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Education for Sustainable Development in Austria: Networking for Innovation

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Part of the book series: Schooling for Sustainable Development ((SSDE,volume 6))

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The chapter describes and analyses the development of major projects in Austria in the context of Environmental Education/ESD since the 1980s. The ENSI (Environment and School Initiative) Programme played a strong part in these developments within the school system, especially the Austrian Network ECOLOG (Eco-/ESD Schools programme) and the Education Support Fund for Health Education and ESD. Additional Programmes in Teacher Education (i.e. University Courses in Teacher Training) and a biannual Sustainability Award for Universities have been developed as spin-offs. The Austrian strategy for ESD as part of the UN Decade will also be reported upon. The analysis and appraisal is based upon theoretical concepts as well as empirical evaluation and research data.

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Notes

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    The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs as well as the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy.

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    http://www.htl-donaustadt.at/info/umweltmanagement/nachhaltigkeitsbericht/. Accessed 7 Feb 2014; and www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/esd/GoodPractices/Submissions/Countries/Austria/SCPT/2009AusSchoolSustinability.pdf. Accessed 7 Feb 2014.

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    www.ibc.ac.at: http://unternehmen.oekobusinessplan.wien.at/unternehmen/5217. Accessed 7 Feb 2014; and http://www.ibc.ac.at/website/index.php?id=206&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=606&cHash=51528cc4ad72a9dab21798bb6a350f1d. Accessed 7 Feb 2014

  4. 4.

    See http://www.umweltzeichen.at/cms/home/bildung/schulen/content.html. Accessed 7 Feb 2014.

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    http://www.bmwf.gv.at/startseite/forschung/national/nachhaltigkeit/. Accessed 7 Feb 2014.

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    Franz Rauch

  2. Sub-Department for Environmental Education, Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs, Vienna, Austria

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Rauch, F., Pfaffenwimmer, G. (2015). Education for Sustainable Development in Austria: Networking for Innovation. In: Jucker, R., Mathar, R. (eds) Schooling for Sustainable Development in Europe. Schooling for Sustainable Development, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09549-3_10

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