Grünes Wachstum durch Hochschulbildung

Der Ansatz des EGEA Projekts

Abstract

Education for sustainable development is internationally recognized as an important mechanism for sustainable processes and a transformation towards an economy that conserves resources and acts environmentally sound. Shifting paradigms towards so-called "green growth" and a "green economy" can only be achieved by raising awareness at all levels of education, both formal and informal. In its curricula and the didactic approach of teaching concepts, higher education varies significantly from other learning situations and has the most potential to bring about a sustainable, broad empowerment of citizens and actors in political and economic decision-making with scientifically founded, sustainability-related content. The EU Erasmus+ project EGEA („Enhancing Green Economy in Three Countries of Asia“, 2018-2581 598470), in the area of Capacity Building in Higher Education, addresses this theory and develops and evaluates modules with and for higher education institutions from three Asian countries in four core disciplines. This action-oriented pedagogical approach supposes a catalytic effect of the universities sending graduates into the world who are able and willing to affect the future in a sustainable way and furthermore a transformative effect of their Third Mission.