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Posts from NZAEE (7): John Fien
John Fien is Innovation Professor of Sustainability RMIT in Melbourne. He spoke at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin recently. Fien extended the activity/action distinction made by Bjarne Jensen earlier in the conference. He talked about the Gould League Pledge, but suggests that an equivalent approach in abstinence pledges has had a […]
NZAEE conference notes online
March 4, 2008
I’ve been working through my notes from the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education conference we sponsored in Dunedin recently (Five posts up, three-ish more to go). Most of the conference powerpoints have just been posted by the conference organisers. Note though, that they’re only there until the 1st of May – I hope the […]
Working with the integrity of creation to achieve ecological salvation?
March 2, 2008
I’ve been reading an interesting thesis by Xiaming Gong: Church Involvement in Education for Sustainability: Using Participatory Action Research to Design a Faith-based Education for Sustainability Programme in a Christian Community, New Zealand (link, pdf). This is outside my own belief system so apologies in advance if I’ve misinterpreted something here. We’ve been having debates […]
Sustainability status of student intake: seeking feedback on survey design
February 28, 2008
We are preparing a survey to be administered in conjunction with the First Impressions Survey (second week in March). By surveying all incoming students across the institution we’re aiming to create a benchmark that will enable us to follow student progress throughout their education, and possibly beyond. In the first instance finding out what they […]
Formal launch of Sustainable Habitat Challenge
February 25, 2008
Last week we formally launched the Sustainable Habitat Challenge (see earlier posts). Here’s the website. Here’s the newspaper. Here’s the video of the launch (Alistair and Tim and Q&A)…
March 4, 2008
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