@article{WelfensLiedtkeSchaefer2008,
  author    = {Welfens, Maria J. and Liedtke, Christa and Schaefer, Ina},
  title     = {Encouraging sustainability : educational program for civil society},
  journal   = {Internationale Schulbuchforschung},
  volume    = {30},
  number    = {2},
  pages     = {659 -- 674},
  year      = {2008},
  abstract  = {This paper presents the educational program {"}Encouraging Sustainability{"}, initiated and realized by the {"}Foundation Forum f{\"u}r Verantwortung{"}, the {"}ASKO EUROPA-FOUNDATION{"}, and the {"}Europ{\"a}ische Akademie Otzenhausen/European Academy Otzenhausen{"} in cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. The goal is to intensify the public discourse on sustainability within civil society concerning options of sustainable consumption and production patterns. The innovative program consists of two parts: (1) Twelve Books About the Future of the Earth (see section 2), (2) six didactical modules (section 3): From Knowledge to Action. The educational modules focus on important topics and key issues discussed in the context of sustainability: climate change, resource use, energy efficiency, population growth, water use, securing future food supplies, biodiversity etc. The didactical materials are developed as “open learning scenarios: all materials can be linked to many communication forms and situations in a flexible manner. For the creation and realisation of the educational materials the authors have chosen the concept of Sinus-Milieus, developed by Sinus Sociovision, in order to address specific target groups (section 4). The main target groups in the program {"}Encouraging Sustainability{"} are {"}leading groups of society{"} and multipliers because of their high resource and energy consumption on the one hand and because of their skills and educational background on the other hand. In the last section of this paper (section 5) the first experiences from the implementation of the modules are presented. The authors emphasize that the broad and flexible approach chosen, should work effectively in a period in which green issues rank high in the public opinion worldwide.},
  language  = {en}
}