Last updated: October 23, 2019

RCE Kunming

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Rce details
Region:
ASIA-PACIFIC
Country:
China
Overview
Date of RCE acknowledgement:
April, 2019
Description of RCE and Geographic Region:

RCE Kunming concentrates on environmental education and education for long-term sustainable development. RCE Kunming intends to build a comprehensive network covering several regions in Kunming, which includes six districts (Wuhua, Panlong, Xishan, Guandu, Dongchuan, and Chenggong), seven counties (Shilin, Luquan, Songming, Jinning, Fumin, Xundian, and Yiliang), and one city (Anning).

Kunming is located in the southwest of China and in the middle part of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. It is the capital of Yunnan province and radiates influence throughout Yunnan. It is also the center of education and scientific research in Yunnan province. 


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Goals and Objectives:

The vision of RCE Kunming is to promote to locals to take sustainable development (SD) as their mainstream belief and to form locals’ SD behaviour. Objectives:

  1. Capacity building on Kunming ESD
  2. Striving to integrate EE & ESD into curricular system of formal education
  3. Improving the public awareness of sustainable development, to form the public participation mechanism of ESD
Organisation Hosting RCE Secretariat:

College of Tourism & Geographic Sciences, Yunnan Normal University; Center of Environmental and Sustainable Development Education, Yunnan Normal University

Key Partners:

Name of organisation: Center of Environmental and Sustainable Development Education, Yunnan Normal University
Role: Supervision, Advisory and Management
Contact name: Miaoyuan Zhu
Contact email: theonlyzmy@126.com

Name of organisation: Habitat Nature Studio
Role: Secretariat and Implementation
Contact name: Honglian Hua
Contact email: hhl456@126.com

Activities
Current Activities:
  • Natural Science Enlightenment Courses
  • Natural Education for Creativity
  • Taiwan Natural Adventure Summer Camp
  • Tengger Desert Star Watching and New Energy Education Summer Camp


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Upcoming Activities:
  • Home · Activities for Kunming City Reading and understanding
  • Local Traditional Wisdom of Yuanyang Terrace Summer Camp
  • Development of Natural Education Courses in National Nature Reserves of Yunnan Province
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Wechat Public Number: gh_baf1b08ccdc1
Contact Details
Main RCE Contact:
Miaoyuan Zhu
theonlyzmy@126.com
Secondary RCE Contact:
Honglian Hua
hhl456@126.com
RCE Youth Coordinator(s):
Peijin Bao
General RCE email:
RCE mailing address for correspondence:

No. 1 Yuhua Zone of Chenggong, Kunming, Yunnan, China PO Box 1901, Yunnan Normal University
Kunming 650500 P. R. China