World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day
Live Webcast:
Manitoba Perspectives: What does Sustainability Mean to You?
DATE: December 3, 2010
TIME: 11:00 -11:55 am
TO PARTICIPATE: You can either watch the event from your own computer or you can set up a "node" in your workplace, school, university/college, community or organization to first watch the webcast (live or taped) and then to spend 30-45 minutes discussing sustainability, either using the questions provided or developing their own in relation to local interests or concerns. All that is needed is an internet-linked computer and an LCD projector.
To view the webcast http://www.rrc.mb.ca/sustainabilitymeans
BACKGROUND: The goals of the World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day are:
- to disseminate information on the concept, aims and purposes of sustainable development so that it can be understood by a broad public, and will include elements relating to its environmental, social, economic and policy aspects;
- to raise awareness among university students on the complexity of matters related to sustainable development and the need for personal engagement and action;
- to provide an opportunity to introduce projects and other initiatives on sustainable development that are being undertaken at international, regional and local level by schools, universities, government bodies, NGOs and other stakeholders; to discuss the problems, barriers, challenges, opportunities and the potential achievements with regard to implementing sustainable development, globally, regionally and locally.
This event is sponsored by the Manitoba Education for Sustainable Development Working Group (MESDWG), through the facilities of Red River College.