Seminar on Greening Education and Sustainable Development

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NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee member China Education Association for International Exchange is hosting a Seminar on Greening Education and Sustainable Development in Beijing, China on 1 November 2024.  

PROGRAMME

14h00-14h10 - Welcome Remarks
Moderator: Ms. FU Bo, Deputy Secretary-General, CEAIE 

Dr. LIU Limin, President, CEAIE
Mr. Nick Newland, President, NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee (online) 

14h10-14h30 - Keynote Speech:

Prof. Shahbaz Khan, Director, UNESCO Beijing Office 

14h30-14h45 - Panel One: Greening School and Greening Community

Expert introduces “greening school” and “greening community” and explores how green improvements in school facilities, equipment management, and administrative practices can be integrated into climate change education and lifelong learning. Construct system of practice and knowledge of Chinese climate change education

Prof. LI Jiacheng, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Institute for Lifelong Education, East China Normal University 

14h45-15h25 - Case Presentation 1: Setting up standards and experiments of low-carbon primary and secondary school in Beijing 

Dr. WANG Qiaoling, Deputy Director of Institute for Lifelong Learning and Education for Sustainable Development, Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences 

Case Presentation 2: Campus carbon inclusion: a new pathway for greening schools 

Ms. TAO Lan, Founder of Green Inclusive, Executive Director of Carbon Inclusive Committee of All-China Environmental Federation (online) 

15h50-16h05 - Panel Two: Greening Curriculum and Greening Teacher Training

Expert introduces UNESCO's Greening curriculum guidance: Teaching and learning for climate action and discusses the role of teachers in climate change education, as well as the support systems within the education system and society that enhance teachers’ capacity building 

Dr. Mu Jianxin, Senior Consultant, UNESCO Beijing Office 

16h05-16h45 - Case Presentation 1: The application of open source hardware in interdisciplinary theme activities on climate change

Prof. MA Hongliang, Associate Dean of Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University 

Case Presentation 2: Building a shared green vision: creating a multidimensional platform for greening teacher education 

Ms. LIU Jing, Head of Geography Teaching and Research Group, The Affiliated High School of Peking University 

Ms. HAN Yimei, Geography Teacher, The Affiliated High School of Peking University 

16h45-16h55 - Question and Answer Session

16h55-17h00 - Concluding Remarks