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  1. A sustainable future

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  • Why now and not later?
  • Enablers of sustainable development
  • Towards a sustainable future along the path based on national core curricula
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Why now and not later?

Vihreä piirros neljästä linnunpoikasesta pesässään huutamassa ruokaa
  • We wouldn’t want to live in a time like that – Students’ thoughts of the year 2050 – Anjuli Korhonen, MA & Paula Mattila, Counsellor of education, EDUFI
  • The importance of education in achieving a sustainable future –  Kati Anttalainen, Senior Specialist, Ministry of Education and Culture, Secretariat for International Relations
  • The global dimension of sustainable development – Riikka Suhonen, MA, Doctoral Researcher and International Affairs Coordinator
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Enablers of sustainable development

Purppurainen kuva kartasta, jossa on ikuisuussymbolin muodostava junaratamalli, irtonaisista puujunaradan osista sekä kuusenpaloista
  • Sustainability of the learning environment – Pauliina Jalonen, Specialist, and Mari Sjöström, Senior Specialist, Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
  • Sustainable school meals – Marjaana Manninen, Counsellor of education, EDUFI
  • From transformative learning to future competence – Maria Joutsenvirta, Researcher
  • Building a sustainable educational institution – Niina Mykrä, PhD, Executive manager, Finnish Association of Nature and Environment Schools
    • Case example of a sustainable day-care centre – Environmental panels at Daycare Neulanen – Karoliina Silander, Teacher (ECEC), Daycare Neulanen
    • Case example of a sustainable primary school – Lauttasaari environmental agents – Tiina Halttunen, Teacher, Vattuniemi primary school
    • Case example of a sustainable comprehensive school – Schools in the municipality of Ii – Maria-Riitta Paaso, Sustainable Development Coordinator and Tuomo Lukkari, Director of Education, Municipality of Ii
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Towards a sustainable future along the path based on national core curricula

Sinisävyinen kuva pyörätuolilla eteenpäin huristelevasta tyttöhahmosta
  • Transversal competence in sustainable development– Anjuli Korhonen, MA & Paula Mattila, Counsellor of education, EDUFI
  • Sustainable development as vocational competence – Nani Pajunen, Leading Specialist, Sustainability solutions, Sitra
  • Pedagogy that supports sustainable development in ECEC and care and pre-primary education – Mari Parikka-Nihti, Specialist in children's nature activities, Suomen Latu – the Outdoor Association of Finland, and Markus Hilander, University Lecturer in Environmental Education, University of Helsinki
  • Pedagogy that supports sustainable development in general education – Essi Aarnio-Linnanvuori, Postdoctoral Researcher, Tampere University
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