Actions for the UN decade - group discussions
Groups were asked to identify barriers to achieving the Action Plan for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. The tables below represent solutions to these barriers and actions that were identified to put them into practice.
Group 1
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Actions for the Decade |
Who? |
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Global Learning Project - Initial teacher education - Continuous Professional Development - Whole school work |
Universities International Development Education Association of Scotland (IDEAS) Members, etc |
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UNDESD in Schools Group Learning and Teaching Scotland (LTS) SDE Advisory Group LTS UNDESD Community Group |
Scottish Government Agencies NGOS Partnerships
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Embedding in Curriculum for Excellence |
Learning and Teaching Scotland / schools |
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Eco-Schools |
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Schools Global Footprint |
SSN / WWF / Learning and Teaching Scotland |
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Careers / Green Jobs |
Scottish Government Skills Development Scotland (SDS) Scottish Enterprise |
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SEQIA – ensuring place of SDE in new agency |
Scottish Government, LTS / HMIe, WWF, etc |
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Working to ensure SDE is in new qualifications |
SQA |
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Leadership from Scottish Government to ask for action on sustainable development (both campus and curriculum) in universities and colleges |
Scottish Government / Minister |
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Outdoor learning in Curriculum for Excellence |
LTS, NGOS, Forest Schools, John Muir / Duke of Edinburgh |
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Undergraduate course in sustainable development / outdoor education as part of ITE |
University of Edinburgh |
Group 2
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Actions for the Decade |
Who? |
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Networking |
Sustainable Development Education Network (SDEN) |
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Natural Change Programme |
WWF / Participants |
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Research into SDE professional development |
General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS), WWF, Edinburgh University |
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Contributing to Advisory Groups |
WWF, SDEN, IDEAS, HMIE, GTCS, Eco Schools, etc |
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Sustainable Development in Professional Teaching Standards |
GTCS |
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Embed SD in Curriculum for Excellence |
SDE Leadership Group (no longer exists) |
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Supporting communities to become sustainable |
Climate Challenge Fund (CCF) |
Group 3
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Actions for the Decade |
Who? |
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Participating in courses at St Andrews University |
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Simplify messages to explain and link sustainable development to people (linking people and place) – e.g. John Muir Trust, JMT Biodiversity Stories Leaflet – highlighting how participants are already doing SD and encouraging even more. |
Schools, youth groups, outdoor centres, community learning development, Scottish Government, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) |
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New course on sustainable development and new programmes at universities (e.g. University of Edinburgh) |
Universities |
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Praising and highlighting where work that staff / pupils already do delivers sustainable development education |
Student societies, student associations, university spin-off companies |
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Training teachers and education supporting organisations - Simplify messages and making ‘it relevant’ by helping deliver curriculum for excellence |
Local food officers, biodiversity officers, energy, waste, transport - Carbon halo, LTS, WWF, Eco-schools, Scottish Government |
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2020 Vision - Through media (videos0 - Eco-systems across UK being highlighted and photographs – showcasing eco-system service value and wider value – for a wide general public audience |
John Muir Turst Lots of Partners Young People photographers |
