Education for Sustainable Development

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This consultation on education for sustainable development (ESD) is sponsored by the E-Journal of Solidarity, Sustainability, and Nonviolence (SSNV). UNESCO has defined eight key areas that should be covered in education for sustainable development: gender equality, health care, environmental stewardship, rural development, cultural diversity, peace & security, sustainable urbanization, and sustainable consumption. There are 5 questions in each key area, for a total of 40 questions.

Needless to say, UNESCO is not responsible for any misconceptions that the questions might contain. Same applies to the answers to be entered, collected, and analyzed. Hopefully, this exercise will lead to some useful insights and perhaps even some recommendations about education for sustainable development, but there is no presumption that such results will be useful to UNESCO or any other institution.

You have been selected either because you are a member of the SSNV Google Group, or a participant in one of several fora related to sustainable development, or by another individual who has given us your name, because of your expertise in sustainable development and/or related global issues such as gender discrimination, the gap between the very rich and the very poor, and the deterioration of the human habitat.

The consultation form can be completed in a matter of minutes. Answer each of the questions to the best of your knowledge. All of your responses will remain anonymous. Complete the survey and press the submit button at the end. When you press submit, your answers are added to the survey spreadsheet. A summary of the findings will be made available to participants who provide contact information.

Thank you for your consideration and participation.

Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D.
Editor, E-Journal of Solidarity, Sustainability, and Nonviolence
http://pelicanweb.org/solisust.html
This is a monthly, free subscription, open access e-journal.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR GENDER EQUALITY

What is the most effective incentive for eradicating gender inequities? * Select the best answer:

Adherence to the traditional patriarchal family structure
Educating women to remain in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant
Supporting the subordination of women and the wisdom of patriarchy
Experiencing the benefits of gender balance in society and religion
Withdrawal of public subsidies to patriarchal religious institutions

Which is the greatest obstacle to gender equality? * Select the best answer:

God's desire for girls to marry when they are 9 years old
God's desire for people to understand that women are inferior to men
The misconception that only men are authentic images of God
The fact that only women can be mothers
The noble practice of allowing only boys to pursue post-K12 education

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of gender equality in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in fostering gender equality via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

What is the most effective incentive for improving health care practices? * Select the best answer:

The Hyppocratic oath
Education on the gift of love and the gift of life
Adequate compensation for doctors, nurses, and paramedics
Modern technologies for disease prevention and/or early diagnostics
Adherence to the principles of solidarity, sustainability, and nonviolence

Which is the greatest obstacle to improving health care practices? * Select the best answer:

Lack of modern health care technology
The cost of health care
Shortage of competent doctors and nurses
Scarcity of clean water and sanitation facilities
Irresponsible sexual behavior that degrades the human person

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of health promotion in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in fostering human health via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

What is the most effective incentive for living in harmony with the human habitat? * Select the best answer:

Having picnics, going camping, and being in contact with nature
The need to conserve minerals, soils, and biodiversity
Quick financial gain regardless of the consequences
The desire for solidarity, sustainability, and nonviolence
Indulging in extravagant consumption of goods and services

Which is the greatest obstacle to environmental sustainability? * Select the best answer:

The geographic distribution of population growth
The increasing gap between the very rich and the very poor
The U.N. Millennium Development Goals
Exponential growth in consumption per capita
The lack of appropriate environmental remediation technologies

In your own words, explain how to include environmental values in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in fostering environmental stewardship via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

What is the most effective incentive for rural development? * Select the best answer:

Fair compensation for farmers and all kinds of rural labor
Fair compensation, good schools, and social recognition
Access to good and affordable health care in rural areas
Limited access to good and affordable health care in rural areas
Access only to poor and unaffordable health care

Which is the greatest obstacle to rural development? * Select the best answer:

Young people opting to run away to the cities
Lack of good schools and good teachers
Lack of acces to competent and affordable health care
Too much work and unfair compensation
Depletion of soils and forest resources

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of rural development in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in fostering rural development via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY

What is the most effective incentive for valuing cultural diversity? * Select the best answer:

Knowing that cultural diversity enriches all cultures
Understanding the benefits of "unity in diversity"
Understanding the fragility and sterility of "unity in uniformity"
Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of conscience
Freedom from sexism, racism, and other forms of discrimination

In your own words, explain how to include the benefits of cultural diversity in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in enhancing cultural diversity via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND SECURITY

What is the most effective incentive for peace and human security? * Select the best answer:

American-style economic development for all nations
Globalization with or without trade protectionism
Diplomacy and international aid
Diplomacy and powerful military resources
Social justice and environmental justice

Which is the greatest obstacle to peace and human security? * Select the best answer:

Religious fanatism
Military imperialism
The widening gap between the very rich and the very poor
Continued use and abuse of the human habitat
Proliferation of human rights abuses, such as torture

In your own words, explain how to include the need for peace and human security in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in preventing war and improving human security via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION

What is the most effective incentive for sustainable urbanization? * Select the best answer:

Reduce urban police resources and allow crime in cities to increase
Alleviation of congestion and pollution
Heavy property taxes in cities over one million people
Investing in inter-city mass transit systems
Generous tax breaks for businesses that move away from large cities

Which is the greatest obstacle to sustainable urbanization? * Select the best answer:

Crime and other forms of violence
Congestion and lack of privacy
Not having disincentives to explosive growth beyond one million people
The high cost of maintaining urban infrastructure in good condition
The high cost of delivering food and other supplies to large cities

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of urbanization in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in moderating urbanization via education.

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

What is the most effective incentive for practicing sustainable consumption? * Select the best answer:

Better "enjoy life while you can, tomorrow will be another day"
The carrot of better health and the stick of heavy taxes
Education on the individual/social benefits of sustainable consumption
Heavy taxing of superfluous/luxurious consumption
The need for ensuring the survivability of "homo sapiens sapiens"

Which is the greatest obstacle to sustainable consumption? * Select the best answer:

The lack of awareness about "peak oil" forecasts
Financial manipulations for socially irresponsible quick profits
Consumerism and wealth accumulation by religious institutions
The failure of political institutions corrupted by vested interests
The resilience of the patriarchal mindset of power and domination

In your own words, explain how to include the issue of sustainable consumption in education for sustainable development. * Enter your answer in the box below. Brief answers are generally preferred, but go ahead and elaborate if you have evidence-based and/or experience-based ideas that should be considered in fostering sustainable consumption via education

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