Courses
ATU Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Academy
The National Strategy on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to 2030 calls on higher education to transform learning environments, build capacities of educators, empower, and mobilize young people to become agents of change, and accelerate and support local-level actions.
ATU Teaching and Learning Centre in partnership with the ATU Centre for Sustainability launches the ATU Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Academy.
ESD empowers learners with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to take informed decisions and make responsible actions for environmental integrity, economic viability, and a just society empowering people of all genders, for present and future generations, while respecting cultural diversity.ESD is a lifelong learning process and an integral part of quality education that enhances cognitive, social, and emotional and behavioural dimensions of learning. It is holistic and transformational and encompasses learning content and outcomes, pedagogy, and the learning environment itself
UNESCO 2021
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Contact ATU ESD Academy
Dr. Mark Kelly is Head of the ATU Centre for Sustainability, co-lead of the ATU ESD Academy, and Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Building and Civil Engineering. Contact Mark.Kelly@atu.ie
Dr. John Scahill is co-lead of the ATU ESD Academy, and Lecturer in the Dept. of Building and Civil Engineering. Contact John.Scahill@atu.ie
Dr. Carina Ginty is Head of Teaching and Learning (Transformative Education & Sustainable Learning Futures) at ATU Teaching and Learning Centre. Contact carina.ginty@atu.ie or TLC@ATU.ie
ATU Climate Fresk Facilitators
Climate Fresk is a 3-hour collaborative workshop that explores the fundamental science behind climate change with a view to empowering participants to act, https://climatefresk.org/world/. ATU’s accredited Climate Fresk facilitators are listed below:
ATU Carbon Literacy Facilitators
Carbon Literacy training is an independently accredited training programme that focuses on supporting individuals, communities, and organizations to take impactful climate action and enact a cultural shift necessary for the transition to a low-carbon economy, see https://carbonliteracy.com/. ATU’s accredited Carbon Literacy Facilitators are:
Dr. Mark Kelly is Head of the ATU Centre for Sustainability, co-lead of the ATU ESD Academy, and Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Building and Civil Engineering.
Dr. John Scahill is co-lead of the ATU ESD Academy and Lecturer in the Dept. of Building and Civil Engineering.
‘SDGs to 2030’ Game
The ‘SDGs to 2030’ is an in-person multi-player game that simulates the ‘real-world’ and explores possible futures to 2030 and 2040. ATU’s accredited facilitators are:
Dr. Mark Kelly is Head of the ATU Centre for Sustainability, co-lead of the ATU ESD Academy, and Senior Lecturer in the Dept. of Building and Civil Engineering.
Dr. John Scahill is co-lead of the ATU ESD Academy, and Lecturer in the Dept. of Building and Civil Engineering
ATU ESD Publications
Sustainability and Student Empowerment at ATU
A collection of case studies from the N-TUTORR Transforming Learning national program (22-24)