Education for Ecological Civilization in China - the Role of University Case Study Session Prof. Xu He, RCE Tianjin 12th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 4-6 June, 2019, Hangzhou, China

1. Prof. XU, He
Director of RCE Tianjin
Deputy Dean of Institute of Ecological Civilization of Nankai University
Prof. WU, Jing
Deputy Director of Environmental & Social Development Research Center
Nankai University
Education for Ecological Civilization in China
— the Role of University

2. Nankai
University

3. Challenge/Issue:
 Lack of complete ecological civilization education system in colleges.
 The good atmosphere for universities to publicize ecological civilization has not been formed.
 Teaching method emphasizes theory, lacks practical teaching.
RCE TIANJIN, CHINA seacenter@nankai.edu.cn
Education for Ecological Civilization in China
RCE Education Strategy and Response:
 To establish the Ecological Civilization Research Institute of Nankai University
 Set up High-education Ecological Civilization Education Alliance with 160 universities across
China.
 Design an online course on ecological civilization over 100,000 students online.Linkages to the SDGs and Targets:
Quality Education
The establishment of the alliance and the opening of online ecological civilization
courses contribute to realize the deep exchange and resource sharing of ecological civilization
education and create a platform for everyone to communicate, cooperate and interact, thus
achieving quality education. We hope that more people can participate in ecological civilization
education and put the concept of ecological civilization into practice.

4. CONTENTS
Education for Ecological Civilization
Education for Ecological Civilization University
Partnership
Online Ecological Civilization Courses

5. What is China’s Ecological Civilization approach?
• Chinese approaches to sustainable development
• The vision of ecological civilization
• ‘Enjoying a beautiful home with a blue sky, green land, and clean water’
is embedded in the idea of building a “Beautiful China”.
2005-20061990’s 2002-20061970’s-1980’s 2007-present
Environmental
Protection
Sustainable
Development
Harmony between
Man and Nature
Environmentally-friendly
and energy-efficient Society
Ecological
Civilization

6. What is China’s Ecological Civilization approach?
•Ecological civilization is not
only an important
conceptual innovation but
also a key national
governance strategy for
China

7. 1
2
3
Education
for
Ecological
Civilization
Should be integrated in all fields of
knowledge and all educational
processes
Attaches great importance to the
practice
Integration
渗透性
Practicality
实践性
Openness
开放性
Education for Ecological Civilization
Integrating the ideas, concepts, principles and strategies of ecological
civilization into modern national education system in order to realize
sustainable development and create an ecological and civilized
society.

8. Optional courses for all the
undergraduates in NKU
Construction of MOOCs on
ecological civilization
Ecological civilization
lecture series
Education for Ecological Civilization in Nankai University

9. Education for Ecological Civilization
University Partnership

10. Established in November
2015
The president of NKU took
the lead of the institute.
4 professors from School of
Science and School of Social
Science were appointed as
the deputy dean.
Members of the academic
committee come from 10
various colleges.
Professor Zhai Jincheng
President GONG,Ke
Head of the institute
Deputy Dean
Professor Ju MeitingProfessor Wang LihuaProfessor Xu He
Institute of Ecological Civilization in Nankai University
Deputy Dean Deputy Dean Deputy Dean
Discipline of Environmental Science, Chemistry, Life
Science, Mathematics, Information Science, Law,
History, Economics, Philosophy, Management, and
art

11. Nankai University, Tsinghua University
and Peking University initiated the
University Partnership for EEC in 2018.
Now 160 universities across China joined
the partnership.
The mission
• Sharing education resources on
ecological civilization
• Personnel exchange
• Develop courses and training
materials on ecological civilization
Education for Ecological Civilization University Partnership

12. Online Ecological Civilization Course
http://coursehome.zhihuishu.com/courseHome/2049520#teachTeam

13. Online Ecological Civilization Course
— Based on the“ Wisdom Tree ”Platform
Multidisciplinary experts
(environment, biology,
chemistry, history,
economics, law, etc.)
Teachers
Online class + offline meeting
Course Form
More than 300 universities and
colleges across the country, up to
100,000 students take courses in
ecological civilization.
Influence
5 parts with 15 sections
Curriculum

14. Ecological Civilization Construction and University
Mission (Gong Ke)
The formation and development of the concept of
ecological civilization construction (Yang Chaofei)
Global Governance under the Environmental
Resource Crisis (Wu Zhicheng)
Section 1
Towards a new era of
ecological civilization
The natural foundation of Chinese civilization (Wang Lihua)
Disasters and Plagues in Chinese History (Yu Xinzhong)
Environmental Problems in the Process of Western
Modernization (Fu Chengshuang)
Section 2
Ecological civilization in
the historical perspective
Science and Technology Revolution (Li Zhengming)
New Energy and New Materials Revolution and Ecological
Civilization Construction (Chen Jun)
Pollution prevention and ecological restoration (Sun Hongwen)
Section 3
Ecological civilization
and green technology
Population-environment-economic relations and
ecological civilization (Yuan Xin)
Theory and Practice of Circular Economy (Xu He)
Legal System Guarantee System for Ecological
Civilization Construction (Shi Xueying)
Biodiversity Conservation (Bu Wenjun)
Rural Ecological Environment Protection (Cao Xingsui)
Building an "ecological city" (Chong Maochu)）
Section 4
Economic transformation and
institutional innovation
Section 5
Ecosystem and green homes
Online Ecological Civilization Curriculum FrameworkOnline Course Framework

15. Online Ecological Civilization Course

16. Meeting Class

17. Thanks For Your Attention！
Prof. XU, He seacenter@Nankai.edu.cn
Prof. WU,Jing wujing@Nankai.edu.cn