The International Beliefs and Values Institute (IBAVI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that addresses real-world issues of conflict resolution, human rights, sustainability, global education, and religious and cultural understanding through innovative and interdisciplinary scholarship, education, and service.

Join us for the fifth annual Sustainable Visions & Values Award & Lecture, Education for Sustainable Development with Charles Hopkins

Wednesday, March 14
5:30 p.m.
Francis Auditorium
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton, Virginia

Each year, the IBAVI’s Sustainable Visions & Values Award recognizes a distinguished individual who exemplifies the transformative aspirations that are at the heart of the IBAVI’s mission, rationale, and goals. This year, IBAVI honors Charles Hopkins UNESCO Chair in Education for Sustainable Development at York University in Toronto, for his comprehensive and global approach to integrating sustainable development in K-12, higher education, and public policy. Hopkins will explain the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) model, its potential to influence generations of students, and how U.S. educators can apply ESD concepts in the classroom. The lecture and award presentation is a free event and open to the public.

"ESD is one of the more powerful tools for preparing civilizations for the future. There is hope if we begin to collaborate on a global scale to see a more sustainable future for all as the ultimate goal of humanity." – Charles Hopkins

In addition to the March 15th lecture at Mary Baldwin College, Professor Hopkins will speak at various events in Harrisonburg and Staunton March 14-16, 2011, as a Visiting Scholar at James Madison University.

Click here for a complete schedule of events with Charles Hopkins.

For more information, contact the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement at 540-887-7181 or globalengagement@mbc.edu.

Our Mission

The mission of the International Beliefs and Values (IBAVI) institute is to explore beliefs and values and how they influence actions, policies, and practices around the world. Our efforts promote conflict resolution, human rights, sustainability, global education, and religious and cultural understanding. The mission and concomitant activities of the IBAVI are deliberately pluralistic, critically-minded, and self-reflective, grounded in sound scholarship, and informed by reasoned dialogue. Working with colleagues, groups, institutions, and organizations around the world, the IBAVI addresses these issues through interdisciplinary research, education, practice, advocacy, and professional exchange.