregersen-Hermans, a researcher practitioner at Zuyd International Business School, in the Netherlands. Her decades of experience in sustainability education shine through as she speaks passionately about the work they are doing at Zuyd, and the fantastic support they provide their students in creating space for…
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Planting seeds
This week I have had the pleasure of meeting with new interests in the sustainability competence mindset map project, as well as updates on inspiring ideas in the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF) that are evolving well. We have been talking with Dr. Linda Pommer and her colleague Dr. Anders Rebling at the Department…
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Facilitating A Transformative Approach with Students
Following last week’s student narratives, this week I introduce another member of the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF). Professor Guillermo Palau Salvador works at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and researcher at the Ingenio CSIC-UPV institute (www.ingenio.upv.es). Together with professor Cristina Chaminade, Pablo Aránguiz research fellow and researcher Oksana Udovyk, this team has implemented…
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Student Seed Initiatives
Last week, I had the pleasure of being introduced to two very engaged students who have begun to plan seed projects about regenerative futures. As part of the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF), students are supported by the impact network to implement ideas for local and global challenges. By sharing their narratives here, we…
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Welcome to the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures
Following last week’s post, I have had the pleasure of meeting with several of the members of the Impact Network for Regenerative Futures (IN4RF) to discuss their work with seeds generated in their local, national, and global communities. We have been sharing narratives about action plans for the near future and the inspiring experiences had…
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BUP Teacher’s Day
The Baltic University Program in Finland organised a teacher’s day where inspiration and action for ESD can take place. We presented our project and discussed our own inspirations. My colleague, Gert-Olof Boström, told us about his journey since he took a course in ESD with the BUP universities, where workshops and seminars led to action…
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More Have Come Aboard
Today we met with some great colleagues at the faculty of Science and Technology at Umeå University, who will also test our questionnaire throughout their programs. Thank you everyone for the intersting discussions and great feedback on our developing ideas. Improvements and adaptations are always very welcome and is was wonderful to hear about the…
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Collaboration with Humanities Faculty
We have had a really encouraging meeting with the humanities faculty at Umeå University about how education for sustainability is progressing for their teachers. The humanities faculty have been discussing how they can better integrate competencies for sustainability, by visualising how they work with sustainability in education and what they need to improve. We have…
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Website Launched!
Finally, our website has been launched. You are all very welcome to take a look around and let us know what you think. If there is anything you think works well or something you were expecting that is not yet here, let us know. The site is still under construction and we are currently seeking…
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Happy New Year!
Our questionnaire has been tested in several different modules at several different departments and faculties across Umeå University. A great big thank you to everyone who have helped to test our survey with their students and start this journey that continues to progress. We look forward to a fantastic year full with ESD activities that…