This initiative related to regions and green jobs may interest PASCAL subscribers.

The R20 Regions of Climate Action is a non-profit organization founded in 2011 by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and other global  leaders in cooperation with the United Nations.

The Nordic Centre of Heritage Learning has been commissioned by The European Commission Access to Culture Platform to study a collection of examples from all over Europe on extraordinary meetings between cultural or artistic experiences and education or learning in a broader sense.

While PASCAL's interest and influence extends to all the stakeholders in a community or a city, and its themes cover a wide range of contemporary issues, schools and the health of the planet are relatively sparsely covered. This blog addresses the issue of the knowledge and values that our children and grandchildren will need in order to repair the harm that that our greedy and self-indulgent generation has visited upon our only planetary habitat. But schools are only a part of the story.

Here is a useful website about Cities of Opportunity.  Here you can download the fourth edition of Cities of Opportunity, 2011. As the site says, this year the report covers 26 cities and presents in-depth results covering all 10 indicators and 66 variables, examines issues and adds insight from urban thinkers and influencers.

This White Paper offers a historical and philosophical context that can be used by higher education institutions to have a deeper conversation regarding community engagement and its role in informing the discovery and learning missions. Initially it describes historical adherence to this principle and then define engagement among current higher education communities in the US. Next it discusses the role of the engaged university in a dynamic future society which is dependent upon new and advanced sources of knowledge.