RCEs in Europe network webinar #2: ‘Exploring the potential of…creative learning for sustainability’
On Wednesday 02 April, the European network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) in Education for Sustainable Development welcomed a global audience to the second of its ‘Exploring the potential of…’ webinar series.
Created by RCE Czechia and supported by RCE Scotland (‘Learning for Sustainability Scotland’), RCE Ruhr, and RCE Basque Country-Navarre, this event focused on ‘Exploring the potential of…creative learning for sustainability’.
Welcoming our guest speakers
Following an introductory overview, which included a theoretical examination of the topic, we were delighted to hear from three inspirational speakers; each of which provided insights into real-life examples of Creative Learning for Sustainability.
- Peter Reichenbach, RCE Ruhr, Germany, shared more about the ‘Seven Gardens’ whole community approach‘.
- Laura Henderson and Jana Dlouha, RCE Czechia, then told us more about their work to engage children and young people in sustainability through creativity.
- We then heard from Samuel Fernandez-Diekert and Sonia Prieto, RCE Basque Country-Navarre, who shared more about the way in which they are using music to explore gender issues.
Finally, participants were invited to join a group discussion; where questions were posed to the presenters, and additional resources and sources of inspiration were shared. We also heard from Begona Guzman and Lorea Gonzalez from UN Etxea, who shared more about their work to support arts-based education for sustainability. Click here to view all of this part of the event.
Continuing the conversation…
Participants were then invited to share their favourite resources, ideas, and questions regarding creative learning for sustainability. This facility remains open for participants to continue this ‘conversation’.
Event outputs
Please click on the hyperlinks below to view recordings of each element in this event:
- Overview and introduction to the theme
- Practice example #1: RCE Ruhr, Germany
- Practice example #2: RCE Czechia
- Practice example #3: RCE Basque Country-Navarre
- Group discussion, input from UN Etxea, and additional resources
Webinar #3
Our next webinar in this series will have a focus on ‘Exploring the potential of…youth participation in Education for Sustainable Development’. Further details will follow in due course.
Our warmest thanks goes to Peter Reichenbach, Jana Dlouhá, Laura Henderson, Samuel Fernandez-Diekert, Sonia Prieto, Begona Guzman and Lorea Gonzalez for providing us with such thoughtful and inspirational insights into their work. Our thanks goes also to Betsy King (RCE Scotland) and Jana Dlouhá (RCE Czechia) for co-leading on the organisation of this event.