Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert Earth Charter, education for sustainability and global citizenship

Explore Earth Charter Masterclass Recordings for Global Citizenship

The Earth Charter International (ECI) is located at the University for Peace in Costa Rica. It has made available recordings of its Earth Charter Masterclass Series. These sessions were originally delivered live between 2022 and 2023.

As mentioned on the ECI website: The full collection includes 20 Masterclasses in English, 7 in Spanish and 7 in Portuguese. The topics range from ethical leadership and sustainability to climate action and education.

Read details and watch here!

Also includes a Masterclass on Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Opportunities – with Namrata Sharma

This class is aimed to:

  1. Offer an introduction to what global citizenship is, and what it means to be part of a global community; 
  2. Explore some approaches to teaching and pedagogy, including from less widely known perspectives; 
  3. Make connections between global citizenship education and the Earth Charter; 
  4. Engage with practical ideas and support for teachers who want to introduce global education into their practice (including guides, resources and further readings); 
  5. Offer links to networks of researchers and practitioners working in the field of global education, and related areas.

Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert education for sustainability and global citizenship

New Book Addresses Teaching for Sustainability and Global Citizenship

Delighted to announce the arrival of my new book, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship: Intercultural, ethical, and justice-based approaches published by Bloomsbury (2025).

It asks how we can address teaching for sustainability and global citizenship for social-ecological justice based on alternative paradigms, and offers practical solutions for planetary citizenship for educators and policymakers, including teaching and curriculum guidelines.

Link to the book, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship

Link to the B𝗼𝗼𝗸 P𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄

Book Launch for Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship: event held at the Daisaku Ikeda Research Institute for Education and Development (IEDDAI), University of Alcalá, Spain on 20 February 2025. Recorded on YouTube.

Join the next book launch webinar event at the Development Education Research Center (DERC), IOE – University College London (UCL) on 23 April 2025.

Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert Earth Charter

5th anniversary commemoration of the Daisaku Ikeda Institute for Research in Education and Development (IEDDAI), University of Alcalá

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.

Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert Earth Charter

Earth Charter International 2024 Conference

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.

Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert Earth Charter

The North-South Centre of the Council of Europe 2024 Thematic Seminar

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.