Education is a catalyst of a more sustainable future where human rights, gender equality, peace, an appreciation of cultural diversity and environmental protection are the norm.
People with an interest in education and sustainability are invited to workshops in Hobart, Burnie and Launceston where they will be given assistance to identify ways to embed sustainability more securely into their teaching and training practices.
The workshops are being held by Education for Sustainability Tasmania, a growing network of organisations who use education as a means to build a stronger, interconnected cultural identity, with a common goal of sustainability.
Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a focus, the events will include presentations on best practice initiatives in Tasmania and opportunities for participants to workshop ways to embed sustainability more securely into their teaching and training practices.
Registration and more information: efs.tas.edu.au/localsteps
Workshop details:
• Thursday 28th September Hobart 9:30am- 12:30pm at the Sustainability Learning Centre (50 Olinda Grove, Mount Nelson)
• Friday 29th September Launceston 9:00-12noon at Launceston Church Grammar School (36 Button St, Mowbray)
• Friday 29th September Burnie 3-6pm at Room D203 at the Cradle Coast University of Tasmania Campus
Key note speaker: Jen Dollin from Western Sydney University, highlighting the beauty and benefits of strong, robust and authentic relationships and collaborations.
Presenters (four per event):
Hobart
• Millie Rooney, University of Tasmania – The University’s Sustainability Integration Program for Students.
• Reuben Parker-Greer, MONA’s 24 Carrot Gardens – Lessons learnt through the 24 Carrot Gardens.
• Nel Smit, Greening Australia – Preserving biodiversity on the farm.
• Helen Hortle, A Fairer World – creating a more socially just world, a key pillar of education for sustainability.
Launceston
• George Darby and Ben Clark, Launceston Church Grammar School – A school focus on sustainability.
• Sherridan Emery, University of Tasmania with Katrina Miller and students from Port Dalrymple School – Cultural wellbeing: lessons from the cultural arts class.
• Sandy Murray, University of Tasmania – Food Security in Tasmania – Causes, Consequences and Solutions.
Burnie
• Sharon Dennis, University of Tasmania – Indigenous Perspectives on Sustainability
• Dr Caroline Smith, University of Tasmania – Educating for the Anthropocene: Using the tools and concepts of Futures Education tools.
• Dr Robin Krabbe, Live Well Tasmania – An Agrifood Learning Region for Sustainable Wellbeing.
• Kim Beasy and Bianca Coleman, University of Tasmania – Don’t Mess with Burnie: Fostering connections to place.
Maria Clippingdale, Facilitator of the Education for Sustainability Tasmania network
