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ECO-UNESCO's Youth and Sustainability Training


This one-day course is designed to give participants an increased awareness of the principles of sustainable development and experience of practical activities for integrating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into your work with young people.

After this training course participants should be able to:
• Understand the term sustainable development
• Understand the key principles of sustainable development
• Understand how to integrate Education for Sustainable Development into your work with young people
• Understand how to use interactive activities to explore values, decision making and critical thinking
• Understand how to facilitate a local action with young people

Schedule:
10.00 Introduction to the day - “What is Education for Sustainable Development?” (presentation)
10.45 – 12.45 Undertake 5 different activities
12.45 –13.00 Re-assess and examine activities
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.20 Undertake 2 activities
15.20 – 15.45 Cool down activity and discussion
15.45 – 15.50 Resources, workshops and helpful links
15.50 – 16.00 Q&A session
Schedule of day

This training day will include activities designed to:

• Encourage people to analyze their own values and how these values may impact on the environment
• Help young people understand the impacts of transporting food or goods over large distances and explores the issues surrounding locally sourced produce
• Introduces young people to the links between development and environmental stewardship.
• Encourage young people to think critically about the risks associated with environmental exploitation
• Encourage young people to think about how society, economics and our environment are interconnected
• Engage young people in considering alternative futures and actions needed to achieve a more sustainable future


Date: April 28th 2010

Time: 10am -4pm

Location The Greenhouse, 17 St Andrew Street, Dublin 2

Fee: €80 Statutory, €50 Community and Voluntary Sector, €50 Members

Lunch provided


For booking & further details contact: Jerrieann Sullivan
ECO-UNESCO Youth for Sustainable Development Programme Co-ordinator ysd@ecounesco.ie.
+3531 6625491



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