FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

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FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION

• Aleksander Zidanek
• J. Stefan Institute
• Ljubljana, Slovenia

BUDAPEST, August, 2005 Session 3 - Shaping each
other Teaching or educating
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OUTLINE

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• SCENARIOS OF DEVELOPMENT
• ROLE OF EDUCATION
• HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION
• OPTIMAL STRATEGY

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• QUANTITY-BASED ? QUALITY-BASED GROWTH
• CHALLENGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF ECONOMIC
  DEVELOPMENT
• SOLUTION BALANCE

ENVIRONMENT
SOCIETY
ECONOMY

• MEASURE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  INDICATORS

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GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS (GALLOPIN)

• I. CONVENTIONAL WORLD
• Continuation of current trends
• II. BARBARISATION
• World fortress
• III. ECO-COMMUNALISM Strong
  decentralisation, low technology
• IV. NEW SUSTAINABLE PARADIGM
• Transition in values
• Transformation of urban and industrial
  civilisation Keep global connections and
  solidarity

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GALLOPIN MODEL
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MEASURES OF DEVELOPMENT

• GNP, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
• SUSTAINABLE MEASURES
• INDICATORS OF UN COMMISSION FOR SD
• ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY INDEX (ESI)
• ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX (EPI)
• GENUINE SAVINGS RATE (different defintions!)
• GREEN GNP
• LIFE QUALITY AND HAPPINESS

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ROLE OF EDUCATION

• UN DECADE OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE
  DEVELOPMENT
• FOCUS
• Underdeveloped countries ? Literacy
• Developed countries ? Education Research -
  Industry
• Everywhere ? Motivation for quality education

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Quality education

• KNOWLEDGE
• Education Research Industry
• EU processes Lisbon, Barcelona, Bologna, ...
• Innovative new approaches
• Active (participatory) learning
• Distance learning
• VALUES
• Networks
• ASP NET
• Eco School
• TENVORS
• Motivation for quality education
• Happiness
• Empowerment

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TENVORS NETWORK

• Tenvors homepage www.tenvors.org
• Source of information on learning materials
• Virtual Marketplace (VMP)
• Regional Analysis Tool (REALT)
• Training Needs Analysis Tool (TNAT)
• Information/application Matthew J. Lamb,
  www.tenvors.org

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Joef Stefan International Postgraduate School

• Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
• New Media and e-Science
• Ecotechnology

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Example of researchMultifunctional energy
devices
Photovoltaic power sources MEMS to utilize
anti-noise/anti-wind barriers as source of
renewable energy (D. Najdovski, Evora
Conference pilot projects at Krka vas
Obreje highway Razdrto Vipava
highwayestimated investment less than for HE)
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• Design of multiple airfoil wings equipped with
  piezoelements (MEMS) as a wind barrier along the
  highway.

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HAPPINESS

• STUDY OF DIENER AND SELIGMANNo variable was
  sufficient for happiness, but good social
  relations were necessary
• VEENHOVENWorld Database of Happiness is an
  ongoing register of research on subjective
  appreciation of life, e.g. happiness, life
  satisfaction, ...

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SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN NATIONS (VEENHOVEN
1990-2000)
Iran 0,93 Poland 0,84 Turkey 0,84 Bosnia
0,82 Morocco .74 Uganda 0,67 Algeria
0,57 Bangladesh 0,54 Egypt 0,52 Hungary
0,41 Slovakia 0,4 Jordan 0,39 Estonia
0,24 Serbia 0,21 Tanzania 0,13 Azerbaijan
0,13 Montenegro 0,06 India 0,03 Lithuania
-0,07 Macedonia -0,14 Pakistan -0,3 Latvia
-0,7 Albania -0,86 Bulgaria -0,87 Belarus
-0,92 Georgia -1,11 Romania -1,3 Moldova
-1,63 Russia -1,75 Armenia -1,8 Ukraine
-1,81 Zimbabwe -1,88 Indonesia -2,4
Britain 2,92 W. Germany 2,67 France
2,61 Argentina 2,61 Vietnam 2,59 Chile
2,53 Philippines 2,32 Taiwan
2,25 Domin.Rep. 2,25 Brazil 2,23 Spain
2,13 Israel 2,08 Italy 2,06 E. Germany
2,02 Slovenia 2,02 Uruguay 2,02 Portugal
1,99 Japan 1,96 Czech Rep 1,94 S. Africa
1,86 Croatia 1,55 Greece 1,45 Peru
1,32 China 1,2 S. Korea 1,12

• Puerto Rico 4,67
• Mexico 4,32
• Denmark 4,24
• Ireland 4,16
• Iceland 4,15
• Switzerland 4
• N. Ireland 3,97
• Colombia 3,94
• Netherlands 3,86
• Canada 3,76
• Austria 3,69
• El Salvador 3,67
• Venezuela 3,58
• Luxembourg 3,52
• U.S. 3,47
• Australia 3,46
• New Zealand 3,39
• Sweden 3,36
• Nigeria 3,32

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Correlation inequality adjusted happiness and ESI
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EQUALITY OF HAPPINESS TOP 5(VEENHOVEN
1990-2000)RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILITY INDEX (ESI)

• Netherlands  1,6   (ESI rank 40)
• Iceland  1,8  (ESI rank 5)
• Malta  1,8   (ESI rank -)
• Finland  1,9   (ESI rank 1)
• Switzerland  1,9  (ESI rank 6)

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OPTIMAL STRATEGY

• BUILD NETWORKS PARTNERSHIPS
• EXAMPLES
• ASP NET
• ECO SCHOOL
• TENVORS
• ASTENSEE
• COMMON PROPERTIES OF THE NETWORKS
• BASED ON SUSTAINABLE VALUES
• EXCELLENCE IN KNOWLEDGE
• IMPROVE HAPPINESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION