Sample flier for London RCE (Regional Centre of Expertise) for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development). This inspired and informed the flier that was subsequently produced.

1. Partners and Flagship networks
SAMPLE
The London RCE’s partners – people and
organisations – come from four sectors: education,
state, business and civil society. As its co-ordinating
institution, London South Bank University provides
the resources for its initial development.
The London RCE has three flagship networks:
ONLY London RCE
The London RCE (Regional Centre of Expertise) on
The ESD Teacher Education network ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)
The Place-based Learning network
The Sustainability and Higher Education network Part of the Global RCE Network acknowledged by the
United Nations University
Partners of London RCE
More information
Among the partners of the London RCE are: Website
London South Bank University http://www.londonrce.kk5.org
Government Office for London
WWF-UK Towards a Sustainable London (blog)
Sustainable Schools Forum http://londonrce.blogspot.com
DEA (Development Education Association)
Oxfam Education Gateway to ESD knowledge sources
Mayor of London’s Green Procurement Code http://twitter.com/londonrce
CCCI (Centre for Cross Curricular Initiatives
Botanic Garden Conservation International ESD knowledge space
Fairtrade http://londonrce.livejournal.com
Groundwork
London 21 London and London RCE album
People and Planet http://www.flickr.com/photos/londonrce
London Environmental Education Forum
LSE (London Sustainability Exchange)
University of East London
Conserve Africa
London Remade Text, design and photographs:
Asitha Jayawardena (http://www.aij.t83.net )

2. Our scope – beyond London Vision, Mission and Goals
The London RCE’s geographical scope is the UK Vision
government’s Greater London region, which is the area A sustainable London where personal wellbeing,
under the jurisdiction of the Greater London Authority, social justice and ecosystem health thrive in mutual
GLA. With over 7.5 million inhabitants, Greater London balance
accounts for 15% of England’s population. It is however
the smallest of the English regions with a land of 1572 Mission
km2 (just 1.2% of the total land area). To become a leading ESD (Education for Sustainable
Development) network that mobilises stakeholders
However, when London’s socio-cultural and economic from education, state, business and civil society
characteristics are considered, it is clear that its sphere around the common goal of building a sustainable
of influence extends beyond the geographical London through learning while contributing to enrich
London RCE boundaries of the GLA. So, we could legitimately extend ESD at global level through the Global Learning Space
our region to cover the Greater London Urban Area (i.e. for ESD
Launched in June 2009, the London RCE is an active the continuous urban area based around London,
including the area beyond Greater London, with a Goals
and diverse network of people and organisations
population of over 8.5 million) or even the London
working together to promote Education for
Metropolitan or Mega City region (i.e. that includes the With a local/regional focus:
Sustainable Development (ESD) in and around
rural hinterland of the Home Counties, with a total To build a sustainable London through
London, envisioning a sustainable London.
population of over 21 million). transformative learning
To provide a forum for empowering London
The London RCE is a key building block of the Global
So, although we limit our remit to the geographical communities
Learning Space for ESD, being developed by the UN
scope of the GLA, we concern ourselves with the issues To add value to the existing ESD (Education for
(United Nations) University through a global
beyond this boundary, generally up to the boundary of Sustainable Development) networks in London
network of Regional Centres of Expertise (RCEs) on
the London Metropolitan region. and the UK with some relevance to London
ESD.
With a global focus:
There are over 70 RCEs
To contribute to the global excellence in ESD,
in different parts of the
especially by building on London’s diversity
world today, including
To learn from the partners in the Global
over 20 in Europe.
Learning Space for ESD in the common
We are the first
endeavour of building a sustainable world
European capital city
to form an RCE.