Roberts, T. Grady (author), Hartmann, Marta (author), Harder, Amy (author), Lamm, Alexa J. (author), Stedman, Nicole (author), and Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education
Format:
Abstract
Publication Date:
2011-07
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 185 Document Number: D00415
Notes:
Abstract of article in proceedings of the annual meeting of the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education in Windhoek, Namibia, July 3-7, 2011.
Salcedo, Rudy N. (author) and Woods, John L. (author)
Format:
Course materials
Publication Date:
1972-01-01
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 195 Document Number: D07999
Notes:
John L.Woods Collection, Course outline and reference materials for a course taught at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Six pages of syllabus, plus a packet of references.
China: International Agricultural Development Service, Arlington, Virginia.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: Byrnes14a Document Number: C12633
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, Pages 27-30 in IADS, Agriculture in China: today and tomorrow. Proceedings of a colloquium in Washington, D.C., August 19-20, 1983. 66 p.
Via online journal., Today’s food production and consumption go hand in hand with immense damages to humans and nature. Change is needed, but where to start and which direction to go? This article tries to give an interdisciplinary answer by taking recourse to a vision, that is, an ideal image of the future which is drawn upon ethical reflection and beyond the limits of actual political and economic constraints. The main purpose of this paper is to show that generating and discussing visions can be a powerful process in order to regain ability to act in the face of the complex challenges of our time and that Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) plays an important role to enable current and future generations to become actors of change. First, a students vision on agriculture and society in 2050 is presented, followed by a theoretical examination of visions, their potentials, limits and practical implications. Subsequently, the results of a field analysis of current innovative solutions to local agriculture are given. These include intercultural gardens and community supported agriculture. Claiming that a sustainable development can only be reached if people are not only able to envision a desirable future, but to develop small scale, locally adapted solutions as answers to challenges such as climate change, this paper then focuses on the competence oriented educational concept of ESD. Here, an approach of integrating ethics in the course of studies of agricultural sciences implemented by a student’s initiative serves as practice example.
