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Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development. Integrating sustainable development principles into professional practice: Initial training requirements for environmental scientists. Professional Practice for Sustainable Development (PP4SD). www.pp4sd.org.uk. Professional Practice for Sustainable Development.

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Sustainable Development

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  1. Sustainable Development Integrating sustainable development principles into professional practice: Initial training requirements for environmental scientists Professional Practice for Sustainable Development (PP4SD)

  2. www.pp4sd.org.uk • Professional Practice for Sustainable Development. • Inter-professional learning for sustainable development • Dialogue and exploration (action research) • Research • Continuous professional development • Training and support

  3. Purpose of research • To identify curriculum priorities for the initial training of professionals in the field of environmental sciences that will support professionals integrate sustainable development principles into their subsequent professional work. • Full report: http://gees.ac.uk/projtheme/esd/esdinprofprac.doc

  4. Purpose of today • Set the context of sustainable development • Describe the research • Describe some of the conclusions reached • Explore with you how relevant this is to your topic today

  5. UK government 2005

  6. Electronic questionnaire Sustainable development aspects Current and previous post Sample of IES members 46 returns Graduation from 1960s to last year Degrees in many science related subjects Environmental and ecological aspects Economic aspects Social/cultural aspects Systems thinking (inter-relationships) Future responsibilities Equity Practical aspects, eg legislation, company policies and practice, application of technology, Other aspects The Process

  7. Support for SD learning • Overwhelming support for the inclusion of SD in undergraduate environmental science related courses • “It defeats the purpose if not included” • Post graduate studies more specialised and less holistic than undergraduate studies

  8. What competencies/skills? • List what you consider are the sustainable development knowledge and competencies/skills needed … • Responses fell into categories: • Knowledge related • Skills related • Attitude/personality related

  9. Knowledge related • Specific - tied to their professional work • waste minimisation, management of flood risk, environmental impact assessment • Less specific - impacting on their practice • environmental management, environmental law • General • broad knowledge of the components of SD, impact of human activities , knowledge of systems thinking

  10. Skills related • Specific to a profession • social impact assessments, • General skills • good social and communication skills to work with stakeholders, working across disciplines • Adapting existing professional skills to the SD context • procurement

  11. Values, attitudes, behaviour • Not asked for in the research • SD a moral issue • equity, participation, future generations • Personal characteristics • “Don’t get too hung up on the academic qualifications – three of the most dedicated sustainable development practitioners I know have degrees in textile design, archaeology and media and TV studies. …. It is a matter of 30% training, 30% upbringing/experience and personal history, 30% inspiration and 10% luck/determination and character!”

  12. Summary • Strong support for SD skills /competencies from professionals • Strong support for including SD in degree programmes • Start made in identifying profession specific and generic competencies • Degree programmes not providing adequate education and training for SD • Perceived need for CPD in SD

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