A commemorative event was held on 19 June 2024 to celebrate the anniversary of the Ikeda Institute established at the Universidad de Alcalá, Spain.
Read the Institute’s news article.
Also featured in the Soka Gakkai de España (SGEs) monthly magazine, Global Civilization, July 2024, No. 231, and the Seikyo Newspaper, Japan.
Delighted to share on World Environment Day, the publication of our journal article engaging the Instituto Soka Amazônia in Manaus, Brazil, with reference drawn to the Earth Charter.
It showcases one example of the critical work being done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as key actors in the fields of Sustainability and Global Education.
Article Reference: Sharma, N., and Kobashikawa T. (2024). Preserving biodiversity of the Amazon: Pedagogical implications for harmonious coexistence, sustainability and global citizenship. ZEP – Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik, 47(1), 16-19. https://doi.org/10.31244/zep.2024.01.05
Also see this blog post by the Soka Amazon Institute featuring the academic article.
Reimagining Education for Ecological Civilizations, Florida, 12-14 April 2024.
The three-day conference built on four previous Earth Charter International (ECI) Conferences focused on education for sustainability and global citizenship, and for planetary well-being.
The recent conference truly reflected the spirit of the Earth Charter embodied by colleagues at ECI, the conference hosts, and participants.
Further, the presentations, keynotes, and discussions suggest growing evidence-based research and practice in the field of education for sustainability and global citizenship, and the use of the Earth Charter as a global ethical framework, and an educational approach.
Read Conference Report.
The benefits of an intercultural and holistic approach to education for sustainable development: a North-South perspective. University of Malta. 19 April 2024.
The Global Education thematic seminar is part of iLEGEND III: Intercultural Learning Exchange through Global Education, Networking and Dialogue (2023-2026), a Joint programme of the European Union and the Council of Europe: co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.
The seminar was attended by policymakers, practitioners, and speakers, including members of the Academic Network on Global Education & Learning (ANGEL).
More information can be found via this link.
Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest French-language university in North America, located in Québec City, Canada.
The Ikeda Study Center for Global Citizenship, Dialogue and Peace Education hosted a webinar on February 2nd, 2024 discussing value-creating global citizenship education for sustainable development, with a focus on the educational ideas of the Indian political leader and educator, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Japanese educators, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Daisaku Ikeda.
Fifty portraits of peacebuilders and cosmopolitan citizens – chapters in German and English.
Includes a chapter (in English) on the Japanese educator and peace activist, Makiguchi.
Sharma, N. (2023). Tsunesaburo Makiguchi (1871-1944). In Lang-Wojtasik, G. and Bastian, T. (Eds.). Friedenshoffnung Weltbürgertum. Fünfzig Porträts [Hope for Peace, Global Citizenship. Fifty portraits] (pp. 109-115). Ulm: Klemm+Oelschläger. ISBN 978-3-86281-184-7
On 24th August 2023 a symposium titled “Global Citizenship as a Pedagogy of Hope” was held at a conference organized by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) on themes related to #interculturaleducation #socialjustice #sokaeducation #globalcitizenshipeducation and #sustainability
Access the Seikyo newspaper article published on 2nd September 2023 via this link, also copied below.
Discussing #global citizenship and #sustainability – interview published in GLOCITED, an editorial project led by UNESCO Chair in GCED and colleagues at the University of Bologna.
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