Global learning/global education

Research for a sunny future!

WorldWideBlanket is a collection of Open Events to activate people creatively and emotionally. An Open Event, is a structure, of thoughts, opinions and experiences on the subject „living sustainable“.

Global education in Hungary, among the Hungarian minorities in Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, and in India (since 1977)

The Department of Environmental Management works for Environmental Science and Management as well as Sustainable development and Agenda 21 education issues on different education levels and target groups, runs Master programme in Environmental Management as well as several local and international education and research projects and courses in sustainable development and environmental management, development and management of coastal areas including. Institute is also a UNESCO Chair-holder in Sustainable Coastal Development.

The Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication was founded in 1996. Today, it is part of the Faculty of Environmental Technology at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. The institute's academic staff carries out research, teaching, and knowledge-transfer activities related to environment and sustainability communication. Scientific analysis, theory elaboration, and concept development are the key components of all research projects carried out at this institute. Their objective is to promote the development of competencies at the individual, institutional, and collective levels in order to create a future based on the principle of sustainability. In the autumn of 2005, this institute was awarded the UNESCO Chair in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. The Chair's goal is to integrate the principle of sustainability into teaching activities and strengthen the institute's international orientation by establishing new cooperative ventures.

ESTAruppin is a regional clerical and diaconal association. We support refugee integration, we conduct workshops and seminaries for global learning in the area „fair and global“ and we develop local campaigns, continuously enlarging this area of work. We are also involved in coalitions against racism and anti-semitism and participate in the reserve programme of Brot für die Welt (Bread for the World).