Peace,%20Sustainability%20and%20Environmental%20Security:%20Pedagogical%20Approaches

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Peace, Sustainability and Environmental Security
Pedagogical Approaches

• William B. Upholt
• University of Connecticut Health Center

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Definition of Sustainability

• Increasing the Quality of Life
• for All (globally)
• Now and for Future Generations

Triple bottom line OR Three Es Economy,
Environment and Equitable Society
Diagrams from Maureen Hart www.sustainablemeasure
s.com
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From Facing the Future (www.facingthefuture.org)
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Environmental Change and Security Program

• Environmental challengessuch as land
  degradation, deforestation, climate change, and
  water scarcity and pollutioncan threaten our
  security. These factors can contribute to
  conflict or exacerbate other causes such as
  poverty, migration, and infectious diseases. But
  managing these environmental challenges can also
  build confidence and contribute to peace.

www.wilsoncenter.org/ecsp/
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Why do changes in our natural environment
threaten human security? Does the exploitation
of natural resources lead to violent conflict?
How can sustainable development and
environmental cooperation contribute to stability
and peace?
http//www.ecc-exhibition.org/en/downloads.htm
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Resources

• www.facingthefuture.org activity-based lessons
• www.sustainablemeasures.com
• http//www.ecc-exhibition.org/en/downloads.htm
• http//securityandclimate.cna.org/
• www.envirosecurity.org
• http//www.iisd.org/ From Conflict to
  Peacebuilding The role of natural resources and
  the environment
• Earth Charter
• Carbon Footprints
• Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
  by Jared Diamond
• Population-Resources Exercise Instructions for
  Facilitators. Available from www.quakerearthcare.o
  rg. An intergenerational activity in which
  participants confront the unequal distribution of
  world resources in relationship to a growing
  world population.