Network Blogs

Here are the latest Learning Cities Networks Blog postings (to see specific Network Blogs, please click on the relevant name from the list of NETWORKS in the left hand column):

 

Declaration of Taipei as a Learning City

Posted Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 08:04 by Pi-yun Yang

Network: Implementing an EcCoWell Approach for Holistic Development

We firmly believe that helping city citizens to pursue lifelong learning ensures a sustainable development of Taipei city. Therefore, learning must be regarded as a continuing, lifelong process for improving the knowledge and skills needed in the city life as well as for fostering the self realization of the city dwellers.  We pledge to make redoubled efforts to promote the following urban development visions:

Östersund: Pride, Joy and Surplus Value

Posted Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 07:57 by Henrik Zipsane

Network: Harnessing Cultural Policies in Building Sustainable Learning Cities

The aim of this project is to encourage, promote and facilitate volunteering at cultural heritage institutions in the Nordic and Baltic countries, nationally and across the borders. Volunteering is seen as a form of informal learning and a positive contribution to the community.

Host City Glasgow Project

Posted Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 07:42 by Victoria Hollows

Network: Harnessing Cultural Policies in Building Sustainable Learning Cities

The Host City Glasgow Project is a 3-year project, lead by Glasgow Life, to help maximise the potential impact of Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on civic pride, volunteering legacy aspirations, and communities in the host city of Glasgow.

Two key components:

African Rural Learning Ecologies

Posted Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 14:41 by Dipane Hlalele

Network: Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives

This paper contributes, through traversing contested notions of sustainability, social justice, development and food sovereignty, to discourses around creation of sustainable rural learning ecologies. There has always been at least in the realm of scientific discourse, an attempt to dissociate the natural or physical environment from the social and human environment. This trend did not only affect the two spheres of existence only. It is further imbued and spawned fragmented and pervasive terminology, practices and human thought.

Ideas informing the Gwydir Learning Region

Posted Sunday, June 29, 2014 - 14:27 by Peter Kearns

Network: Connecting Urban and Rural Learning Initiatives

Abstract

The Gwydir Learning Region is a partnership that was originally formed in 2000 between local government, education, business and community stakeholders in the north-west area of New South Wales. An evaluation undertaken in 2006 included an examination of the conceptual framework of the Learning Region. The evaluation showed that since 2000 stakeholders of the Gwydir Learning Region have consciously investigated a range of other learning regions to see which concepts might apply in the Gwydir region.

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