Educational Content

June 7, 2016

Sustainable Programmes: Environmental Living

In Step 3 of this year’s sustainable development campaign we will explore how we can apply sustainable development to our programmes. In this three part series we will explore what actions we can take to ensure that our programmes are as environmentally, economically and socially sustainable as possible.
June 6, 2016

Reflections on Peace Education from the Kompaz Team

For those of you who have been reading the blog posts from the Sustainable Development Team, you have seen that we have been focusing on the link between Peace Education and Sustainable Development.
May 30, 2016

Training Session: Introducing Sustainable Development

The first part of the session establishes that all of us have heard the phrase Sustainable Development and it identifies the most knowledgeable people in the room who are then recruited as facilitators for the second part. The second part is work in small groups and explores some key aspects of sustainable development. The third part links sustainable development to CISV’s mission and what each of us does in CISV.
May 16, 2016

How do we educate for Sustainable Development?

With this post, we want to explore the question: how should we approach educating for Sustainable Development? What makes this content area unique? What should you keep in mind when preparing and leading an activity?
May 2, 2016

Dig In: Introducing Sustainable Development through Activities

Sustainable development is the broadest of CISVs four content areas. In truth, Human Rights, Diversity and Conflict and Resolution could all fit under the large umbrella of Sustainable Development, although the approach to each theme could differ depending on what values, tools and ideas you bring with you.
April 25, 2016

What is Sustainable Development?

Sustainable development is difficult to define. The most commonly used definition, created by the Brundtland Commission – “how to meet the needs of the present without compromising the need of future generations to meet their own needs?” – was cited in the last post, but this is only one of many definitions used around the globe.
April 18, 2016

2016 is CISV’s Year for Sustainable Development

Each year, CISV International puts the spotlight on one of our four educational content areas. This year we focus on Sustainable Development – what is it? How should we understand what it means? How does it connect to Active Global Citizenship? How can we educate and empower people to take action in this area?