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
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 the information? 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, 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:-)
List of students participating in the Spring School:
Lecturers' and organisers' profiles
Useful information
TRAVEL
Presentations & resources
MONDAY 31st March
Lecture: Sustainable Development in the EU (Joop de Kraker)
Lecture: E-learning and sustainability - EVS (Joop de Kraker)
TUESDAY 1st April
Lecture: Sustainable Hydropower (Sebastian Gebauer)
Student Case Study: Sustainable Hydropower (Luisa Borges, Monika Bosilj)
Lecture: Urban Waste (Ana Paula Martinho, Sandra Caeiro)
Student Case Study: Urban Waste (Antje Disterheft)
Lecture: Climate Adaptation in Coastal Regions (Leena Karrasch)
Student Case Study: Climate Adaptation (Kirstin Surmann)
Lecture: Geoconservation in Hateg Country Dinosaur Geopark (Alexandru Andrasandu, Cristian Ciobanu)
Student Case Study: Geoconservation in Hateg Country Dinosaur Geopark (Marius Sfetcu)
WEDNESDAY 2nd April
Lecture: Decoupling of Environmental Pressure from Quality of Life (Jan Weinzettel)
Student Case Study: Decoupling of Environmental Pressure from Quality of Life (Zoe Astara)
Lecture: Food Systems and Sustainability (Dana Kapitulčinová)
Lecture: Water (Andrew Barton)
EVS Student Case Studies (not presented at the Spring School):
GEO2 - Geoconservation File:GEO2 Final PPT.pptx
STR2 - Sustainable Tourism File:STR2 Final PPT.pptx
URB1 - Urban Waste File:URB1 Final PPT.pptx