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.
Kottman, Roy M. (author / Ohio State University, College of Agriculture) and Ohio State University, College of Agriculture
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1961
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 30 Document Number: B03013
Notes:
AgComm teaching; See B03010 for original, In: Symposium proceedings of National Study on Agribusiness Education, held at Michigan State University, March 15-17, 1961. Washington, D.C. : Foundation for American Agriculture, 1961. p. 16-20
Lockaby, Jacqui (author), Akers, Cindy (author), and Montgomery-White, Michelle (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2001
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 152 Document Number: C24764
Notes:
Retrieved October 1, 2006, Presented at a conference, "Shifting perspectives: agricultural education's commitment to excellence," Fort Worth, Texas, January 27-30, 2001. 11 pages., "Ths study found that 67% of the teachers had little or no experience in the field of agricultural communications, but they agreed the competencies related to communication techniques and procedures should be incorporated in the agricultural communications curriculum."
Baker, Matt (author), Roediger, Roger (author), and Baker: Graduate Associate, Department of Agricultural Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; Roediger: Director, Ohio Agricultural Education Curriculum Materials Service, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05367
