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Moderators:
Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair for ESD and Kim Corrigan, USA
CEE Coordinator: Dr. MJ Ravindranath and Preeti Rawat |
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Recommendations |
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EC as a tool |
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. The Earth Charter should serve as a framework or overarching theme for teachers, students, communities, faith groups to promote values – encompassing many themes, concerns and issues of sustainability. |
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It should be integrated into the curriculum and pedagogy at school and teacher education levels. |
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It should help to bring in locally specific and culturally relevant context of sustainability to the classrooms. |
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Vision for the next decade |
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The EC should not become just an intellectual discourse/communication in the classrooms; rather it should become holistic and inform the whole child - head, heart and hand. |
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The EC principles should be infused into national curriculum and teacher education. |
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The EC must inform business, trade and production systems. |
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Strengthening Partnerships: |
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Building partnerships on following lines as:
- A Network of schools within and outside the country active in implementing the EC should be developed
- Issue based networks and component programmes of EC should be promoted.
- NGOs, academics, teacher-professional institutions/associations promoting sustainability values should be encouraged.
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ICT and other media should be used to facilitate networks. |
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Virtual networks should be created for larger sharing of ideas/opinions about innovations. |
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EC in DESD and RIO +20 |
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There should be more emphasis on joyful, playful, festive oriented celebrations to promote EC principles. |
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The EC should be much more holistic in approach rather than reductionistic, giving focus for activities, projects and programmes with community involvement. |
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The EC should focus on more conferences for youth with access to experts in business, health, community issues, etc. |
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