From SEA to SEA Education for Sustainable Development Keynote

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From SEA to SEAEducation for Sustainable
DevelopmentKeynote

• L. A. M. BENKO
• Co-Coordinator
• Regional Centre of Expertise Saskatchewan
• President
• LAMB Environmental Educational
• Consulting (Inc.)
• Sustainability Education Alliance of New
  Brunswick
• Conference Monday, November 16, 2009
• 930 to 1015 am
• Killarney Lake Lodge
• Fredericton, New Brunswick

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We Cant SEE the SEA from Saskatchewan!OVERVIEW

• 1. Introductions But we do have a local to
  global perspective on ESD (Formal, Non-formal and
  informal)
• 2. Making Waves in the local sloughs
  Saskatchewan ESD Network (SESDN) ACTION FRAMEWORK
  (October 2009)
• 3. Riding the waves from Sea to Sea A National
  perspective on ESD through
• a) Learning for a Sustainable Futures Foundation
  (LSF)
• b) Canada ESD Council (National ESD Expert
  Council)
• c) Regional Centres of Expertise Canada
• 4. Catching the waves across the Ocean A global
  perspective from
• a) U.N. New York (May 2007)
• b) Bonn, Germany (April 2009)
• c) 4th International U.N.U. RCE Conference
  Montreal (May 2009)
• 5. Waves on the horizon for ESD
• a) The Bonn Declaration
• b) 2009 UNESCO DESD Global Report Learning for
  a Sustainable World
• c) Copenhagen Climate Change meetings
• d) RCE Saskatchewan Spring into ACTION Final
  Report
• e) Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
  Initiatives with ESD
• 6. SOURCES of RESOURCES
• 7. Are we Paddling in the same direction?
  (Questions and Discussion)
• 8. Closure Charting the course for the rest of
  the day and beyond.

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1.INTRODUCTIONS We See what we want to See?
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Local To Global Perspective of ESD
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2. Making Waves in the Local Slough
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Local Action Framework October 2009
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Grassroots Approach to Action Framework
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From Local to RCE National and Global
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Goals of the Action Framework
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More Goals of the Action Framework
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Developers and Partners of the Action Framework
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3. Riding the Waves from Sea to Sea A National
Perspective on ESD
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3a. Learning for a Sustainable Futures
Foundation (LSF)
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3b. Canada ESD Council (NESDEC)
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3c. Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE) Canada to
the rest of the World
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4. Catching the Waves Across the Ocean A Global
Research Perspective
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4a. U.N. New York (May 2007)
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4b. Bonn, Germany (April 2009)
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4c. 4th International U.N.U. RCE Conference
Montreal (May 2009)
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5. Waves on the Horizon for ESD
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5a. The Bonn Declaration (April 2009)
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5b. 2009 UNESCO DESD Global Report (October)
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5c. Copenhagen Climate Change Meetings (December
2009)
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5c. Green Life A Local to Global Perspective on
Climate Change and ESD
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5d. RCE Saskatchewan Spring into ACTION Final
Report
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5e. Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Initiatives with ESD
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5e. Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Curriculum
(K -12) Focus on ESD
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6. Sources of RESOURCESLocal to Global on
Education For Sustainable Development (ESD)

• Ecological Footprint Royal Saskatchewan Museum
• www.royalsaskmuseum.ca
• Climate Change Saskatchewan
• www.climatechangesask.ca
• Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Gr. 10
  Sustainability
• www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/xsci/
• United Nations Decade on ESD
• www.ias.unu.edu/
• Saskatchewan ESD Network (SESDN)
• www.saskesd.ca
• GREEN LIFE (SCN)
• www.scn.ca/greenlife.php
• Regional Centre of Expertise Saskatchewan
• www.saskrce.ca
• Wings Over Wascana (WOW) Festival
• www.wascanamarsh.ca
• Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF)
• www.lsf-lst.ca
• UNESCO World Conference on ESD (Bonn
  DECLARATION April 2009)

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7. Are We Paddling in the Same Direction?Question
s and Discussions
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8. Closure

• I teach I touch the future.
• -Christa McAuliffe (1948-86)
• We can SUSTAIN the future by moving from
  AWARENESS to ACTION Model
• -Lyle Benko (1950 -????)

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The A.U.C.C.A. ModelAwarenessUnderstandingConc
ernCommitmentACTION
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Thank you for your anticipated ACTIONS to
sustain our future!