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Creating a Sustainable City through a System of Citizen-based Learning

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  • Satoshi Chikami
  • Kirstie Sobue

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In Japan, environmental education partnerships among citizens, businesses and local government increased since new legislation was introduced in 2003, but there was little evidence of cross-sector collaboration until recently. Nagoya Open University of the Environment is a highly innovative, multi-sectoral citizen learning system founded in 2005 with the objective of positioning Nagoya City as a global centre of excellence in sustainability. This article discusses the university's background and structure and its achievements and outstanding issues, including (1) progress in cross-sector partnerships, (2) the voluntary participation of more than 20,000 citizens, (3) the implementation of classroom-based learning, surveys, field studies and social experiments, (4) the need for expansion and a stronger financial base, and (5) the importance of promoting ESD under the umbrella of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCE), Chubu.

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  • Satoshi Chikami & Kirstie Sobue, 2008. "Creating a Sustainable City through a System of Citizen-based Learning," Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, , vol. 2(2), pages 127-139, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jousus:v:2:y:2008:i:2:p:127-139
    DOI: 10.1177/097340820800200210
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