LoLE | Leaders of Learner Empowerment
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is widely recognized as a key framework for driving societal transformation towards sustainability. School leaders play a pivotal role in embedding ESD holistically within their institutions, as they shape the conditions that empower young people to become active change agents in this transformation. Despite this, school leaders have so far received little attention as a target group. Empirical studies reveal that many school leaders feel they lack the knowledge and experience needed to initiate transformative change at a systemic level.
The Leaders of Learner Empowerment (LoLE) project addresses this gap by piloting a training program for school leaders. At the core of the program, participants from Germany, Canada, the USA, South Africa, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Japan, and Saudi Arabia will design and implement their own transformative, community-based change projects focused on topics such as sustainable nutrition or consumption.
Insights and lessons learned from the participants’ case studies will be developed into practical learning materials, including guidelines for implementing the WSA in everyday school practice. Furthermore, the project aims to establish an international ESD school leadership network comprising all participants. This network will continue to support the implementation of the WSA at participating schools and beyond, fostering a long-term impact.
This project is funded by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and is implemented by Leuphana University Luneburg in cooperation with partners.
Partners
York University, Canada
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Dr. Tara Bartlett, associated with Arizona State University, USA
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Rhodes University, South Africa
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The Environmental Learning Research Centre, Rhodes University, South Africa
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Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, Ethiopia
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Okayama University, Japan
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Should you have any questions or would like to contribute to the project, please contact the project’s coordinator, Daria Humburg, at [email protected].
