Alongside good food, two of my greatest passions are teaching and sustainability, so of course I had to sign up for the Educating for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Schools and Universities course run by UCL (University College London) through Future Learn.
This is particularly interesting as the UN Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 states: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.
That means we have less than seven years to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development. Seven short years.
It is therefore my own personal goal, that in addition to sharing sustainable, plant-based recipes on this blog, I will also be able to share some of my learnings as an educator as I delve deeper in to the world of Education for sustainable development, or ESD.
Certainly in the last school I worked in, we spent a lot of time considering how we could integrate the SDGs in to our own curriculum (as a private international school we were quite fortunate that we had a bit more flexibility in terms of how and what we taught). I'd love to hear your ideas on how ESD are taught in your school, and if and how you linked this to the SDGs.
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