sustainability education

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Teach Your Kids: LinkedIn | Website | X | Instagram | Substack | Facebook | TikTok

Manisha:  LinkedIn | X | Instagram | Facebook

Lisa Julian Keniry: LinkedIn | X

Join our premium community with expert support and advice

Teach Your Kids Podcasts

• Climate Education and Hope is a Verb with Elizabeth Bagley

Books, Articles, and Publications

• Ecodemia: Campus Environmental Stewardship at the Turn of the 21st Century : Lessons in Smart Management from Administrators, Staff, and Students - Julian Keniry 
• The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace - M. Scott Peck

Organizations

• Green Teach for Opportunity
  • Green UpSkill Challenge
• Project Drawdown
• Global Council for Science and the Environment
• Brandeis University

Time Codes

00:00:00 — Introduction of the episode and its focus on sustainability education 

00:02:00 — Discussion on the importance of student-led campus sustainability projects 

00:05:10 — The role of communities in fostering sustainable practices 

00:06:00 — Exploring sustainability on different scales

00:10:00 — Examining exemplary sustainability work in Washington, D.C.

00:13:00 — Creating templates for sustainable communities

00:16:13 — Promoting equal participation in sustainability discussions

00:22:20 — Highlighting the need for greater teacher engagement in sustainability and the role of parents and community organizers in sustainability education

00:24:20 — Addressing job demand and sustainability career opportunities

00:25:00 — Connecting passion with sustainability career paths

00:32:56 — Assessing waste and sustainability metrics and options for waste reduction and management

00:34:40 — Exploring materials flow and sustainable practices

00:37:02 — The process of baseline assessment, critical thinking, and problem-solving in sustainability projects

00:38:52 — Introducing the Green Up Skill Challenge

00:42:20 — The impact of simple actions on sustainability education

This podcast was recorded on Riverside and is made possible through a generous grant from the Vela Education Fund

VELA Education Fund is catalyzing a vibrant alternative education ecosystem. VELA provides trust-based funding to entrepreneurs, fosters community-building and knowledge-sharing, and increases visibility through storytelling that promotes cultural awareness and acceptance of the out-of-system space. Today, VELA serves the largest community of out-of-system education entrepreneurs in the country, with over 2,000 community members. About half of VELA’s community members operate small learning environments, and the other half are ecosystem and community builders offering direct services and support across the out-of-system space. Learn more at velaedfund.org.

This site contains product affiliate links. We may receive a commission if you make a purchase after clicking on one of these links.

• News & developments:  The 2023 international education trends that will extend into 2024

• Main topic: How growth and sustainable development goals can co-exist in international education

• Keys to the market:  South Korea

With

Sarah Mines
Founding Member, Director of Sustainable Growth
Alethea Global Cooperative

Stephen Robinson
Director and Professor
Champlain College, Dublin Campus

Craig Riggs 
Editor in Chief 
ICEF

Martijn van de Veen (host)
CBDO
ICEF

Main Sponsor • ICEF Finance

In this episode, we speak to Hans Svennevig about citizenship education, particularly, the PGCE citizenship programme at the IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society in the UK. Hans is a veteran educator who has dedicated his career to promoting citizenship education in schools throughout England. As the subject leader for PGCE citizenship at the IOE, Mr. Svennevig has been playing a pivotal role in shaping the next generation of citizenship teachers and equipping them with the requisite skills and knowledge to promote democracy and civic engagement in their communities. Over the course of nearly two decades, Hans has taught citizenship education at various educational institutions, including GCSE and citizenship A-level, and firmly believes that challenges present opportunities to develop research-informed practice-based citizenship teachers who can inspire and encourage informed participants within their communities to improve democracy worldwide. He says that this belief is the driving force behind Svennevig's leadership in developing citizenship education and producing high-quality citizenship educators. He credits his own teaching and leadership roles to the wealth of experience and expertise in the field of citizenship and human rights education taught by Professor Hugh Starkey. In this episode, Hans offers practical examples and reflections on the role of citizenship education in fostering a positive impact on future generations of citizenship educators.

Notes.  Citizenship education has been in the English national curriculum since 2002, inspected by Ofsted (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills in the UK). Although Citizenship education is said to be part of the curriculum in the UK, it is included in the Welsh ‘Curriculum for Life’, the Northern Irish curriculum as ‘Local and Global Citizenship’ and Scotland as ‘Modern Studies’.

We hope all listeners enjoy this episode, which is hosted by Adam Peter Lang,  Kamille Beye., Rowena Azada-Palacios and Stella Micheong Cheong,  Please subscribe to the podcast through Apple, Google, Spotify or Amazon Music. You may also follow @c4c_ed on Twitter; we look forward to hearing your feedback and your stories. If you would like to explore the possibility of participating in our podcast,  do not hesitate to reach out through the online participation form or email us at info@conversations4citizenship.com.

Further information regarding PGCE Citizenship Programme at UCL-IOE by visiting the website: Citizenship PGCE

List of further readings

• Svennevig, H., Moorse, L., Baker, Z., Liddle, A., Barry, T., Jerome, L., . . . Azam, A. (2022). Conflict and Peace: Theory and Practice [Whole issue]. Teaching Citizenship (56).
• Svennevig, H., Jerome, L., Starkey, H., White, K., & Elwick, A. (2022). Powerful Knowledge: Revealing the Citizenship teacher's professional knowledge base. Teaching Citizenship (55).
• Svennevig, H., Starkey, H., Jerome, L., Gronland, G., Hayward, J., & Elwick, A. (2022). Project Report for the Teachers and Citizenship Knowledge Project – Seed Funded by Centre for Teachers and Teaching Research. London, UK: IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society.
• Svennevig, H. (2022). The Metaverse and Citizenship Education. Teaching Citizenship Journal (55).

Contact Conversations4citizenship

• Tweet us @c4c_ed and @stellarcheong
• Email us at conversations4citizenship@gmail.com

Thanks for listening and keeping C4C podcasting!

In this episode, Phil Fox, Acting Director of The Teaching Council, is joined by Dr. Patrick Kirwan and Dr. Mary Moore, to discuss sustainability education in schools. The conversation focuses on practical steps that school communities can take to instil a growth mindset approach towards sustainability, education outdoors, empowering pupils to become agents of meaningful action, and much more. 

After a career in science as an epidemiologist, Patrick trained as a post-primary Science teacher. In 2021, Patrick founded the Irish Schools Sustainability Network, which brings together teachers and students from different schools to foster climate and nature conversations, to work on joint initiatives, share best practice, and push sustainability to the top of the educational agenda.

Mary Moore is a primary school teacher with a passion for all things science and sustainability. She is currently teaching third class in Clerihan N.S., Co. Tipperary, and is an active member of the Irish Schools Sustainability Network. 

To find out more about the ISSN, and find the resources mentioned in the podcast, see: https://www.issn.ie/ or connect on twitter @IrishSchSusty

Today Laura sits down with Amanda Goetsch, Program Manager for the Sustainable Management Certificates & Programs at the University of Wisconsin Extended Campus. They talk about how sustainability can fit into higher education at both the undergraduate and graduate degrees, the benefits of online programs, and the direction of business hiring for sustainability professionals. Some of the resources mentioned in the episode are listen below, and follow our Instagram for more book and newsletter recommendations from Amanda and other guests. 

Homepage: https://sustain.wisconsin.edu/

Careers: https://sustain.wisconsin.edu/sustainability/careers/

Student stories: https://sustain.wisconsin.edu/blog/category/student-stories/

Sustainable Brands: https://sustainablebrands.com/

GreenBiz: https://www.greenbiz.com/

WSBC: https://www.wisconsinsustainability.com/

Sustain Dane: https://sustaindane.org/