1. Clemens Mader RCE Graz-Styria, University of Graz

2. SUSTAINICUM – Project information & regional challenges 2 Challenge: loose and lack of communication between university educators; often reinventing the wheel; Aim: fostering sustainability in higher education and visability of ESD Tool: Webplatform with > 140 online resources for free download Content: various disciplines and approaches – contents, methods, cases, games...

3. COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT Cooperation project between three Austrian universities: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) University of Graz Technical University Graz Funded by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research Project period: 1 year (Jan. 2012 – Jan. 2013) Call for submissions of material through personal networks and open calls To ensure quality of submissions workshops were conducted as well as peer review took place To ensure application of materials teaching workshops werde conducted To spread application – english versions available 3

4. Current results 4 Online platform: www.sustainicum.at/en/homewww.sustainicum.at/en/home >140 teaching materials online Information about: a general description of the resource, learning targets, the relevance for sustainability, recommended teaching methods, social settings and optimal group size, time required and preparation efforts, sources and links and uploaded additional materials Stronger attraction for educators to adopt sustainability issues in their lectures

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6. Surprises & challenges Use of term sustainability very different Contributions from variety of disciplines Further application of materials, Keeping up to date status of materials and content 6

7. SCALING AND TRANSFORMATION Expanding use of platform to regions, topics and networks Policy reforms through strong application – (platform funded by ministry of science and research) Regional impact: strong impact for Austrian Universities where Sustainaicum is strongly promoted. Discussions on sharing and creative commons was supported; Regional mapping of educators that deal with sustainability took place. As all wanted to contribute their resources and experiences – become part of the platform. 7

8. SUSTAINICUM Find more information at: www.sustainicum.at/en/home Contact: Marlene Mader, MSc. RCE Graz-Styria, University of Graz marlene.mader@uni-graz.at 8