What is education for sustainable development?How has it been enhanced in the Nordic countries? - and globally? Presentation on NVL webinar Agenda 2030 SDG 4.7 on November 16th, 2020.

1. Nordiskt Nätverk för Vuxnas Lärande (NVL) och Nätverket för hållbar utveckling
Webinar-serien: vuxenutbildning och hållbar utveckling - del 3 av 3
Livslångt lärande för Agenda 2030, delmål 4.7.
Tove Holm 16.11.2020
What is education for sustainable
development?
How has it been enhanced in the Nordic
countries? - and globally?

2. Sustainable development
The World Commission on Environment and
Development (WCED), also called the Brundtland
Commission, released Our Common Future, also
known as the Brundtland report, in October 1987
The 17 Goals were adopted by all UN Member States in 2015,
as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which
set out a 15-year plan to achieve the Goals.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/

3. Education for
Sustainable
Development
ESD
Sustainable
development,
1987
UN Decade of
Education for
Sustainable
Development,
2005- 2014
Children and
youth are
future leaders
for all labour
markets
Goal for ESD:
take economic,
environmental
and social costs
and benefits in
decision making
Cross
disciplinary
approaches;
holistic and
systematic
thinking
Holm, T., 2014. Enabling Change
in Universities: Enhancing
Education for Sustainable
Development with Tools for
Quality Assurance. Doctoral
thesis. University of Turku.

4. • Target 4.7:
By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills
needed to promote sustainable development, including, among
others, through education for:
- sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles,
- human rights,
- gender equality,
- promotion of a culture of peace and nonviolence,
- global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and
- of culture’s contribution to sustainable development
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/

5. Promotion of adult education for sustainable
development, the Nordic perspective, 2010-
- a need for:
- new knowledge and attitude
changes, also among adults and in
civil society
- openness to collaboration across
sectors and the ability to accept and
develop different learning paths
Kunnskap for Bærekraftig utvikling - en oversikt over tilbud til voksne i Norden. NMR, Vofo, NVL 2011, https://nvl.org/portals/0/_dokumenter/2013/klima_og_miljo.pdf

6. Alli Ikonen (Fi)
Stadin ammattiopisto:
”Waisted Food” — Visual
approaches to
environmental education
Photo: Max Söderholm
Jørgen Grubbe (Dk),
Holbæk Kommune: 200
km Biking Route —
“Istidsruten”
Noomi í Dali (Fo): Teaching
textiles with a holistic approach
to sustainability
Ragna Skøien (No), Sustainability Coordinator
Urban Garden — food, culture and community
at hostels
https://medium.com/nordisk-b%C3%A6rekraft-2016

7. The Nordic strategy
emphasizes education,
innovation and research
as the pillars for the
future.
Promotion of adult education for sustainable
development, the Nordic perspective, 2019-
https://www.norden.org/en/declaration/our-vision-2030

8. Agenda 2030 reports from
2020: have in common:
there is an urgent need for
internal cooperation for
sustainable development,
without forgetting local,
national and international
cooperation

9. The global:
Six transformations to achieve the goals:
1. Further investments in education in science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
subjects and in life-long learning are needed.
Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G., Woelm, F. 2020. The Sustainable Development
Goals and COVID-19. Sustainable Development Report 2020. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

10. The Nordic countries:
Generalsekreterare Paula Lehtomäki 22.9.2020, på Nordisk Netværkskonference om Voksnes Læring :
Norden skall arbetar ännu ambitiösare och snabbare än övriga världen
Nordic Council of Ministers, 2020. The
Nordic Matrix, National Action Plans for
the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G., Woelm, F. 2020. The
Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19. Sustainable Development Report 2020.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

11. Thank you for your attention
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Nordiskt Nätverk för Vuxnas Lärande (NVL) och Nätverket för hållbar utveckling
Webinar-serien: vuxenutbildning och hållbar utveckling - del 3 av 3
Livslångt lärande för Agenda 2030, delmål 4.7.
Tove Holm 16.11.2020