NPHE-2022/10087
GREENER FUTURE – concern globally. Network “DILEMMA (Dialogue Between Learning, Methodology, Application in Working Life)”.
PROJECT AIM:
- To equip social work study programms (Bachelor and Master degrees),
- Skills expanding the profession holistically for working life to be connected with Greener Future and Green recovery,
- To develop integrated approach to Greener Future from natural, social, anthropological, axiological, practical social work perspective.
OBJECTIVES:
- “Environmentalization” of education of social workers,
- Innovative tools for other HEIs to be used in social work education,
- Sharing knolwedge of Nordic / Baltic situation of Greener Future,
- Intensive course using innovative methodology of Integrative theology and anthropological approach.
BACKGROUND OF THE IDEAS:
Long-term collaboration, developed since climate change network ECTA in 2012-2016.
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Partner institutions from Finland and Norway / Nordic countries serve as a positive example for corporative attitude towards Greener Future.
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MAIN ACTIVITY – INTENSIVE COURSE
“Social Dilemmas of Greener Future” is scheduled for March 2023.
URGENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRST NETWORK MEETING IN KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY!
Date: June 17, 2022.
Dear partners, please contact us about the meeting management issues and registration:
In European Christian Academy: Agnese Sējāne akademija@kra.lv or Valters Dolacis kursi@kra.lv; in Klaipeda University: prof. Elvyra Aciene elvyra.aciene@ku.lt.
Duration of the meeting – 1 day.
Topcs to discuss:
- Task and performance plan,
- How we will ensure quality?
- Dissemination plan,
- Academically important texts on environment for student,
- Ideas on methods of teaching.
Materials:
- Nordic countries leading the way in the green transition. Israel Public Policy Institute. Karin Jensen (explainer), Apr 4, 2023 Environment & Sustainability, Future Society
- Nordic Council of Ministers. A Good Life in a Sustainable Nordic Regions: Nordic Strategy for Sustainable Development 2013-2025
- Nordic Council of Ministers. The Nordic Countries in the Green Transition – More than just neighbors (Tine Sundtoft). Strategic recommendations for Nordic co-operations on the environment and climate in the run-up to 2030
- Find the value in each and every thing. ECO BALTIA – development-oriented group of companies (Latvia)
- “Consumer Readiness to Reduce Meat Consumption for the Purpose of Environmental Sustainability: Insights from Norway” (Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik, Silje Elisabeth Skuland, Alexander Schjøll, and Frode Alfnes). Sustainability 2018, 10, no. 9: 3058
URGENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SECOND NETWORK MEETING IN TALLINN!
Date: December 12, 2022.
Duration: 1 day.
Topics to discuss:
Content of the Intensive course (March 13-22, 2023). Please arrive with optimistic motivation and creativity spark: Drama,theater, visual arts, intellectual brightness – with everything how to involve students in 10 days event. Welcoming and meaningful connections!
MAIN ACTIVITY – INTENSIVE COURSE AT EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
“Social Dilemmas of Greener Future” in March 13-22, 2023.
URGENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE THIRD NETWORK MEETING!
Date: September 25, 2023.
Topics to discuss:
- Evaluation of the Module topics for study programs in social work,
- Key policies on “Environment 2025” – ideas for research and partnerships for future,
- Presentation of two publications: 1) Skaidrīte Gūtmane. Transforming Attitude Towards the Client in Social Work // Proceedings of the Klaipeda University, Tiltai / Bridges, Vol. 90, Issue I (2023, pp. 1-15), 2) Guntis Dišlers. Earth and Heaven and Upside Down // Scientific Proceedings of European Christian Academy, Vol. 7, Anthropological issues in working with client, 2023, pp, 44-64.
Dissemination:
Prof. Elvyra Aciene (Klaipeda University): international ERASMUS+ seminar in Vilnius, November 21/22, 2023.
Prof. Skaidrīte Gūtmane (European Christian Academy): EZA (European Center for Workers’s Questions, EC-Germany) conference in Sofia, November 25, 2023.