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Institutional Affiliation

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Current Position

LecturerCharity and justiceStudentVP ResearchSenior scientist + lecturerUniversity lecturer + free lance consultantstudentResearch AssistantScientific assistant, biodiversity information sharingPeda...

Role in Sustainable Development

Executive Authority	28	5%
Governance (e.g., legislator)	12	2%
Planner	56	11%
Researcher	182	35%
Evaluator	49	10%
Educator	268	52%
Volunteer	120	23%
Financial Supporter	23	4%
Expert Consultant	74	14%
Other	123	24%

People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

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QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR GENDER EQUITY

fineYesUmm... do we interpret these questions as applying to people in the entire world or just here in the US?? It doesn't specify anywhere... Since you preface by mentioning the UN, I'll just assu...

1. How important is gender equality/equity for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	15	3%
2		2	0%
3		16	3%
4		9	2%
5		28	5%
6		30	6%
7		89	17%
8		97	19%
9 -	Critical	227	44%

2. What is the most difficult obstacle to achieving gender equality/equity?

[A] The deep seated secular and/or religious belief that men are superior to women.	128	25%
[B] Fear that egalitarian behavior may lead to rejection and ridicule.	9	2%
[C] Widespread resistance to overcome traditional gender-based exclusions.	176	34%
[D] Cultural prejudice that patriarchy is based on the "natural order of things."	127	25%
Other	73	14%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR HEALTH PROMOTION

coolYesokokOKPromoting public health is not equivalent to universal health care.ksmcclur1@gmu.eduWhat can be done to reach rural communities?2

3. How important is health promotion for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	7	1%
2		4	1%
3		3	1%
4		4	1%
5		23	4%
6		26	5%
7		122	24%
8		126	25%
9 -	Critical	198	39%

4. What is the most difficult obstacle to promoting human health?

[A] For most people, health care becomes a priority only after they get sick.	130	25%
[B] Not having enough "doctors and nurses without borders."	8	2%
[C] Insufficient institutional awareness that health care is a human right.	73	14%
[D] The lack of collective political will to provide universal health care.	218	42%
Other	84	16%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

yayYesokReally?OKim not sure what goes heresmcclur1@gmu.eduhow can institutions explicate the connection between the individual, the local and the global and the symbiotic relation of all of these s...

5. How important is environmental stewardship for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	1	0%
2		1	0%
3		1	0%
4		2	0%
5		19	4%
6		28	5%
7		83	16%
8		93	18%
9 -	Critical	285	56%

6. What is the most difficult obstacle to environmental stewardship?

[A] Lack of motivation to balance consumption desires with environmental stewardship.	91	18%
[B] Inertia and the lack of financial incentive until people are hit in the pocketbook.	50	10%
[C] Institutional negligence in fostering both social justice and environmental justice.	88	17%
[D] The culture of consumerism and taking for granted the resilience of the human habitat.	231	45%
Other	53	10%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

okYesokoksmcclur1@gmu.eduHow to integrate the rural areas in the global south to basic human rights through non profit and non governmental organizations4

7. How important is rural development for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	8	2%
2		5	1%
3		10	2%
4		18	4%
5		56	11%
6		42	8%
7		114	22%
8		116	23%
9 -	Critical	144	28%

8. What is the most difficult obstacle to rural development?

[A] The lack of motivation and incentives to work the land.	86	17%
[B] The common belief that the city is "where the action is."	64	12%
[C] The systemic concentration of private and public institutions in cities.	182	35%
[D] A general consensus that city dwellers get better education and other services	85	17%
Other	96	19%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION ABOUT CULTURAL DIVERSITY

funoksmcclur1@gmu.eduTAking into consideration the movement towards trading blocs and regional integreation system what are the major problems that these supranational or transnational blocs are fac...

9. How important is cultural diversity for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	14	3%
2		7	1%
3		17	3%
4		10	2%
5		41	8%
6		52	10%
7		93	18%
8		111	22%
9 -	Critical	168	33%

10. What is the most difficult obstacle to acceptance of cultural diversity?

[A] Ignorance that breeds intolerance.	162	32%
[B] Seeking human development in isolation from cultural diversity.	65	13%
[C] Institutions fostering "unity with uniformity" rather than "unity in diversity."	93	18%
[D] Cultural aberrations such as racism, sexism, and many other "isms."	140	27%
Other	53	10%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND SECURITY

alrightoksmcclur1@gmu.eduhow to combat narcoterrorism when narcotraffcikig is based on the systemic play of supply and demand?6

11. How important are peace and human security for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	3	1%
2		2	0%
3		5	1%
4		0	0%
5		9	2%
6		27	5%
7		60	12%
8		108	21%
9 -	Critical	299	58%

12. What is the most difficult obstacle to peace and human security?

[A] The human propensity to use violence.	83	16%
[B] Violence is mimetic, i.e., violence engenders violence.	79	15%
[C] The long history of violence by both secular and religious institutions.	125	24%
[D] Most cultures fail to recognize the power of nonviolence.	144	28%
Other	82	16%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE URBANIZATION

ok"rather than being lonely" seems superfluousHow can deeply polluted cities begin to change towards a more sustainable urbanization7

13. How important is sustainable urbanization for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	3	1%
2		4	1%
3		7	1%
4		10	2%
5		30	6%
6		57	11%
7		88	17%
8		109	21%
9 -	Critical	205	40%

14. What is the most difficult obstacle to sustainable urbanization?

[A] The attraction of urban jobs, resources, and amenities.	143	28%
[B] The human propensity to tolerate crowding rather than being lonely.	17	3%
[C] Systemic inertia in developing alternative mass transit sytems.	153	30%
[D] The widespread attachment to the automobile.	119	23%
Other	81	16%

QUESTIONS ON EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION

Sustainable consumption seems to be a huge oxymoronoksmcclur1@gmu.eduWith the growth of emerginig economies such as China, India and Brazil how can we (in the global north) tell them that they shoul...

15. How important is sustainable consumption for SD and ESD?

Irrelevant

Critical

1 -	Irrelevant	3	1%
2		3	1%
3		2	0%
4		6	1%
5		17	3%
6		37	7%
7		55	11%
8		103	20%
9 -	Critical	287	56%

16. What is the most difficult obstacle to attain sustainable consumption?

[A] Extravagant consumption provides "instant gratification."	31	6%
[B] Reluctance to change consumerist lifestyles even if they are unsustainable.	152	30%
[C] Widespread institutional idolatry of economic growth and wealth accumulation.	196	38%
[D] The culture of "me, myself, and I."	73	14%
Other	61	12%

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