Public Programme after the Conference
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German ESD Round Table in the wake of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
The German Commission for UNESCO, the National Committee of the UN Decade of ESD and the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia invite the participants of the World Conference to join the German ESD Round Table that will take place on 3 April 2009, from 9 am until 5.30 pm. Venue is the Headquarters of the German Telecom in Bonn.
More than 200 participants from a wide range of institutions and backgrounds are invited, namely the members of the German Round Table as well as of the German National Committee of the DESD, representatives from ministries, civil society, educational organisations, local and regional ESD-activists etc. Central elements of the Round Table will be reporting from the World Conference, venturing the results for the implementation of the UN Decade in Germany, exchange between German and international actors, and identifying key priorities for the second half of the Decade.
Organizer: German Commission for UNESCO, contact person Cathrine Caspari caspari(at)esd.unesco(dot)de
Date and venue: 3 April 2009, 9-17.30h, Telekom Headquarters, Bonn, Germany
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Please note that participation in the Round Table is limited to registered World Conference participants. Note also that your registration is complete only upon receiving a confirmation e-mail.
Arte Sustenibile - Art, Design and Sustainability
The exhibition makes sustainability a first-hand experience. Themes are the protection of natural resources, energy efficiency, the reduction of greenhouse gases, encouragement towards tolerance and humanitarian aid, reduction of social discrimination and the observation of human rights. Arte Sustenibile presents practical examples of art and design from more than 60 artists from all over the world: I.E. Solar Art, wind games, art in context with public transportation, art made from or with renewable resources, recycling art, art against war. Very popular are the human powered kinetic art objects and vehicles. Solar architecture and solar-flying without noise and exhaust gases are given attention, too.
Most fascinating is a world record car: The Swiss Paccar II makes incredible 5385 km with only a one-litre petrol equivalent. Included in the exhibition are designers, architects, video artists, photographers, painters, and sculptors. In part, different groups of persons contribute, even from the margins of society. There are wind plays made by young prisoners and works from artists who are involved with homeless people.
Organizers: Association for Arts, Health and Education, patronage: German Commission for UNESCO
Date and Venue: 06.03.-05.04.2009, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, 53113 Bonn
Forest forum
With the forest forum we will show how important forest can be to explain the Education for Sustainable Developement. There will be a "green classroom" which is surroundet by trees, logs will serve as benches. It´s located on the Münsterplatz in the middle of Bonn. We will invite pupils of Primary Schools and Kindergarden-Children to the "forest forum". In a forest-like atmosphere four classes or groups each day will learn facts about forests, sustainable utilization of wood and the sustainable developement. Because of the public location other people will see this event and have the chance to get some informations about Education for Sustainable Developement.
Organizers: German Association for the Protection of Forests and Woodlands
Date and Venue: 30.03 - 06.04.2009, 8.00 am to 7.00 pm, Münsterplatz, 53115 Bonn inner city
