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Speaker
D'Arcy Lunn
Founder & Director of Teaspoons of Change
For the past 22 years d’Arcy has given over 1800 presentations to 150,000+ people and worked with leading development, environmental, social justice and global education organisations and people. His self-initiated concept and organisation, Teaspoons of Change, focuses on the personal choices, decisions and actions that have a positive impact on people and the planet. d’Arcy is currently the Group Head of Sustainability and Global Citizenship with the EiM Dulwich Group of Schools based in Shanghai, China and is also an ambassador, advocate and enthusiast with many organisations including: World’s Largest Lesson, JUMP! Foundation, Global Citizen, End Polio Now, UNICEF, WHO, Gates Foundation, RESULTS, the Global Education and Leadership Foundation, Live Below the Line and many others…
- What is sustainability and global citizenship?
- How we can integrate a lens of sustainability and global citizenship into the everyday classroom
- Practical tools and practices the education sector might / could / should be thinking about to make a collective impact in sustainability and global citizenship...
Sustainability and Global Citizenship is not only becoming a nice thing for students, teachers, schools and the education sector to do, but a core enhancement of an education offering both in China and abroad. This session is designed for any and every educator, those working in education and parents of school-aged children and keen to see what is being done, and what ambitions exist, to make significant contributions to sustainability and global citizenship in the education sector. There will be a particular focus on education in China and from a pre-tertiary education perspective but relevant to anyone with an interest in education, sustainability and global citizenship. A couple of key topics and concepts covered will include global citizenship education, ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) , carbon mapping and supporting ideas for impact.This seminar will help you understand.