RCE Greater Western Sydney (GWS) organized a two-hour Roundtable on ProSPER.Net at Western Sydney University (WSU) on October 4, 2016.

Prof. Mario Tabucanon, Researcher at UNU-IAS, provided an overview on ProSPER.Net development, its progress and networking activities.

RCE Greater Western Sydney is organizing a ProSPER.Net Roundtable at the University of

More than 6,000 researchers, educators, students, and citizens from Japan and abroad will meet during two Sustainability Weeks in Hokkaido. During the last two weeks in October, the latest scientific knowledge on sustainability will be discussed in different symposia, workshops and showcased in exhibitions. For more information visit: http://sustain.oia.hokudai.ac.jp/sw/2016/

In an effort to step up the contributions of the global RCE network beyond the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), and in order to strengthen its capacities towards implementing the SDGS and the priorities of the Global Action Programme on ESD, it is necessary to protect the integrity of the global RCE network and to promote the quality of practice, consistent with the principles of good governance.

If your school is in South East Asia and has implemented activities to reduce energy consumption within the school, you are invited to participate in the 2016 SEAMEO-Japan ESD Award. This will give you the opportunity to be recognised as a model of best practices in Energy Conservation and to promote ESD across South East Asia. Deadline for submission is 25 November 2016.

The three winners of the 2016 UNESCO-Japan Prize on ESD are:

1) the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development (CCREAD-Cameroon) from Cameroon, a youth-lead programme which targets children, youth, women and indigenous groups in marginalized, hard-to-reach communities

2) the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission from Japan, involving 240 organizations which show a highly unusual systemic and city-wide approach to ESD

The Business of Sustainable Tourism program funded by the Australian Commonwealth's New Colombo Plan Mobility Project connected eight Western Sydney University students with local tourism networks in South Korea.

Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Tourism Management under the Destination Management Unit, along with two university staff, undertook a two-week transformative study tour in July of 2016. Based in the Tongyeong Sejahtera Centre and the city of Busan the students learnt about sustainable and cultural tourism and embraced the local cultures and cuisine.