Programme Overview

Speakers (preliminary list)

Keynote speakers

• Franz X. Bogner, University of Bayreuth
• Judy Braus, NAAEE
• Bruce Johnson, University of Arizona
• Karen Malone, Swinburne University of Technology
• David Orr, Oberlin College
• Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes Univerity
• David Sobel, Antioch University
• Arjen Wals, Wageningen University
• and a representative of the Youth Congress.

Chairs of Panel Discussions (to be updated)

• David Orr, Oberlin College (Panel A)
• Peter Higgins & Robbie Niccol University of Edinburgh (Panel B)
• Daniella Tilbury, Commissioner for Sustainable Development and Future Generations (Panel C)

Invited Panelists (to be updated)

• Betsan Martin, International Alliance for Responsibility and Sustainable Societies (Panel B)
• David A. Greenwood, Lakehead University (Panel B)
• Beth Christie, University of Edinburgh (Panel B)
• Antonella Bachiorri, Università degli Studi di Parma (Panel C)
• Raquel Fratta, Empredimientos para la Nueva Economia (Panel C)
• Edgar González Gaudiano, Universidad Veracruzana (Panel C)
• Lyonpo Thakur S Powdyel, Former Minister of Education in Bhutan (Panel C)

Paralel Sessions

• EE in nonformal settings (Mukute & Chochoulouskova)
• EE in Anthropocene (Paulsen & Blekinsop & Malone)
• Action competence (Olsson & Sund)
• Sustainability at Universities (Varga & Gal)
• Early Childhood EE (Davis & Jancarikova)
• Transformative Learning (Lotz-Sisitka & Maqelane)
• Education for Environmental Citizenship (Hadjichambis & Hansmann)
• Climate change and EE (Monroe & Kolenaty)
• Outdoor EE (Johnson & Fryzova)
• Place-based EE (Bocko & Jorgenson)
• Whole School Approach (Goldman & Gericke)
• Arts, ethics, and EE (Jickling, Dlouha & Henderson)
• Bussiness and EE (Varga & Gal)

Field sessions (chaired by EE centers)

• Participative approaches in environmental education at schools (TEREZA) 1 DAY
• Schools as environmental campaigners (TEREZA) 1 DAY
• Animal farming in environmental education and animal welfare concerns (TOULCŮV  DVŮR) 1 DAY
• Folk traditions and traditional crafts in environmental education (TOULCŮV DVŮR) 1 DAY
• Learning by Nature (LIPKA) 2 DAYS
• Alienation from nature (STŘEVLÍK & SEDMIHORKY) 2 DAYS
• Nature and Community as the Best Classrooms (SEVER) 2 DAYS
• EE in modern ZOO (DIVIZNA) 1 DAY
• School gardens and school forests (CHALOUPKY) 2 DAYS
• Inquiry-based education (KAPRÁLŮV MLÝN) 2 DAYS

Field Trips

• Follow the Barrande’s footsteps
• Svatý Jan pod Skalou and Chrustenice mine
• Remarkable Trees in the Prague Centre
• Field trip to forest kindergarten
• Informal Education in Říčany Geopark
• Nature in Prague
• Sustainable visit to the Bohemian Paradise PLA
• Ecoeducation in the Blaník PLA
• The landscape of České středohoří
• Brown coal mining area
• Šumava – Czech National Park
• Guided tour of Zoo (Safari Express ride)
• Two-day trip to the Zoo in the Ore Mountains

Cross-cutting Dialogues

• Cooperation and networking in the ESE (Arjen Wals, University of Wageningen & Judy Braus, NAAEE)
• Linking education with local and regional sustainable development challenges (Tamara Mitrofanenko, UNEP)
• Developing ESD competencies of educators (Marco Rieckmann, University of Vechta)
• Creating Healthy Publishing Cultures: Being a Researcher in the Capitolocene (Arjen Wals, University of Wageningen)
• Mainstreaming sustainability at the university (Veronika Šafránková, UNEP)

Webinars

• The European Research Council - Funding opportunities, application and evaluation process (Jana Šiftová, Charles University & ERC)
• Birds can´t see glass – let´s help them (Gabriela Dobruská, Evžen Tošenovský, Lukáš Viktora, Czech Society for Ornitology)
• Mainstreaming sustainability at the university (Veronika Šafránková, UNEP)
• Constructive journalism as a way of fair reporting about climate change (Gosia Luszczek, International Young Reporters for the Environment Director)