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RCE North East: UNU REGIONAL CENTRE OF EXPERTISE
IN EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

RCE North East was established in 2007 and came out of the North East Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD).

    The main purposes of the RCE are to
  • encompass a new vision of education,

  • empower people of all ages to assume responsibility for creating and enjoying a sustainable future, and

  • find ways of promoting and implementing the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the initiative adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.

RCE North East website

The proposal to UNU IAS was co-ordinated by Dr Aidan Doyle, Newcastle University, with co-authors Dr Caspar Hewett, The Great Debate and Prof Tony O'Donnell, former director of Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES). Click here for pdf of proposal.

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the great northern debate is an RCE North East project focused on six topics: Energy generation, Genetic modification, Developing Countries, Climate Change, Sustainable Education (Education, education, education?) and ‘What does sustainability mean?’

The project, which is an extension of The Great Debate's established Development, Sustainability and Environment series, will deliver

  • Public Workshops and debates
  • Courses in local schools (The Great Debate schools programme)
  • Action research into improving educational practice
  • Click here for full details

    Forthcoming Events:


    in association with
    North East Forum for Climate Change Research

    The Great Sustainable Energy Debate
    Tuesday, 7th October 2008
    Newcastle Business School, University of Northumbria

    with Jim Skea, Research Director, UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), Dermot Roddy, Sir Joseph Swan Institute for Energy Research and Kate Theobald, Sustainable Cities Research Institute

    Click here for details

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    North East Education for Sustainable Development Initiative

    The United Nations Education for Sustainable Development (EfSD) programme works on research and capacity development to integrate understanding of sustainability into curricula at all levels of education and in all sectors of society.

    Partners in the North East EfSD regional network include

    IRES Ubuntu pages

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