2017 RCE Awards for Innovative Projects on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
2017 RCE Awards for Innovative Projects on ESD
Established in 2012, the RCE Award celebrates projects and programmes on ESD within the Global RCE Network, honouring RCEs who have made outstanding contributions to address local sustainable development challenges in their regions.
The Award recognises projects and programmes that bridge local and global perspectives on sustainable development, those that engage with transformative learning and research, and initiatives that contribute to community engagement, research & development and capacity development of stakeholders and partners.
The winners of the sixth annual RCE Awards, presented at the First RCE Thematic Conference held in Okayama, Japan from 5-7 December, 2017 covered projects across the themes of Biodiversity, Climate Change, Health and Nutrition, Higher Education & TVET, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Youth. Recipients were awarded across three categories: (1) Outstanding Flagship Project, (2) Acknowledged Flagship Project, and (3) Honourable Mention.
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RCE Georgetown – Coastal institute for sustainability leadership Project Type: Contributing to community engagement Thematic Category: Climate Change
RCE Severn – Thread counts: A sustainable fashion and textiles forum Project Type: Engaging with transformative learning and research for sustainable development Thematic Category: Sustainable Consumption and Production
RCE Saskatchewan – Community collaboration for potash mine engagement Project Type: Contributing to community engagement Thematic Category: Sustainable Livelihoods
RCE Greater Portland – Global Goals Fair Project Type: Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners Thematic Category: Sustainable Livelihoods
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| ACKNOWLEDGED FLAGSHIP PROJECT |
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RCE Greater Dhaka – Environmental volunteering as an ESD tool towards implementing the SDGs in Bangladesh Project Type: Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners Thematic Category: Higher Education & TVET
RCE Greater Eastern Uganda – Mainstreaming environment and sustainability issues in university academic and non-academic programmes through RCEs Project Type: Engaging with transformative learning and research for sustainable development Thematic Category: Higher Education & TVET
RCE Severn – Changing communities, changing perceptions Project Type: Contributing to community engagement Thematic Category: Higher Education & TVET
RCE Espoo – Let’s learn sustainable lifestyles together Project Type: Engaging with transformative learning and research for sustainable development Thematic Category: Sustainable Livelihoods
RCE Greater Masaka – Lake Victoria catchment environmental education project Project Type: Contributing to capacity development of stakeholders and partners Thematic Category: Youth
RCE Kano – Community mobile solar powered tech classrooms Project Type: Contributing to community engagement Thematic Category: Youth
RCE Zaria – Design and development of an aquaponic filter for purification of contaminated water Project Type: Engaging with transformative learning and research for sustainable development Thematic Category: Youth
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| HONOURABLE MENTION |
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RCE Chandigarh – Documentation of state bird of Punjab, India: Northern goshawk Project Type: Species Protection Thematic Category: Biodiversity
RCE Penang - Choose, decide, and evaluate for healthy living Project Type: Contributing to community engagement Thematic Category: Health and Nutrition
RCE Port Harcourt – Participatory community engagement as an innovative approach for achieving SDG 17 Project Type: Contributing to community engagement Thematic Category: Youth
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