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 […]
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 […]
February 17, 2008
Bjarne Jensen from the Danish University of Education spoke about participation at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin recently. He started with his conclusions and worked backwards. To build ownership and action competence in Education for Sustainability: 1. Genuine participation (in dialogue with a professional) 2. Own actions (but should be integrated) […]
February 17, 2008
Henrik Moller would like to lose the Sustainability word, he would prefer us to use Resilience. Dr Moller spoke at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin recently. He heads CSAFE, the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment at Otago University. His research includes the titi project and was involved […]
February 17, 2008
Over the summer I attended the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin (Otago Polytechnic was the major sponsor). Now on this wet Sunday with teaching starting tomorrow, what better opportunity to write up my notes… The opening session was at the Araiteuru Marae. There, after the powhiri and tea we listened to a […]
March 4, 2008
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