Kofi Annan, Secretary-General United Nations
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“Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that seems
abstract -- sustainable development -- and turn it into a daily reality for all the
world’s people.”
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General United Nations
Governments Industry
NGOs Academics
General Public Not Engaged
GeneralPopulation
The Power of SD Remains DormantLocked in Isolated Issues
CleanAir
AIDSPrevention
SafeWater
ClimateChange
RainforestPreservation
SustainableConsumption
Poverty Eradication Bio-diversity
PopulationGrowth
Sustainable Development
Global Disjointed Approaches
STEMTrade Barriers
Tax policiesCurrency manipulation
Towards Global Sustainability?
Strong Global Warming Observed
Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and ResearchBased on Folland et al (2000) and Jones and Moberg (2003)
Development at whose expense?
Bonn Declaration – A Call for Action
Encourage and enhance scientific excellence, research and new knowledge development for ESD through the involvement of higher education institutions and research networks in ESD. Mobilize the core functions of universities: teaching, research and community engagement to strengthen global and local knowledge of ESD, and utilize the UNESCO ESD Chairs and UNESCO program networks in this process.
Why are HEI Addressing Sustainability?
• To better take advantage of globalization• To help your institution compete• To attract funding• To create global citizens• To make life better for others• To infuse relevancy, meaning, etc., to better their
ed.• To improve the life of all future generations
Northern Problem As Well
• Hard to serve students suffer• Preferred learning style other than reading• Poverty related issues• Irrelevant curricula• Engaging the disenfranchised• Home/family related issues• Student/school conflict• Narrowing the curriculum for testing
Surface area Volume PercentageSquare miles Cubic Miles of Total
Salt water• The oceans 139,500,000 317,000,000 97.2%• Inland seas and 270,000 25,000 0.008%
saline lakes
Fresh water• Freshwater lakes 330,000 30,000 0.009% • All rivers (average level) — 300 0.0001% • Antarctic Icecap 6,000,000 6,300,000 1.90% • Arctic Icecap and glaciers 900,000 680,000 0.21% • Water in the atmosphere 197,000,000 3,100 0.001% • Ground water within half
a mile from surface — 1,000,000 0.31% • Deep-lying ground water — 1,000,000 0.31%
Total (rounded) — 326,000,000 100.00
%
Understanding World’s Water
Type Yards Feet InchesSalt Water 95 0 7.53Fresh WaterAntarctic 5 8.41Ground < 1/2 mile deep 11.16Ground > 1/2 mile deep 11.16Arctic Ice Caps 7.56Lakes .3240Atmosphere .0360Rivers .0036
A Perfect Storm … of Opportunities
Innovation
ProductivityGrowth
Brand
Image
CompetitiveAdvantage
$aving$Revenue
Business Value
10 Market Forces5 Mega-Issues 5 Demanding
StakeholdersClimate Change Green
Consumers
Pollution & Health Activist Shareholders
Globalization Backlash
Civil Society / NGOs
Energy Crunch Government Regulators
Erosion of Trust Financial Sectors
Preparing for the World of Work
• Linking to TVET• ESD for all• Right to work• Right to change the world of work• Forming an international network of
exploration• First meeting in Thailand in summer of
2007
I. Policy Level1. Educational System Integration
To Integration of TVET into Education System——Articulation, mobility, career guidance——Qualification Framework ——Collaboration with relevant industries/stakeholders——Decent Work – salary——Selection and hiring process of TVET teachers——International Cooperation (faculty exchange)——Vocationalization of the General Education
Economy / ProfitsSustainable businessProfitsTaxes, R&DJobsExpendituresTrainingFair tradeCore values
The Sustainability “3-Legged Stool”
Environment / PlanetEco-EfficiencyManufacturing efficienciesOperations efficienciesProduct efficienciesSmart designCradle-to-cradle, take-backBeyond complianceRestorative to nature
Equity / PeopleEthical businessInternal employeesHuman rightsHealth & SafetyEmpowermentRespect, CaringLocal communityRest of the world
Sustainable Development (SD)Corporate SocialResponsibility (CSR)
Sustainability
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) 3Es / 3Ps
Corporate Responsibility (CR)
Humanities in decline• We are in a major crisis of education.• Nations change educations for economic purposes, humanities
are being cut back. (useful skills for short term profits)• Technology and engineering, applied science, emphasized.• Abilities crucial to democracy and more humane world not
developed.• Old development model emphasizes GDP growth. But mere
pursuit of growth does not necessarily improve other aspects of quality of life.
• Critical thinking (philosophy), history, literature & arts is not very important in the education systems oriented towards economic growth.
• Singapore good example.• Martha C. Nussbaum
The Real Bottom Line!“We Need A World We Can Live In”
At the global scale, there is only one bottom line: “Maintenance of the earth’s life support system for humans. If critical thresholds are crossed and the earth system shifts to another state much less amenable to human life, then everyday life as we know it –social systems, economics, politics – ceases to have meaning.”
Uno Svedin – Swedish Research Council for the Environment, Agriculture Sciences and Spatial Planning
Re-discovering Commerce
Social entrepreneurshipThe arts
Service to others?
The Challenge for Education
• Our greatest experiment-civilization itself-will succeed only if it can live on natures terms, not man’s. To do this we must adopt principles in which the short term is trumped by the long; in which caution prevails over ingenuity; in the which absurd myth of endless growth is replaced by respect for natural limits; in which progress is steered by precautionary wisdom.
Ronald Wright-A Short History of Progress
UNU Regional Centre of ESD Expertise
Outcomes• Improved academic outcomes• More knowledgeable/supportive citizenry• More sustainably oriented production and consumption• Perhaps a shift in behaviour as learning is relevant and in scale
etc.
MessengersNon Formal Formal Informal
Ngo’s Tertiary Media
Zoo/etc Secondary Peers
Gov Agencies Elementary Society
Corp Training Preschool Life Exp.
Local InformationSources
Regional/National
Local Government
Private Sector
Research (HE, NGO) etc.