RCE Greater Portland-2017

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1. Project Title: 
ESD Workshop at AASHE conference
2. Thematic area/s addressed by the project
Select your options: 
Other
Other (please clarify) : 
RCE development
3. Project partner contact information : 
Organization: 
UNU-IAS RCE Service Center
Role: 
Co-Presenter
Main Contact: 
Philip Vaughter
Name: 
Kim Smith
Affiliation: 
GPSEN
Email: 
kdsmith@pcc.edu
4. Project type
Select the relevant type for your project: 
Bridging local and global perspectives on SD
Engaging with transformative learning and research for SD
Contributing to community engagement
Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners
5. Project description
Provide a short description of the project including strategies, regional challenges, aims and specific project activities.: 

GPSEN Director Kim Smith presented an ESD Workshop at the AASHE conference, with UNU-IAS  Researcher Philip Vaughter, in Baltimore, Maryland, in October 2016. We provided an overview of the history of ESD, Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals, the Global Action Programme on ESD, the role higher education can play in helping achieve ESD initiatives, and ways to become an RCE.

6. Project status
Finalized
Description: 
While we only had about 15 people attend, we have had great success in supporting the development of new RCE candidates in the United States.
8. Tagging
Region: 
Americas
Tags (choose up to 5): 
Community Education