Dear Colleagues,

Reference: Call for Contributions: World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2020, 4th December 2020


With this message, we invite you to participate in the World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2020 - A Global Movement on Sustainable Development Action - which is going to be carried out online  on 4th December 2020. 

The World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day 2020 (WSD-TID 2020) marks the beginning of a decade-long global movement that aims to raise and spread awareness about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. It is a major online event that aims to accelerate progress towards achieving the UN SDGs at the grassroots level by focusing on sustainable education. We seek to infuse sustainability thinking into current education systems and inspire current and future students by reorienting educational practices and also to mobilize and equip teachers with solid, hands-on knowledge about the SDGs so that they can integrate them into their curriculum/teaching.

During this day, thousands of lectures on sustainable development and on
the SDGs will be held at universities in Europe and round the world, mobilising
teaching staff and learners from all continents. This reports on the 2003 event:

http://www2.nau.edu/green-p/index.php/events/february-8th-is-world-sustainable-development-teach-in-day/

The WSD-TID 2020 adopts an open access format, thereby facilitating networking and knowledge transfer within a truly international, digital learning environment. Academic staff from universities all over the world are encouraged to partake in this global sustainability initiative by contributing with power point presentations designed as an open educational resources (OER), prepared in English, German, French, Portuguese or Spanish, and related to any of the four categories listed below. The presentations will then be collated and made accessible in the WSD-TID 2020 website – www.dl4sd.org 
The themes are:
 
Category A: Theory and practice of sustainable development

Category B: Environmental, social, political and economic aspects of sustainable development

Category C: Education, communication and training on sustainable development.

Category D: In-Campus and regional initiatives involving different groups and stakeholders whose approach/methods may be replicable or likely to be of interest to a wide audience.

How does it work?
It is very simple: we invite teaching staff at universities round the world,  to produce a power point presentation in one of the above topics. Accepted presentations will be made available for free download and use by students from round the world on 4th December 2020, the World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day.

 
Expressions of interest to take part , indicating a tentative title, name of the author(s) and the relevant submission category should be sent to: BarbaraMaria.FritzenGomes(at)haw-hamburg.de by 15 July 2020 at latest. Further details will be shared. 
All contributors expressing their interest will receive a starter’s package with detailed guidance on how to prepare an OER presentation.
The power point presentations are expected to be sent to us by 30th September 2020.

The WSD-TID is organized by the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) [https://esssr.eu]  and the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) [https://haw02.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/programmes/iusdrp.html] and led by the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) and Manchester Metropolitan University (UK). Key partners include UNEP, UNESCO, African Union etc.

Website: https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/events/teach-in-day-2020.html. In case of any further questions, feel free to contact Franziska Wolf  (franziska.wolf(at)haw-hamburg.de)  or Cíntia Nunes (Cintia.Nunes(at)haw-hamburg.de).

You are welcome to share this e-mail as well as the attached document with other universities and interested colleagues!

Best regards,

The Organising Team
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