United States of America

Valerie Ellis

Creative Educators International Network, Inc., is a partner of the Earth Charter, and active in sharing the Earth Charter principles … Valerie Ellis

Creative Educators International Network, Inc., is a partner of the Earth Charter, and active in sharing the Earth Charter principles with our members. CEIN’s mission and vision are closely aligned with those of the Earth Charter. We work to transform the learning process with holistic and experiential value-creating education. We believe quality education is the foundation for a healthy, peaceful, and sustainable world. Our educators work in a variety of settings from traditional educational institutions and nonprofits to social enterprise companies and informal community-based settings. My background is in Montessori education with students ages 2.5 through 15.

Educators/Alumni

Ireland

Cathy Fitzgerald

The HAUMEA ECOVERSITY offers online and bespoke training for adults using the Earth Charter. In our comprehensive online course Embracing the Earth Charter, there is the opportunity to learn with others from across the world about how to easily communicate holistic Earth-aligned values for your creative practise, teaching, business or community leadership. Delivered online by accredited Earth Charter Educator Dr Cathy Fitzgerald (Ireland), with philosopher Dr Nikos Patedakis (California). This course will help you become fluent on why integrated, inclusive values endorsed by UNESCO are fundamental for personal-collective-planetary wellbeing and provides overview and community support about the huge shift in education toward sustainability and living well with all Earth’s inhabitants.

United States of America

Valerie Ellis

Kenya

Lucy Tengeye Nasimiyu

The Education for Sustainable Development certificate course has enabled me train the WERK members on the Earth Charter, and change my world view towards sustainability. The course has enabled me to be nominated as the EiE working group Coordinator for Kenya, giving me a leverage to share the Earth Charter components with the organizations and the Ministry of Education officials on the working group.

South Africa

Janika Heyerdahl

I have a BSc (Honours) in Biological Sciences, PGCE (Secondary Education and Further Education and Training) am currently completing my Masters in Research looking at the relationship between spirituality, morality and pro-environmental behaviours. I use the Earth Charter as a framework and guideline for the development of educational resources for homeschooling communities and to assist schools in developing a whole school approach to education that facilitates sustainable environmental and social development.

United States of America

Tahira Abbas

I am designing and implementing trainings that increase capacities of K-12 educators to more effectively incorporate and deliver ESD in their teaching, curriculum and student learning experiences. The training sessions aim, more specifically, to assist educators in the process of finding meaningful and relevant connections between ESD principles and their content area, and empower them with tools to embed sustainability values and principles in their instruction.

Kenya

Rose Mavisi

I trained as a teacher having earned a Bachelors of Education from Kenyatta University and thereafter studied for a Masters of Arts degree in language. I have taught in high school for many years then moved to the Catholic University of Eastern Africa. I am a teacher educator training teachers who graduate to teach in high school in Kenya. Creating awareness about the significance of the earth charter among these teacher trainees who to teach in high schools in Kenya.

Kenya

Lynette G. Kisaka

I work with the External Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in Kenya. My specific role is Quality Audit and Standards, which includes auditing quality assurance mechanisms in universities and conformance to set standards and guidelines in all areas of teaching, research and community outreach. Other areas of audit include specified SDGs and mainstreaming of ESD and GCE. What has been obviously lacking is focus on the Earth Charter in ESD. This is one area I will prioritise. For non-formal education, I am involved in training young people in our place of worship on Quaker Testimonies/Values (Simplicity; Peace; Integrity; Community; Equality; Stewardship). Simplicity is geared towards sustainable production and consumption and right sharing of resources as opposed to conspicuous consumerism. The other values are as espoused in the Earth Charter, although the Earth Charter is not mentioned. I hope to apply the make the training more experiential and practical, going forward.

United States of America

Debby Shining Sea Ellen

As Education Department Chair and Assistant Professor at Guam Community College, I am hoping to develop ESD courses and/or workshops such that we can engage educators throughout Micronesia in providing meaningful learning opportunities based on the principles of the Earth Charter. I am also co-chair of a local nonprofit which is working toward the creation of an Island School which would be based on the Earth Charter principles and place-based, interdisciplinary, thematic learning.

Brazil

Carolina Goncalves

I have a medical school degree from Federal University of Paraná (2000), a masters degree and PhD in surgical nutrition (2005 and 2010 respectively). I am a research fellow at Syracuse, NY – SUNY Upstate Medical University and a clinical fellow in advanced laparoscopic surgery at Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Clinic. I also have a specialization in Medical Education and curriculum development. My current interest is higher education and medical education, and my current position is Dean at Positivo University medical school.