Partnership for Education and research about Responsible Living

Victoria W. Thoresesn – Project managerDavid Chittenden – Daily manager

www.perlprojects.org PERL@hihm.no

Summary

• About PERL• Why PERL is at CSD• PERL’s approach• Examples of PERL’s work• The future• Activity

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What is PERL?

• Over 100 institutions in 40 countries• Education and research about responsible

living• EU academic network and international• Hedmark University College, Norway• Consumer Citizenship Network• New CSD Partnership - 2012

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PERL’s mission

• To educate individuals to recognise their power as citizens and to make more responsible daily and lifestyle choices

• To influence governments, businesses and schools to make better lifestyle choices both available and attractive, and to educate individuals.

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Why are we here?

• Marrakech Process on SCP• 10-Year Framework of Programmes on SCP• Raise profile of Education for Sustainable

Consumption (ESC)• Knowledgeable and active citizenship is

essential for a sustainable future

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PERL’s approach

scientific investigation

and

an active social learning process

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(physical, sociological, facts, values)

(open, participatory, reflecting, adapting)

PERL’s approach

“…learning which flows naturally into direct community engagement.

An exercise in anticipatory democracy”

Tøfler A. 1971

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PERL’s approach

Life Cycle Analysis

Social life cycle assessment

Life quality analysis

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PERL’s approach

• build bridges and to collaborate by recognising that people need to determine their own lifestyle changes

• based on good information, consultation and the principles of sustainable human development

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• Macro-structural changes• (international agreements and

standards, national policies,• taxes ,laws, controls, etc )

• Infra-structural changes• (local policies, resources, curricula)

• Research• Information

• Education• Collaboration and co-operation

• (across disciplines, between • producers and consumers,

• within communities)

• Collective and individual encouragement

• Communication

• Identification of fundamental principles• Examples of social innovation

PERL organisational structureInternational Reference Group

Local support unit

#6 International Dialogue &

Consultation

#2 Social Innovation

#4 Education for responsible living

#5 Communication & multimedia

Consultants’ Network

#3 Enabling Sustainable Lifestyles

Steering Group

#1 Reflection & implementation

WG leaders

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PERL Core Unit

UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014• ESD supports five types of learning

– learning to know– learning to be– learning to live together– learning to do– learning to transform oneself and society

• Education for Sustainable Consumption is part of Education for Sustainable Development

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Applied active research

• Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles• Design for Social Innovation and

Sustainability• Promoting New Responses series• Think Tanks• International conferences 2011 and 2012

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Methods and materials

• Social Innovation - Looking for Likely Alternatives, DESIS

• Active learning methodologies– Images and Objects

• YouthXchange• Adaption, translation, testing, training

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ESC recommendations

• Here and Now! Education for Sustainable Consumption - Recommendations and Guidelines

• Roadmap to implement ESC • Core curriculum• Translations• Promotion and case studies

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Regional PERL Networks

• Based on PERL/CCN ‘model’• Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Africa• Framework for work in region• Representatives of ‘developing’ countries

focusing on their needs• June 2010 establishment

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The future

• Promoting and implementing– Regional Networks and projects– Research, conferences, materials, courses etc.

• 10-Year Framework of Programmes on SPC• CSD-19• UNDESD 2005-2014• Rio +20• Oct 2012 …?

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What does PERL offer?

• Advice based on experience and research• Values-based and interdisciplinary

approaches• Teaching methods and materials• Curriculum development• Policy recommendations• And ...

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Thanks!

www.perlprojects.orgPERL@hihm.no

You are warmly invited to the CSD side event

Education and empowerment for sustainable lifestyles

There is no freedom and no responsibility without education. As citizens, it is through education that we learn how to make choices for our daily life

May 6, 6.15-7.45 pm conference room 6

Join the Marrakech Task Forces on Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) and on Sustainable Lifestyles, UNEP, PERL and UNESCO for presentations and

discussions on contributions to a 10-Year Framework of Programmes on SCP

Moderator: Paolo Soprano, Head of Division for Sustainable Development, Ministry for the Environment, Italy

• Implementing ESC case studies, policy and recommendations, methods and materials• Viral video, reports and case studies on implementing sustainable lifestyles• A panel discussion including Mr. Arab Hoballah, Chief of SCP Branch at UNEP DTIE,

Victoria W. Thoresen, Associate Professor Hedmark University College and other experts• And more ...

PERL Work Groups1. Reflection &

Implementation2. Social Innovation 3. Enabling sustainable

lifestyles

Developing research, policy analysis & recommendations

Giving visibility to creative communities that collaboratively invent new ways of living

Supporting projects around the globe that provide data for research and opportunities for teaching and learning

a. Think Tank consultations a. Sustaianble Everyday Explorations (SEE)

a. Sustainable Lifestyles Courses

b. Research on sustainable lifestyles

b. Sustainable Everyday Enabling Kits (SEEK)

b. Virtual Schools for Sustainable Consumption

c. ESC policy analysis & implementation

c. Design for Social Innovation & Sustainability (DESIS)

c. Global Survey on Sustainable Lifestyles

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PERL Work Groups4. Education for

responsible living5. Communication and

multimedia6. International

dialogue

Creating materials and methodologies for consumer citizenship and education for sustainable consumption

Preparing and disseminating PERL methods and materials

Carrying out research, discussion and debate

a. Active learning methodologies

a. Seminars, courses and exhibitions

a. Consultants’ Network

b. Looking for Likely Alternatives - LOLA

b. Video and film b. Regional PERL Networks

c. Teacher training modules and courses

c. Distributing and using learning materials

c. International conferences

d. youthXchange project d. Translating materials & publications

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