Overview of Professional and Educational Webinar Series

This article provides details on various educational events, ranging from sustainability and climate change education to psychosocial care and spiritual teachings.

Sustainability and Education: Thinking Global, Educating Local

The webinar series -- Thinking Global, Educating Local -- is intended to serve as professional development for educators who are interested in reducing the ecological footprint of their school and enhancing their school’s engagement with sustainability education.

Webinar #25: Pandemic Pivots in Education

On January 31, 2023, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network hosted “Pandemic pivots: How lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can improve the future of education" as an official side event of the UN 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a time of enormous upheaval for the sector—and also one of enormous opportunity. The session addressed the pivots that were made in education, from the adoption of digital pedagogies to the greater attention to socio-emotional learning, and the partnerships that were necessary to achieve them. How can this innovative energy be used to advance the goals of SDG 4 and, by extension, all the other SDGs?

The side event brought together representatives of different stakeholder groups within education, including:

• H.E. Niki Kerameus, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece;
• Professor Oren Pizmony-Levy, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Futures, Teachers College, Columbia University;
• Melissa Pritchard, Global Schools Project Officer and teacher;
• Shannon Kobran, Regional Team Lead for Asia, SDG Academy, SDSN.

Climate Change Education Initiatives

Webinar #24 focused on Improving Climate Change Education with International Large-Scale Assessments. International Large-Scale Assessments (e.g., TIMSS, ICCS, PISA, TALIS) can provide useful information that has the power to guide conversations about and inform efforts to improve climate change education. Similarly, Webinar #23, "Our future starts with you - How to become a climate change champion," focused on the idea of learning for change and how education can empower people to take action for the planet. The panel featured youth activists Ayshka Najib and Hoor Ahli, discussing how youth become climate champions and what it means to be a champion and activist.

Psychosocial Care Webinar

The second session of our 2021 Webinar Series features Professor Amy Chow (Hong Kong) and Dr Gilbert Fan (Singapore) speaking on the topic of Psychosocial Care! It will be a live 1 hour session with a Q&A segment at the end with the speakers. Amy Y. M. Chow is a Professor with the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, and the Director of the Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project. Dr Gilbert Fan is a Clinical Supervisor (Satir) and Registered Social Worker with extensive experience as a medical social worker.

Voice of the Bride Spiritual Series

WhiteDove Ministries offers the Voice of the Bride Webinar series featuring Paul Keith Davis & Terry Bennett. Featured sessions include:

• Webinar #19 with Paul Keith Davis & Terry Bennett;
• Webinar #9: The Second Living Creature – The Ox Age of Martyrdom;
• Webinar #2: The Great Cloud of Witnesses Part 2.

Summary of Key Webinar Events