European Foundation for Education and Sustainable Development

European ESD-Net

CEEE 2008 15–19 October, Valletta, Malta

10^th Conference on Environmental Education in Europe

Thinking and acting outside the box - a European contribution to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

The European Foundation for Education and Sustainable Development and the Centre for Environmental Education & Research in Malta hosted CEEE’s 10^th Conference, which was being organised under the aegis of the European Foundation for Education and Sustainable Development (European ESD-net) in collaboration with the Centre for Environmental Education & Research, University of Malta.

The conference was opened by Professor Juanito Camilleri (Rector of the University of Malta), the Honourable Dolores Christina (Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport) and Dr Mark Alderweireldt of European ESD-net, welcoming the participants to the conference.

The address on the first day The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: from here and now to there and then was given by Chris Maas Geesteranus, also from European ESD-net. The text of the day one address is available for viewing or downloading by clicking here.

Day two opened with the address The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: Environmental Education Challenges in a Complex World by Vincent Caruana (Centre for Environmental Education & Research, Malta). The text of the day two address is available for viewing or downloading by clicking here.

Lively discussions took place in the Round Table Sessions through the conference, which included topics with the themes of:

· The transformative nature of individualised environmental education

· The transformative nature of community-based environmental education

· The politics of environmental education: a tool for empowering disadvantaged and marginalised groups

· The politics of environmental education: A tool for empowering learners.

A manifesto for CEEE was produced as an output from the conference and may be viewed or downloaded by clicking here.

The proceedings from the CEEE 2008 conference are available in full for viewing or downloading by clicking here.

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Participants of the CEEE 2008 conference in Malta