The first day of presentations and discussions on 9 July at the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development was very far from a discussion as panelists presented in the main forum, Review of SDG implementation and interrelations among goals: Discussion on SDG 4 – Quality education, and different governments and social representatives spoke...
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Pedro Walpole, SJ Rio+20 concluded with a loose package of commitments for action and agreement by world leaders for achieving the “future we want” – that is for all. Civil society is called to take up a participative role in this though the process is not clear. Many agree that sustainable development goals must...
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Simone Birkel “Environmental protection should become a subject in school,” Greenpeace requires in one of its recent news publications in Germany. As much as I support this demand, and the discussion about integrating environmental ethics in religious education, the question of whether education alone can achieve the necessary social change towards a sustainable lifestyle...
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