City Learning Centres Conference 2007

Speaker: Ben Hren, Head of Formal Education, WWF-UK

This presentation by Ben Hren, Head of Formal Education with WWF-UK, detailed a new pilot initiative being shared with the global learning community. This initiative stems from a convergence of agenda’s to reshape corporate practise and promote sustainability.

Sustainable schools promote caring for individuals, each other and the environment. The Sustainable Schools agenda brings the WWF together with the DfES, City Learning Centres and a software provider (GLC) through this covergence of agenda’s. Doorways for engagement with schools such as global wellbeing were also discussed.

In response to the question of how innovation moves through the community, Ben presented the notion of innovators passing the idea on to early adopters before the innovation becomes mainstream. It is these early adopters that are crucial to this process in their willingness to carry innovation forward.

The project goes live on the web on the 22^nd June, but meanwhile you can already engange in some online discussion.

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