FGCU Quarterly Report Airs this Weekend!
 The latest FGCU Quarterly Report on environmental initiatives will feature the Center's Fifth Anniversay. The program can be seen on WGCU during the following times:
Friday, May 29, 2009, 8:30 pm
Saturday, May 20, 2009, 6:30 pm
Sunday, May 31, 2009, 11:00 pm
Center Launches Book on Three Continents
Almost half of the human population is under the age of 25. If we give young people education, political support, resources, skills, and hope, they will play a key role in creating a peaceful and sustainable future. The book Young People, Education, and Sustainable Development shows how to use this powerful opportunity for society.
The book includes 38 essays, representing a diversity of culture, geography, and generation. The 68 contributors come from 25 nations. They provide a global perspective on the theory and practice of education by and for young people. The Preface is written by Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, the Foreword by Gus Speth, and the Afterword by Ruud Lubbers.
The publication was co-edited at the Center by Peter Blaze Corcoran and by Philip M. Osano with editorial assistance from Joseph Paul Weakland and Brandon P. Hollingshead. It is a contribution to the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development. The global launch of the book took place at the Twelfth General Conference of the African Association of Universities on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in Abuja, Nigeria! See photos below.
 Akpezi Ogbuigwe, head of Environmental Education and Training at the United Nations Environmental Programmes (UNEP) Division of Environmental Policy Implementation
Goolam Mohamedbhai, Secretary-General Association of African Universities, and Past President, International Association of Universities
Heila Lotz-Sisitka, middle, holds the Murray & Roberts Chair of Environmental Education and Sustainability at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa
The North American launch took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 in Montreal, Canada at the World Environmental Education Congress (WEEC).
Contributor Arjen Wals discusses Dutch participation in the book
Peter Blaze Corcoran and Philip M. Osano discuss the book's concept and structure
The European Launch will be held in the Netherlands, the country of publication, in the autumn as part of the Dutch national education for sustainable development program, "Learning for Sustainable Development."
Book jacket comments:
"The development of youth leadership has been a central concern of my professional work. Young people have a lot to offer to sustainable development and should participate in planning for our planet’s future. This rich collection of theoretical and practical approaches captures the growing response of young people to this challenge. I am particularly pleased with the attention paid to the role of often-underrepresented regions of the world, to the role of women, and to the Earth Charter in the creating a peaceful and sustainable future."
Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Director General of IUCN (International Union for Conversation of Nature), and former Rector of the University for Peace
"This book is a rich, global tapestry depicting the inter-linkages among youth, education and sustainable development. What is particularly interesting is that it shows how education, at all levels, can be a powerful engine for promoting sustainability. This work is an important contribution to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development."
Goolam Mohamedbhai, Secretary-General, Association of African Universities, and Past President, International Association of Universities
Ishmael Beah to Return to FGCU for
Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue
 Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Stories of Hope and Redemption, has agreed to be a panelist at the Center’s annual Terry Tempest Williams Student Dialogue, planned for early November 2009! A Long Way Gone was read by all incoming FGCU freshmen in 2008 as part of the First Year Experience Readership Project. The book is a riveting memoir of Beah’s life as a child soldier in Sierra Leone, and how he struggled to regain his humanity and reenter the world of civilians. Beah also was the special guest speaker for the 2008 Convocation. |
