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Asia Institute Seminar: “Strategies for Teaching about Environmental Issues” (Saturday, April 27, 2013)

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You are invited to a Seminar for High School Teachers in Seoul:

“Strategies for Teaching about Environmental Issues”

 

Date: Saturday, April 27, 2013            Time: 2 PM to 4 PM

Place: Rachel Carson Hall, The Green Fund (near City Hall: see below)

Participants: High school teachers and administrators interested in effective education about the environmental issues

Sponsors: The Asia Institute; Korean Federation for the Environmental Movement; HOBY Korea

This seminar offers an opportunity for those involved in high school education to listen to two experts talk about education about the environment and engage in an open discussion about potential for developing effective programs for engaging youth in innovative education programs.

 

Opening Remarks and discussion led by:

Professor Johannes Maximilian Tschapka

Seoul National University, Environmental Education

“Competence of High School Student’s in Environmental Education: The European case”

 

Professor Emanuel Pastreich

Kyung Hee University, College of International Studies

“Integrating the Humanities into Environmental Education”

 

RSVP and additional information:

HOBY Korea 02-569-9600 hobyk@hobykorea.com

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아시아인스티튜트 벤자민 바버교수 세미나 (조선일보)

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조선일보

2013년 3월 26일

김경은 기자

“글로벌 리더? 동네 일부터 챙길 줄 알아야죠”

벤저민 바버 교수, 국제화 교육 강연서 “시야 좁혀라” 주문

“자녀가 세계와 소통하는 글로벌 리더십을 갖추길 바란다고요? 그렇다면 아이가 싸이의 노래뿐만 아니라 정의·시민의 책임·기후변화·환경 문제를 국제적 차원의 이슈로 파악할 수 있도록 가르쳐야 합니다. 특히 기후는 내가 살고 있는 마을 단위에서의 작은 노력만으로도 깨끗하게 관리할 수 있습니다.”

미국에서 손꼽히는 정치이론가인 벤저민 바버(Barber·74·사진) 메릴랜드대 공공정책대학원 교수가 한국에 왔다. 서방세계의 대(對)이슬람 정책 등 국제정치 문제에 대한 연구로 유명한 바버 교수는 빌 클린턴 전 대통령의 보좌관을 지냈다. 1996년 종족주의와 글로벌리즘의 충돌을 파헤친 저서 ‘지하드 대(vs) 맥월드’는 훗날 9·11 사태를 예견한 책으로 평가받았다.

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아시아인스티튜트 2013 청소년 녹색기후기금 심포지엄 2013년 7월 12-14일 (於송도)

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아시아인스티튜트 

2013 청소년 녹색기후기금 심포지엄

2013년 7월 12-14일 

세계적인 석학자들과 함께하는

『2013 청소년 녹색기후기금 심포지엄』협조요청

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1. 항상 귀 기관의 무궁한 발전을 기원합니다.

        2. 『2013 청소년 녹색기후기금 심포지엄』은 꿈과 열정, 실력을 갖춘 글로벌 청소년 리더 양성과정 행사로 각계각층의 유명 인사들의 강연과 다양한 관련 프로그램을 통해 글로벌 시민의식을 양성하고 환경문제를 토론하기 위해 마련된 청소년 프로그램입니다.

3. 『2013 청소년 녹색기후기금 심포지엄』을 실시하고자 아래 사항에 대해 협조 요청하오니 회신하여 주시기 바랍니다. 

                           가. 행사 제목 : 2013 청소년 녹색기후기금 심포지엄

나. 일시 및 장소

● 행사 일시 : 2013년 7월 12(금)~14(일) – 2박 3일

● 행사 장소 : 송도글로벌캠퍼스

다. 참가 인원: 100명

※ 세부 내용 붙임 참조

라. 협조 내용 및 요구사항

● 공동 후원 : 명칭 및 로고 사용 가능 여부

● 물품 지원 : 참가자 식사 및 학습 자료 제공

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2013 GCF YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT for High School Students

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2013 GCF YOUTH CLIMATE SUMMIT

July 12-14, 2013

Songdo Global Campus

Songdo International City, Korea

 

Ⅲ. Introduction

The historic decision to locate the Green Climate Fund in Songdo International City in the Republic of Korea presents a remarkable opportunity to discuss the significance of significance of this commitment on the part of the international community to address environmental issues. The Asia Institute and HOBY (Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership) Korea present an unprecedented youth climate summit that brings together the most capable and passionate high school students to debate thoughtfully the future of the environment, the significance of the Green Climate Fund and the role that youth can play, starting today, to address climate issues. The 2013 GCF Youth Climate Summit brings two Harvard Professors together with Professors from Seoul National University and Kyung Hee University for a challenging and inspiring set of exercises, lectures and debates about climate issues and the role of youth that will inspire and prepare the next generation.

 

The GCF Youth Climate Summit consists of the following activities:

 

1. Lectures

Invited lectures by outstanding experts on environmental and policy issues, culture and climate, leadership, personal development, and inspirational volunteerism that provide students with an extraordinary opportunity for direct interaction.

 

2. Leadership Dynamics

A series of activities, simulations and games designed to forge close relations between students and encourage leadership skills among participants.

 

3. Responding to Real Issues

The symposium demands that participating youth wrestle with actual issues and current policy challenges, working closely together with each other and representatives from international NGOs and the United Nations Environment Programme.

 

4. Additional activities

Youth will have the unique opportunity to engage in intense group discussions with other outstanding young people from around the world and to compete through presentations and other applied exercises.

 

Ⅳ. Speakers

 

Confirmed Speakers:

 

● Marc Shell, Professor of Literature, Harvard University & Associate of Harvard Center for the Environment

● Michael Puett, Professor of Chinese History, Harvard University

● Johannes Maximilian Tschapka, Professor of Geography Education, Seoul National University

● Emanuel Pastreich, Director of the Asia Institute & Professor of International Studies, Kyung Hee University

 

For more see click here at the Asia Institute

Asia Institute Seminar with Professor Benjamin Barber, March 25, 2013

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The Asia Institute presents with HOBY Korea this unprecedented opportunity to speak directly to the world-famous scholar Professor Benjamin Barber and join him for an intimate lunch on Monday, March 25, 2013. The event is aimed specifically at those engaged in the education of high school students as this event is leading up to the Asia Institute’s GCF Youth Green Fund Symposium for high school students (July 12-14, 2013). Please contact me: epastreich@asia-institute.org

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Asia Institute Report: “Proposal for a Constitution of Information”

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The Asia Institute released a report on March 3, 2013 in which it makes a proposal for a “constitution of information” to respond to the challenges posed by the information revolution.

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Proposal for a Constitution of Information

March 3, 2013

Emanuel Pastreich

 

 

Introduction

 

When David Petraeus resigned as CIA director afteran extramarital affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was exposed, the problem of information security gained national attention. The public release of personal e-mails in order to impugn someone at the very heart of the American intelligence community raised awareness of e-mail privacy issues and generated a welcome debate on the need for greater safeguards. The problem of e-mail security, however, is only the tip of the iceberg of a far more serious problem involving information with which we have not started to grapple. We will face devastating existential questionsin the years ahead as human civilization enters a potentially catastrophic transformation—one driven not by the foibles of man, but rather by the exponential increase in our capability to gather, store, share, alter and fabricate information of every form, coupled with a sharp drop in the cost of doing so.Such basic issues as how we determine what is true and what is real, who controls institutions and organizations, and what has significance for us in an intellectual and spiritual sense will become increasingly problematic. The emerging challenge cannot be solved simply by updating the 1986 “Electronic Communications Privacy Act” to meet the demands of the present day;[1] it will require a rethinking of our society and culture and new, unprecedented, institutions to respond to the challenge. International Data Corporation estimated the…

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Selected Publications of the Asia Institute

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Please Feel free to download from the link below the recently released publications from the Asia Institute.

The manuscript has been slightly revised.

Selected Publications of the Asia Institute

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태평양으로의 전환에서 녹색 혁명으로

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태평양으로의 전환에서 녹색 혁명으로

From Pacific Pivot to Green Revolution

 외교정책  포커스

Foreign Policy in Focus

2012년 10월 4일

(원본)

(이성길 번역)

존 페버, 임마누엘 패스트라이쉬  John Feffer and Emanuel Pastreich

 

중국 내몽골 다라터치의 산뜻하게 페인트칠한 농가 뒤편으로는 완만하게 이어진 낮은 구릉이 펼쳐지고, 들판에는소와 양들이 한가로이 풀을 뜯고 있다. 그러나 농가의 서쪽 방향으로 100미터 정도만 걸어가면 이런 전원적인 현실과는 동떨어진 풍경과 마주하게 된다. 바로 눈 닿는 곳까지 끝없이 펼쳐진 모래의 물결, 생명의 징후가 전무(全無)한 쿠부치 사막이다.

기후변화가 초래한 흉악한 산물인 쿠부치 사막은 지금도 800킬로미터 떨어진 베이징을 향해 가차 없이 동진(東進)하고 있다. 만약 사막의 동진을 이대로 둔다면 머지않은 장래에 중국의 수도인 베이징마저 점령당하게 될 것이다. 워싱턴에서는 아직 쿠부치 사막이 보이지 않지만, 사막의 모래는 강한 바람을 타고 베이징과 서울은 물론, 일부는 미국의 동부 해안까지 이동한다.

사막화는 인류의 삶을 심각하게 위협하고 있고 모든 대륙에서 사막은 점점 더 빠른 속도로 커지고 있다. 1970년대초기에 서아프리카 사헬 지역이 그랬듯이 미국도 1920년대 대평원에 불어 닥친 먼지폭풍(Dust Bowl)으로 엄청난생명과 재산 손실을 입었다. 그러나 기후변화는 아시아, 아프리카, 호주, 미주 전역에서 수백 만, 궁극적으로는 수십억 명의 환경 난민을 초래하는 등 사막화를 새로운 차원의 위협으로 키워 가고 있다. 말리와 부르키나파소에서는확장하는 사막으로 인해 전체 인구의 6분의 1이 이미 난민으로 전락했고, 유엔환경계획(UNEP)에 따르면 소리 없이확대되는 모래 사막으로 전 세계가 지불해야 하는 비용이 연간 420억 달러에 달한다고 한다.

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