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The kick-off event took place on May 11, 2023 on the topic of "Experiential spaces for shapers of the future: ESD work, offers and networks in Bonn".
Bianca Bilgram from the German Commission for UNESCO gave an introductory overview of the (inter)national ESD process from the UN Decade to the UNESCO ESD 2030 program.
Dr. Erika Luck-Haller, Managing Director of abenteuer lernen e.V. and Heike Hückesfeld, Director of the city-run Haus der Natur on the Waldau, then presented important ESD approaches in Bonn. Both institutions are certified for ESD work, both work together with schools, Kita and youth facilities, among others, and are active in various networks. For example, Abenteuer Lernen coordinates the networks "Schule der Zukunft Bonn-Rhein-Sieg", "Forum Inklusion lebendig machen" and "Educators of tomorrow".
The presentations and a brief summary of the results can be found here
Tea Time Education on "Global learning as part of ESD"
ESD is often mistakenly equated with environmental education. However, the ESD educational concept is actually committed to the guiding principle of comprehensive and globally sustainable development. The necessary political, ecological and economic change processes should be supported by raising awareness at an individual and social level. ESD brings together aspects of environmental and development policy and aims to achieve a commitment to sustainable development, changed patterns of consumption and behavior as well as a changed sense of justice and environmental awareness. Global learning is part of ESD. It sees itself as the pedagogical response to globalization and as a necessary transformation of pedagogical thinking and action in the context of sustainable development of the global society.
At Tea Time Education on August 29, 2023, Andreas Preu, Head of Politics, Science and International Affairs at VHS Bonn, presented the wide range of offers and the goals of global learning at his institution. Numerous development policy organizations and institutions from Bonn work closely with the VHS and share perspectives from countries of the global South at joint events, for example on the implementation of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). VHS Bonn is a pioneer in communicating the SDGs as a joint global project. Its educational programs on the SDGs each highlight different aspects of a sustainability goal. Starting from the local level in Bonn, the link is made to the importance and activities relating to the sustainability goal in various countries of the Global South.
Ulla Fricke, Head of Education and Communication at Don Bosco Mission's voluntary service, reported on the importance of ESD and global learning at Don Bosco Mission, a global youth aid organization. She used numerous practical examples to explain how young people in Germany and around the world are becoming agents of change and what skills and attitudes need to be taught in order to create a fairer and more sustainable world.