Cities and Local Authorities of the UN Decade
Towns, parishes and counties whose activities in the field of Education for Sustainable Development are considerably above average may be recognised as City and Local Authority of the UN Decade.
The Local Authority of Alheim, Hesse
The small north Hessian Local Authority of Alheim has 5.300 inhabitants and is focussing on the areas of regenerative energies, nature conservation, environmentally-aware tourism, health and regional organic food, multigenerational learning and new approaches to holistic health care through a ...
The city of Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Sustainable development and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) are topics of the utmost importance for the future plans of the city of Bonn. After the relocation of the Parliament and the lion’s share of the Federal Government, competences in policy areas were allocated in the ...
The city of Erfurt, Thuringia
The decision to draw up a concept for the sustainable future development of the State capital, Erfurt, for the 21st century highlighted the fundamental desire to take part in "Local Agenda 21" as an action programme for the future development of the city of Erfurt as early as 1998. Since then, ...
The city of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse
The Frankfurt city council meeting on 28th February 2008 voted to take part in the UN ESD Decade to pool existing education programmes with regard to education for sustainability and to develop new proposals. The "Fit for the future – learning how to be sustainable in Frankfurt" project, which ...
The city of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Education for Sustainable Development has been a core issue of work in Gelsenkirchen since the council voted unanimously on Agenda 21 in 1997. In less than 10 years, an exemplary network for sustainability and ESD has grown. An indicator of this is the extraordinary wealth of different projects ...
Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Hamburg Senate launched the "Hamburg Learns Sustainability" initiative in May 2005. It uses a logo to promote integration of the guiding principle of sustainable development in all areas of education. A Hamburg Plan of Action is produced annually with a comprehensive range of measures and a ...
The city of Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
Education for Sustainable Development in schools Heidelberg is primarily committed to the areas of saving energy, short-distance public transport, "One world" work and further training for teachers and pupils for "Education for Sustainable Development". The intention is to thus make the ...
The Local Authority of Hellenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia
The Local Authority is located in Eifel and has approx. 8.600 inhabitants, making it one of the smallest municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia. The overarching goal of the Local Authority includes creating a legally binding general framework for sustainable development of the quality of life, ...
The city of Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria
The Agenda 21 process in Upper Palatinate was started as a Bavarian model project in Neumarkt in 2002. The objective was to produce a city mission statement with a view to implementation involving as many citizens and local actors from civil society, associations, clubs and the private sector as ...
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