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.

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Video: Book launch, “Education for Sustainable Futures: Global Citizenship and the Earth Charter”

Watch a recording of the recent launch of “Education for Sustainable Futures: Global Citizenship and the Earth Charter“, an important new Emerald collection. The event features a brief outline of the work, and discussion with contributors on the themes that it covers. Watch it here.

Links available for further details of the launch, and the book website.

Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert Earth Charter

Podcast Interview on Sustainability and Global Citizenship Education

In this episode Dr. Deepak Bhatt from Business Talk interviews Dr. Namrata Sharma, faculty State University of New York, who discusses outcomes from her new book, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship (Bloomsbury 2025). The interview is aimed at a wider audience, beyond educators and academics, and for all those interested in working on sustainability issues within their own communities.

The recorded interview is available on these podcast channels:

Also available on:

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

Journal Article Published in the Cuadernos del Instituto Ikeda (Spanish)

“Integrar la ciudadanía planetaria como tema transversal y enfoque escolar integral: Aprender desde la creación de valor.”

Link to the article: https://institutoikeda.ediciones-civilizacionglobal.com/article/integrar-la-ciudadania-planetaria-como-tema-transversal-y-enfoque-escolar-integral/

Citation: Sharma, N. (2025). Integrar la ciudadanía planetaria como tema transversal y enfoque escolar integral: Aprender desde la creación de valor (A. B. García Varela, Trans.). Cuadernos del Instituto Ikeda, 8, n.p. https://institutoikeda.ediciones-civilizacionglobal.com/article/integrar-la-ciudadania-planetaria-como-tema-transversal-y-enfoque-escolar-integral/

Modified and translated version of an open access journal article in English:

Sharma, N. (2023). Integrating planetary citizenship as a cross-curricular theme and a whole-institution approach: using a value-creating approach to learning. International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.14324/IJDEGL.15.1.03

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.