ESD Conferences (reversed chronology)
'Education for Sustainable Development: Global Dimensions’, seminar as part of the Welsh Assembly Government funded Living Sustainably module, a generic course open to all students and staff at University of Wales Swansea (UWS) and Swansea Institute of Higher Education (SIHE), 4 (SIHE) and 5 (UWS) November 2004.
Invited Opening Keynote Address: ‘World Wise: Can universities be models for ethical and sustainable communities?’ at the 13th biennial Conference of the Australian Association for Environmental Education ‘Creating Ethical Communities Now: footprints, pathways, possibilities’, Adelaide, 28 September – 2 October 2004. [accessible @ http://www.aaee.org.au/docs/2004conference/keynote-Jucker%20R.doc]
All day workshop on ‘Education for Sustainability and Higher Education’ at the 13th biennial Conference of the Australian Association for Environmental Education ‘Creating Ethical Communities Now: footprints, pathways, possibilities’, Adelaide, 30 September 2004.
Invited Presentation to the National Environmental Education Council (NEEC) of Australia, D'Vine Function Centre, Adelaide, 28 September 2004, entiteled ‘Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): The Welsh Picture (focus on FHE)’.
The Learning and Teaching Conference 2004: Delivering Excellence, Higher Education Academy, University of Hertfordshire, 29 June – 1 July 2004. Discussion Session: 'Excellence in Learning and Teaching and Sustainable Development: the Links: Higher Education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)' (together with Professor Stephen Martin and Professor Brian Chalkley).
International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 29-30 March 2004, University of Manchester, UK. Papers: 'Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): the Welsh Picture' and 'Educating Earth-literate Leaders' (together with Professor Stephen Martin, Visiting Professor, Centre for Complexity and Change, Open University).
Sustainable Regions Final Conference, 28-29 January 2004, Cardiff International Arena. Invited to chair the workshop on 'Building knowledge and competence in SD'.
Invited Keynote Address: 'Educating Earth-literate Leaders' (together with Professor Stephen Martin, Visiting Professor, Centre for Complexity and Change, Open University) at the international conference 'Education for a Sustainable Future: Shaping the Practical Role of Higher Education for Sustainable Development', organised by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and Charles University Prague, Karolinum, Prague, Czech Republic, 10-11 September 2003.
Geography, Serving Society and the Environment, RGS-IBG International Annual Conference London, Royal Geographical Society, 3-5 September 2003. Invited paper (by the Higher Education Research Group, Session: Geography and Sustainability in Higher Education): 'Should the Higher Education Sector embrace Sustainability?' (together with Professor Stephen Martin, Visiting Professor, Centre for Complexity and Change, Open University)
Guest lecture on M.A. (Ed) Module and Short Course in 'Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship', Swansea Institute of Higher Education, Townhill Campus, 5 June 2003, 6-9pm: 'Ecological footprints and educational implications'.
'What is Sustainability?' Talk given on invitation of the Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea Museum, Wednesday 26 March 2003, 1.10-1.40pm.
Organiser: Education for Sustainable Development: The Challenge for Higher, Further and Adult Education, Conference & Workshops, University of Wales Swansea, 17 March 2003, Fulton House, 9am - 4.30pm. Paper: 'A Vision for a Sustainable University'.
Our Swansea – Action for a Sustainable Future, George Hall, Guild Hall, Swansea, 5 December 2002. Paper: 'What is Sustainable Development?'
Co-facilitator on 'The Global Environment: A Sustainable Future?', DACE [Department of Adult and Continuing Education] UWS course, Environment Centre, Swansea, 21 March 2002: 'Community Perspective'
'What is a Sustainable University?' Talk given at the Environment Awareness Week 2002, University of Wales Swansea, 25 February 2002.
Guest lecture on 'The Global Environment: A Sustainable Future?', DACE [Department of Adult and Continuing Education] UWS course, Environment Centre, Swansea, 17 January 2002: 'Globalisation, Development, Sustainability and you!'
Taking Nature Seriously (TNS): Citizens, Science, and Environment. Creating common ground for uncommon dialogue, 25–27 February 2001, Univerity of Oregon, Eugene. Paper: 'Sustainability? Never heard of it!' Some basics we shouldn't ignore when engaging in Education for Sustainability (EfS).
German Studies Library Group Conference, Clyne Castle/ UWS, 3–5 September 1998. Paper: Green Utopias? Real Solutions. An Introduction to Sustainability and how it can be achieved.