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Finally a new issue of ES Sweden!
The new issue is based on the project Öresundsklassrummet which is a European Union funded Interreg project in Copenhagen, Malmö and Lund. It also includes a number of international articles, methods and teaching resources on the field of participation in and outside of the classroom.
This issue is partly financed by EU Interreg IV A.
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The latest issue of Education and Sustainability focuses on Money. Who gave you your first coin, when did you open your first bank account – who with, and why? How we learn about money -how to spend it, where to invest it, how to save it (or not) – is complex and of course has multiple environmental and social implications. Are our values compatible with the way we make decisions about money? If not, why not?
This issue focuses on how we learn about money, finance and the economy – from childhood psychology, to business school curricula, school projects, community markets and alternative currencies.
Serge Latouche questions whether education and “degrowth” really are compatible, Viki Johnson and Faiza Shaheen from the New Economics Foundation explore the idea of Green Jobs to combat financial crisis, Penny Shepherd, director of UKSIF proposes a new curriculum for adolescents financial literacy and we explore the motivations of Muhammed Yunus, the founder of the microcredit bank Grameen. Other pieces focus on alternative currencies, service learning, ethical finance, socially responsible investment, community banks, the relationship children have with money as well as a range of other educational projects from around the world.
As with every issue we include a full compendium of teaching resources, recomended books, films and other ideas for educators and parents. Available in Catalán, and shortly in Swedish. Download the index here. Index_ES_10_diners
· By Heloise Buckland
The latest issue of Education and Sustainability focuses on Health. Authors include Claudio Naranjo who reflects on the changes that need to be made in education to promote social and personal development. Other pieces focus on emotional intelligence, the complex relationships between health and the environment, the role of doctors in climate change and much more.
As with every issue we include a full compendium of teaching resources, recomended books, films and other ideas for teachers and parents. Available in Catalán, and shortly in Swedish.
· By Heloise Buckland
Watched by 200,00 viewers so far, this 12-minute film by Leo Murray from the RCA explains in the simplest possible terms the dynamics of non-linear change, feedback loops and tipping points in the Earth’s climate systems. Watch it here!
The role of schools · By Carmelo Marcén
The subject of water is often present, as much in daily conversations as in the media; it is regularly in the news. Much the same thing happens in schools, where water is talked about and worked with. Aspects related to its properties and natural cycle are most frequently touched on; although in recent years the focus has been on the uses of “water as a resource”. Included in the proposals for courses in secondary or high school education are topics linked to the importance of water for human beings and other themes related to the finite nature of this resource. Curricular development happens over time, but the way that the subject of water is represented within the curriculum has stayed more or less the same.
We are what we eat · By Vandana Shiva
Dr. Vandana Shiva, physicist, environmental activist, winner of the alternative Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 and author of numerous publications on intellectual property rights, biodiversity, biotechnology and bioethics has played a key role in the fight for changes in agricultural practice, women´s rights and food systems worldwide. Here Dr. Shiva argues that the reductionism and fragmentation of narrow disciplinary teaching has replaced traditional holistic education, and she analyses some of the dire consequences of engendering “mental monocultures”.
Teaching Sustainable Agriculture: University challenge or political priority? · By Richard Evans
The question for agricultural colleges is no longer, “who wants to be a farmer? “, but rather how can we train professionals to spearhead an integrated land management strategy necessary to feed Europe beyond peak oil? Musings from an ex-software company director who has gone back to college to learn about sustainable agriculture.
Branding vs sustainable cities · By Oriol Lladó
The most sustainable city, the most economical car, the most efficient fridge… Excellence in the field of sustainability is a prized marketing value. Does it have any educational interest?
The city of children is a sustainable city · By Francesco Tonucci
In the light of the serious problems of environmental sustainability and social degradation, ecologists, sociologists, psychologists and doctors are calling for urgent changes to make our cities habitable again. When working with children, it is surprising to discover that the city that they ask for and need is very similar to the city that experts on the subject describe.
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