Students:International Spring School on Sustainable Development 2014

This is the main information page and work space for the International Spring School on Sustainable Development 2014 to be held on 30 March - 5 April 2014 in Týnec nad Sázavou, Czech Republic. It is organised by the Charles University Environment Center in collaboration with the Open University of the Netherlands and funded by the project "Interdisciplinary Sustainable Development Network" (OP VK, Czech Republic).

Promotional flyer

File:International Spring School on SD 2014 flyer-electronic.pdf

Pre-course information

File:Sustainability Spring School PRE-PACKAGE PARTICIPANTS FINAL.pdf

PRE-COURSE ASSIGNMENT

File:Sustainability Spring School PRE-COURSE ASSIGNMENT.pdf

Please complete all parts of the pre-assignment by Friday 28th March.

This includes:

1) Your profile – please enter information on the respective link with your name under "Student profiles" below on:

- yourself (university, study topic, hobbies, etc.) and what you're most keen to learn about at the Spring School

- an initiative or project in your town/region/country/etc. that you like and believe contributes to the sustainable development of the area

Please follow the instructions given below.

2) Pre-course survey – please fill in the following survey so that we can evaluate the course (second part of the survey will follow after the course)

https://www.czp.cuni.cz/dotaz/index.php/365364/lang-en

Students' profiles and FINAL INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Please fill in your profile information on your respective link below by Friday 28th March

Please include the following:

1. One or two paragraphs about yourself (university, study topic, hobbies, etc.) and what you're most keen to learn about at the Spring School.

2. Find an initiative or project in your town/region/country/etc. that you like and believe contributes to the sustainable development of the area. Write one paragraph about this initiative/project in your profile. We'll then discuss this at the Spring School.

HOW TO ENTER INFORMATION INTO THE WIKI? You need to "Create account" for this Wiki in the top right corner (you'll be also using it during the course, so please remember the login details!), log into the Wiki, click on your name and then click "Edit". A text editor will open up and you can enter the information there. Don't forget to "Save page" once you're done. If at any point the site asks a control question (usually pops up on the top of the page when you try to Save page), such as "What is the family name of the administrator of this site?", please enter "Dlouhy" as the answer.

Hope that's all clear. Happy Wiki-ing:-)

FINAL INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION

Please write a one A4 page (cca 150 words) about the most interesting/fascinating/new fact or topic that you've learned about at the Spring School. Reflect on this fact/topic in regard to your current studies and your future career (e.g. how do you think you might use this information in your future work?).

Enter this information under your profile below (we recommend to write it in Word first and then copy/paste to this wiki).

Deadline: Friday 11th April 2014 (end of the day)

Thank you!

List of students participating in the Spring School: