Policy to action: Low carbon education for RCE Iskandar Fatin Aliah Phang1, Wai Yoke Wong2; and Chin Siong Ho3 1Centre for Engineering Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia 2Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia 3UTM-Low Carbon Asia Research Centre, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia E-mail: p-fatin@utm.my1, wongwaiyoke@gmail.com2, ho@utm.my3 Abstract-Iskandar Malaysia is an economic development region in the southern part of Malaysia, which is close to Singapore. Drastic changes in terms of physical development are taking place in Iskandar Malaysia but the agencies involved in the projects are committed to ensure that the development is sustainable. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) movement started in this region since the establishment of Iskandar Regional Development Agency (IRDA) with units like Social Development Unit and Environment Division. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) together with some universities and research institutes in Japan and IRDA have drawn a policy on low carbon for this region entitled, “Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskandar Malaysia 2025” which was endorsed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia in 2013. In 2014, UTM and IRDA established RCE Iskandar as more stakeholders work together to realize the policy. In 2016, all the 5 local authorities in RCE Iskandar adopted the policy and put them into action at micro levels. This paper presents low carbon education in RCE Iskandar, from how it started in 2011 with Johor State Education Department, 4 District Education Offices, 226 primary schools and 44 secondary schools through a few actions written in the policy to realize a Low Carbon Society for RCE Iskandar. These actions included Stakeholders Engagement, Teacher Training, Iskandar Malaysia Ecolife Challenge, Problem-Based Learning for Low Carbon Society and Low Carbon Society for School Science Clubs, all helping to realize a Low Carbon Society for RCE Iskandar. The paper concludes that these actions contribute to raising awareness and practices among school students and teachers. Keywords: Environmental Education, Low Carbon Society, Policy I. INTRODUCTION Iskandar Malaysia is the first of five Economic Regions created by the Malaysian Government with the purpose of focusing and spear-heading Malaysia’s economy. Iskandar Malaysia (IM), formerly known as Iskandar Development Region (IDR) and South Johor Economic Region (SJER) is the main southern development corridor in Johor, Malaysia which was established on 8 November 2006 1. Iskandar Malaysia (IM) is a visionary economic region in Johor that was established as one of the catalyst development corridors to spur growth of the Malaysian economy 2. Such very rapid development is due to several Proceedings of the International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the 329 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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