Education for Sustainable Development VI: Learning Organisations
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Adopting the principles of a learning organisation can enhance the ability of universities to embed education for sustainable development into teaching-learning, research and outreach. A culture of continuous learning and innovation equips students and staff to tackle the complex challenges of sustainability.
With 190 Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in more than 65 countries across the world, the Global RCE Network headquartered at the United Nations University in Japan could be the ultimate ‘learning organisation’ in the realm of sustainability.
Last year Leuphana University Lüneburg won Germany’s most prestigious award for sustainability in educational institutions. The university in northern Germany has been on a three-decade sustainability journey, embracing a ‘whole institution’ approach and infusing sustainability into all aspects of its teaching, research and operation.
The University of Victoria in Canada’s temperate rain forest zone, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, has blazed a global trail in integrating education for sustainable development with an expansive range of courses and activities, deepening its sustainability research and learning impact.