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An American Encore Adult’s Reflections on Knowledge shared at the Global Learning Cities Pre-Conference 2018

I am an American Encore Adult focused on development and enhancement of life long learning. I found the recent PASCAL International Transformative Learning Global Learning Cities Pre-Conference at Columbia Teachers College and City Seminary in New York to be a rich experience of learning and sharing.

International Transformative Learning Cities Pre-Conference (to the International Transformative Learning Conference): Transforming cities, communities and ourselves

Arriving in New York on a balmy late autumn day on the 7th Nov 2018, we arrived at Columbia University’s legendary Teachers’ College, Horace Mann main building for the pre-conference event, specifically on Transformative Learning Cities.

Report of cultural diversity in HE symposium Spain

The Higher Education for You Too (HE4U2) Project concludes with recommendations for policy and practice which it hopes will promote deep and sustainable inter-cultural dialogue in Higher Education.

Project for Public Spaces: Help us change the world - one place at a time

The Project for Public Spaces connects people who share a passion for public spaces. Here Phil Myrick, CEO, Project for Public Spaces, makes a special appeal:

Latest developments of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC)

We would like to inform you about the latest developments of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), led by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).

PIMA Bulletin 20

The PIMA Bulletin Number 20 for October 2018 can now be read in full below.

The Groundup Sandbox program, a non-profit incubator that serves as a launchpad for working adults to jumpstart their ideas to do good

I was walking around the office just now and bumped into John from the Strategic Partnerships team at NVPC... 

If you are a working adult aged 35 or below with an idea of a community project you would like to bring to life, they have an interesting program for you!

Indonesian and Malaysian Youths Collaborate on FARM-iLAB: An Innovation Laboratory for Sustainable Organic Farming

Two YSEALI East-West Center USA program graduates, Fahmi Dwilaksono (Indonesia) and Lum Jason (Malaysia) recently created an innovation laboratory called FARM-iLAB through the support of East-West Center Alumni Incubator Program. This project promotes sustainable organic farming systems to young farmers in Southeast Asia.

Announcing that the external website for SHLC is officially live!

I am very pleased to announce that the external website for the Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) is officially live! You can visit and browse the website here. It is World Cities Day today (31 October) today, so a highly appropriate time for this release.

World Cities Day: 31 October 2018

The United Nations has designated every 31st October as World Cities Day. The day is expected to greatly promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries in meeting opportunities and addressing challenges of urbanization, and contributing to sustainable urban development around the world.

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