An Early Look at Building a Social Learning for Sustainability Community of Practice

Harold Glasser
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Harold Glasser: Harold Glasser is associate professor in the Environmental Studies Program and the Environmental Institute at Western Michigan University, Kalamzoo, Michigan, USA. In addition to chairing the President’s Universitywide Sustainability Committee, he is one of the architects of RCE Grand Rapids’ flagship project. Email: harold.glasser@wmich.edu

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2010, vol. 4, issue 1, 61-72

Abstract: Grand Rapids is the first United Nations University (UNU) Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on education for sustainable development (ESD) in the United States. It builds on the region’s long history and deep foundation in research, planning and problem solving to build a sustainable future. This article explores the concept of RCEs as social learning for sustainability communities of practice in the context of experiences with creating our first flagship project, the City High/Middle Centre for Economicology. This model is used to broach the question of evaluation, indirectly, by suggesting the importance of identifying early indicators of likely success. It closes with six ‘meditations’ that were used to guide the flagship project and which may have wider relevance to the global RCE community.

Keywords: UNU RCE; social learning; communities of practice; ecocultural sustainability; K-12 education; evaluation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/097340820900400113

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