Adult education providers can enable sustainable lifestyles and involve people in a green transition, through various activities, such as advocacy,
campaigning, festivals and community projects. By involving more people in activities and advocacy campaigns, institutions can ensure that sustainability is seen as an integral part of lifelong learning.
What you see below are four sub-areas related to areas of ‘Awareness Raising and Involvement of People’. Have a look at them briefly – does your institution have policies or practices in these sub-areas? If you’re interested in finding out how your organisation performs in this overall area of sustainability, you can take the self-assessment test that corresponds to the entire matrix.
SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN:
Showcase and use storytelling.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH:
Create public visibility for sustainability learning offers andactivities.
PRESS AND MEDIA:
Make contact and highlight sustainability learning offers and activities.
ONLINE VISIBILITY:
Highlight the sustainability work of the institution.
MARKETING:
Advertise learning offers and activities.
ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES:
Organise activities and initiatives for sustainability thatengage local communities.
PARTICIPATIVE METHODS:
Involve people through active participation methods.
DEMOCRACY BUILDING:
Promote and facilitate citizen participation in policy-making andlocal governance related to a green transition.
AWARENESS:
Make people and institutions aware of the importance of sustainability inlifelong learning.
CAMPAIGNING:
Launch campaigns to green adult learning and education.
INVOLVEMENT:
Promote and join national and/or international campaigns on sustainability.
LOBBYING:
Build relationships with political representatives and put forward policy actionsfor sustainability in lifelong learning.
TOOLS AND SERVICES:
Provide instruments to advance sustainability to adult learning andeducation institutions and stakeholders.
SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT:
Promote research on lifelong learning and the green transition.
ECOSYSTEMS:
Join or initiate networks to promote sustainability in local and regionalcommunities.
COMMUNICATION:
Use media and publication channels to promote sustainability eventsand initiatives taking place in the community.
PREMISES:
Open up the adult institutions’ spaces and resources for green discussions,meetings and events implemented in the local community.
COLLABORATION:
Organise joint activities and/or projects with sustainability movements.
LEARNING OFFERS:
Develop tailored trainings for members of local sustainability groups.
INVOLVEMENT:
Invite members of local sustainability movements to adult learning andeducation initiatives and campaigns.
