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[4] [5] AASHE encourages people involved in education to promote sustainable development to their communities. [6] [7] AASHE is an official partner of the Sustainable Development Goals program of the United Nations, [8] [9] the U.S. Department of Energy Better Buildings Initiative, [10] the U.S. Green Building Council, [11] and The Princeton ...
The Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) 2005–2014 was an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative of the United Nations.The Decade was delivered by UNESCO as lead agency, and gave rise to Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) networks, and the GUPES universities' partnership.
There are four concentration areas (Sustainable Community Development, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability, Environmental Thought and Practice, and Environmental Advocacy, Education, and Activism) and two different degree options (a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Recreation Management) offered within the major. Additionally ...
A commitment to building capacity in higher education systems across the world; A commitment to encouraging global citizenship through education; A commitment to advancing peace and conflict resolution through education; A commitment to addressing issues of poverty through education; A commitment to promoting sustainability through education;
The role of education in ensuring sustainable development is not limited to developing regions; but the whole world at large. [4] The major aim of Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) is to provide an inclusive and high-quality education that will improve the learner's standard of living and the community's future. [5]
The Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development; abbreviated RCE is a global network of 190 institutional networks acknowledged by the United Nations University (UNU) which focus on the development and practices of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in local regions across the world. These regional networks ...
Monitoring Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) refers to measuring progress in ESD learning compared to policy commitments, provision, institutional support, resources and others. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of Education for Sustainable Development is widely discussed in literature on ESD , including debates regarding methodology ...
Higher Education for Development (HED) was an organization that worked in close partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and operated with the advice and counsel of the six major U.S. higher education associations to support the engagement of higher education in development issues worldwide. The contract ...