Education Dialogue Group (EDG) - The EDG would like to hear the voices of the education sector

Posted: 17 October 2008

Since 1991, during the run up to the RIO Earth Summit, the EDG has existed to connect sectors of education in the UK with international developments in ESD. Education has responded, sector by sector, to the global wake up call regarding the pivotal role that it plays in transforming societies. Originally supported by UNED-UK, the group campaigned successfully for the Decade for ESD and has continued to meet tri-annually at least.

The EDG are calling on ESD professionals to volunteer their personal experiences to help shed light on how our different sector-based approaches impact on the individual and on the effectiveness of our learning for sustainability.  Different interpretations of ESD exist in formal and informal education sectors and across transitions between Primary, Secondary, Further and Higher Education, work based learning and community based learning. Is it surprising that students coming from ESD literate schools and lives are identifying SD as a criteria for further studies and will they take those beliefs into the workplace? It is a huge agenda, but if you are able to share your experience by e-mail or in person, the group are meeting on 4th December 2008 from 11am-2pm at London South Bank University to co-ordinate an Easter event.

For information, or to be added to the email list contact Mairi Kershaw, EDG Chair at: kershaws@talktalk.net

To access the EDG website, and download papers and minutes contact Veronica Leacock at London South Bank University: leacockv@lsbu.ac.uk