Tag Archives: sustainable development

What is a ‘living laboratory’, and why should all universities become one?

Posted on 16 November 2017 by GEM Report

Last year, the Planet chapter from the 2016 GEM Report formed the basis of the keynote presentation that kicked off the Education day at the COP22 in Morocco. UNESCO’s former Director-General Irina Bokova and the GEM Report’s Manos Antoninis were … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, higher education, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged climate change, cop23, higher education, sustainable development, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

Good news: Chile is going to cover climate change in its curriculum

Posted on 2 August 2017 by GEM Report

At the end of last month, the Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, said that climate change would become an obligatory subject for students to learn in the third and fourth grades of secondary school in history and science classes. The President … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, curriculum, Environment, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged Chile, climate change, curriculum, Environment, sustainable development | 3 Comments

Why we should increase peace-building capacities of teachers and youth

Posted on 6 July 2017 by GEM Report

By UNESCO-IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa) The propaganda and money used to lure young people into violent extremist groups such as Al-Shabaab in East Africa, Boko Haram in Nigeria and M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading →

Posted in peace, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged peace, sustainable development, Target 4.a, target 4.c, teachers | 4 Comments

And the winners of our youth photo competition are…

Posted on 10 May 2017 by GEM Report

We’re delighted to announce the three winners of the youth photo competition we launched just over a month ago around the themes of Target 4.7 in the new global education goal. Selected from a huge amount of talented submissions, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, Climate change, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged global citizenship, SDG, sdg 4.7, sustainable development, Target 4.4 | 5 Comments

Join our youth photo competition

Posted on 7 March 2017 by GEM Report

In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

What American textbooks say about Vietnam, and about Americans’ attitudes toward war

Posted on 11 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog examines what a country’s textbooks can tell us about their attitude towards war, and in particular how coverage of the Vietnam war has changed over time in American textbooks. It is part of a series of blogs on … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Sustainable development, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged Between the Lines Blog Series, curriculum, sustainable development, target 4.7, textbooks | 1 Comment

The Current State of Textbooks in Turkey: a denial of minorities

Posted on 9 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog looks at how Turkish textbooks could better incorporate the cultures, lifestyles and histories of ethnic and religious minorities. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report … Continue reading →