Programme

“Ultimately, sustainability needs to emerge in the everyday fabric of life – in the minds of people and in the values they live by. Such emergence depends on how and what people learn, both individually and collectively”
– Arjen Wals (WUR / UNESCO Chair Holder Transformative Learning)

On 8 February 2022 SPARK the Movement organized an interactive online meeting with regional, national and European educators around the question:

How can we mobilize the imaginative power of the region, thus learning together how to take up global challenges and focus on the local impact we can make?

Our conviction is that sustainability needs to be a part of the ‘everyday fabric of life’, as mentioned by Arjen Wals in the quote above. The region seems to be the most suitable level to examine day-to-day life and business. Together we develop the expertise needed to learn for sustainable development.

As we need to include everyone’s talent in the quest, contributions are made by artists, scientists and educational craftsmen, both young and old, regionally active as well as from members from the European RCE Network. And of course, with you!

MORNING SESSION

9-12.30H (CET) – Boosting inspiration and energy

Power Lectures

The Whole School Approach – How to develop a school that is able to embed
transformative learning for social and environmental sustainability?
By Arjen Wals
The Blue Delta Region – How to develop broad prosperity for future generations living in a rural European region?
By Klaas Sietse Spoelstra