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Pencil drawing: a young woman rests on a bench under an old tree, hand on the bark.

"Seeing the World as One": A New Tool to Measure Our Deepest Connection to Nature

What if the key to a more sustainable future lies not in policy or technology, but in how deeply we feel connected to the world around us? In a new paper led by Salomé Areias and co-authored by Antje Disterheft, João P. Gouveia (all from Center for Environmental and

Drawing of a shared kitchen with vegetables and chopping boards, a weekly planner on the wall and a compost bin.

Beyond Schools: The Whole Institution Approach in Non-formal Food Education

How can non-formal education embed sustainability across a whole institution? In a new study (in German) in the journal Haushalt in Bildung & Forschung, Verena Staudinger, Daniel Fischer and Jorrit Holst examine how the Whole Institution Approach, an approach to promoting sustainability across an entire institution, can be put

Drawing of a seminar table seen from above with sketches, a neighbourhood map and sticky notes being rearranged by two hands.

Learning to Shape Change Critically: The New Transformation Module at Leuphana

How can first-year students learn to analyse societal change critically and to help shape it? In a contribution (in German) to the proceedings of the second conference on Interdisciplinary Education for Sustainable Development (I-BNE), Laura Picht-Wiggering, Lina Bürgener, Daniel Fischer and Roberto Nigro (all Leuphana University Lüneburg)