National Sustainability Education Week

National Sustainability Education Week November 6-12, 2011

Sponsored by Portland State University's Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning
In partnership with US Partnership for Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

"Education for Sustainability or Sustainability Education is a relatively new and evolving field. For the purpose of the USP standards, Education for Sustainability is defined as a combination of content, learning me

thods, and outcomes that helps students develop a knowledge base about the environment, the economy, and society, in addition to helping them learn skills, perspectives, and values that guide and motivate them to seek sustainable livelihoods, participate in a democratic society, and live in a sustainable manner (McMillan and Higgs, 2003)." (taken from the USP EFS K-12 Learning Standards: http://s3.amazonaws.com/usp_site_uploads/resources/152/USP_EFS_standards_V3_11_10.pdf)

Sustainability encompasses ecological systems, bio-cultural diversity, social and economic justice, and multicultural perspectives.

THIS WEEKEND IN EUGENE: MOVE TO ACTION! - Come celebrate the end of Earth Week by getting into action. http://www.lanecc...
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THIS WEEKEND IN EUGENE: MOVE TO ACTION! - Come celebrate the end of Earth Week by getting into action. http://www.lanecc.edu/peacecenter

Friday - Lane Community College Peace Symposium with keynote speakers John Perkins and Jon Symes.

Saturday - "Building a Diverse Movement" workshop and the People's Movement Assembly.

Sunday - for Oregon facilitators who want to make Pachamama Alliance's Up To Us initiative successful across the state (separate registration at http://www.uptous.org/event/1941/event)

RSVP NOW to ensure your spot in these free events!

This a day designed to empower the Oregon facilitator community in the next steps of making Up to Us availabe and successful in Oregon. We are anticipating that groups from Ashland, Portland, Bend and Eugene will all be in attendence. The day will involve reconnecting, sharing experience and best pr…

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Check out our amazing Key Notes and Breakout Session for this Saturday!!! Please register and share with your friends. More pictures coming soon.

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heck out this PSU-TV video created during National Sustainability Education Week interviewing Doug Cohen about the local...
11/16/2011

heck out this PSU-TV video created during National Sustainability Education Week interviewing Doug Cohen about the local Portland State initiatives within the context of the international movement!

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2011 event schedule for National Sustainability Education Week at PSU
10/19/2011

2011 event schedule for National Sustainability Education Week at PSU

Wednesday Webinar: "Educating Students for Sustainability: Case Studies from Around the Country"
11/05/2010

Wednesday Webinar: "Educating Students for Sustainability: Case Studies from Around the Country"

A Portland State University student group whose purpose is to unite students, alumni, and interested community members in the common interest of nurturing educators and leaders who are creating a world that is liveable, ecologically sustainable, bio-culturally diverse and socially just

11/02/2010

A Portland State University student group whose purpose is to unite students, alumni, and interested community members in the common interest of nurturing educators and leaders who are creating a world that is liveable, ecologically sustainable, bio-culturally diverse and socially just

11/02/2010

It's fast approaching! Kick the week off with the "Envisioning: PSU as the Sustainable University of the Future" on Saturday and the "WakeUp: Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Youth Symposium" on Sunday! :)

10/29/2010

You guys have done a great job putting this together! I'm excited for all the events!

11/05/2009

National Sustainability Education Week:
Educating for Citizen-Leadership
Presented by Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning and the US Partnership for Decade for Education for Sustainable Development
Per a US Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development resolution, November 9th through the 13th has been named National Sustainability Education Week (NSEW)--a week in which educators, schools, students, colleges and community members are asked to participate in learning opportunities focused around sustainability leadership with the hope that such activities will permeate the entire year.


Bringing the week to PSU, the Students for Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning (SLECL) student group, with its many partners, has planned a week worth of events focused around sustainability education/leadership, seeking to further understand our role in bridging local, regional and global issues to effect a just, livable, diverse and sustainable world.
Through PSU's unique leadership role in sustainability education within the continuing sustainability dialogue so present on its campus, the events of NSEW at PSU hope to progress and perpetuate sustainability education dialogue, partnerships between the community and the university, an educational model of collaborative leadership and transformation and the importance of multi- sector, discipline and generational interaction and learning. Laying the foundation for implementing ongoing learning and leadership development pathways for PSU participants and community partners, collaborative learning teams consisting of students, administrators, faculty, and community members will reconvene after the week’s events to reflect upon the experience of cross-sector collaborative learning.


Event Flier:http://www.wiserearth.org/uploads/file/ea4f8f24dd210cfa8ded9fd9e5893198/NSEWFlier.pdf


For the most up-to-date information, as rooms and times could change, and additional event details, please visit: http://www.wiserearth.org/group/slecl

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