Creating a Sustainable City through a System of Citizen-Based Learning: ESD at Nagoya Open University of the Environment

Autor/inn/en	Chikami, Satoshi; Sobue, Kirstie
Titel	Creating a Sustainable City through a System of Citizen-Based Learning: ESD at Nagoya Open University of the Environment
Quelle	In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2 (2008) 2, S.127-139 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-4082
DOI	10.1177/097340820800200210
Schlagwörter	Open Universities; Environmental Education; Foreign Countries; Local Government; Citizen Participation; Regional Programs; Sustainable Development; Higher Education; Partnerships in Education; Program Development; Program Descriptions; Program Implementation; Educational Cooperation; Municipalities; Japan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Offene Universität; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ausland; Gemeindeverwaltung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Programmplanung; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Magistrat
Abstract	In Japan, environmental education partnerships among citizens, businesses and local government increased since new legislation was introduced in 2003, but there was little evidence of cross-sector collaboration until recently. Nagoya Open University of the Environment is a highly innovative, multi-sectoral citizen learning system founded in 2005 with the objective of positioning Nagoya City as a global centre of excellence in sustainability. This article discusses the university's background and structure and its achievements and outstanding issues, including (1) progress in cross-sector partnerships, (2) the voluntary participation of more than 20,000 citizens, (3) the implementation of classroom-based learning, surveys, field studies and social experiments, (4) the need for expansion and a stronger financial base, and (5) the importance of promoting ESD under the umbrella of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE), Chubu. (Contains 2 notes, 1 table, and 9 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10