World Environmental Education Congress, WEEC2015

The Opening Session June 29, 2015 at 13:30-15:30

Moderator: Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology

Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson, Professor at University of Gothenburg and WEEC2015 co-chair

Mario Salomone, Assistant Professor at the University of Bergamo and WEEC Secretary General

Pam Fredman, Professor and Vice-chancellor of University of Gothenburg

John Holmberg, Professor and Vice President for Chalmers University of Technology – The role of Universities in the transition towards sustainability

Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO – Video message

Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations – Video message

Second hour

Moderator: Stephen Sterling, Professor of Sustainability Education, Plymouth University, UK

Arjen Wals, Professor: Transformative Learning in Vital Coalitions for Socio-Ecological Sustainability