Sustainability Education Stories Archive
Towards Sustainable Schools
The United Nations ratified the Sustainable Development Goals in 2016, signifying the biggest worldwide approach to tackling sustainability since…
The Time Has Come For A Sustainable Education
A simple definition of sustainability refers to “a set of conditions and trends in a given system that can continue indefinitely” Atkisson (2012). It relates to interdependent systems…
A RADICAL RETHINK: WHAT COVID19 TEACHES US ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SCHOOL EDUCATION?
In the wake of death, the current Covid-19 has wrought a pandemic of pain, suffering and introspection. Within our various states of suspended…
Is Covid-19 a game-changer for education?
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a dramatic interruption in the way we do schooling across the globe. Schools in SE Asia have been shut since January and in the US, Europe and…
Is the pandemic a unique moment of pivot?
My thoughts and feelings during the pandemic. A snapshot is 1. will the universality of the pandemic experience shift individual and collective consciousness and manifest as a…
The Case for Mindfulness in the Time of COVID-19
If the global pandemic is to be a ‘trigger’ event, a moment of disruption that ushers in a new global chapter, what factors will determine the shape of this new chapter? And what is the role of …
Beyond the Horizon
What happens to distance education after Covid-19? It probably beats most other models…
A Palestinian's Perspective on the Current Crisis
The coronavirus is an escalating pandemic that has changed our lifestyles. It is a serious global pandemic that does not distinguish between colour, race or religion, to the extent that it seemed fair to many Palestinians. This crisis forced us to…
Covid-19 & Me
I live in Ibiza, one of the Balearic Islands off the south east coast of Spain. You might have heard of the louder, party areas, like Ibiza Town and Sant Antoni de Portmany, but mostly it is quiet. Now, it …
The Beach & Cigarettes
If there is one thing that was clear to all of us who attended the disturbing , challenging, but ultimately uplifting Sustainability Education summit in Berin last May, it was that each one of us had to become an agent of change; to “be a…
How the covid-19 lockdown has impacted UWC student Nasratullah Elham
Listen to Elham tell his story. Find out how the measures taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are impacting the education of an Afghan student in Thailand.
Perspective & Wellbeing in Isolation
Just over a month ago, as Italian hospitals were becoming overwhelmed, the number of COVID-19 related deaths were increasing exponentially, and people in Italy went into “lockdown”, I was at home in…
Create the wave, we have the power of a meteor
Humans are creating a unhealthy situation for the health of the earth. Many people do not know they are doing this and it is a good thing to do to make people aware and create…
My relationship with the corona virus
My relationship with the coronavirus thus far has been quite fickle. We’ve been attached to each other for quite a while now. I live in Hong Kong which borders the…
Coronavirus offers chance to throw off shackles of ideology and orthodoxy
South Africa’s leaders must face this economic crisis with boldness and creativity and take an unexpected opportunity to rebuild the economy for the long…
Covid-19, the Climate Crisis and Lockdown – an opportunity to end the war with nature
With the coronavirus, we are really trying to mitigate the revenge blow from nature. It’s a moment to be humble and realise our finitude in a wondrous and infinite…
All world leaders face mega COVID-19 crises: how Ramaphosa is stacking up
The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme crisis that puts government under severe pressure. It puts the political judgement of the president or prime minister under the most….