Building on the successes of the 2023 and 2024 Forums, we invite you to join us for the 2025 Sustainability Education Forum (SEF) on June 5 & 6! This dynamic and interactive event brings together faculty, educators, and sustainability professionals from around the world to explore the evolving landscape of sustainability education.

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Why Attend?

Sustainability education is more critical than ever. As we navigate urgent global challenges, we must ask ourselves:

• How do we prepare students to address the complexities of the climate crisis and social inequities? What and how do we teach students given the urgency of the times?
• How can we innovate our teaching methods and reimagine sustainability education for a rapidly changing world?
• How do we move beyond traditional academic structures to foster transformative, interdisciplinary learning?

The SEF 2025 is not just a conference—it’s a space for authentic conversations, creative problem-solving, and meaningful collaboration. You set the agenda. Through the Open Space Technology (OST) format, participants propose discussion topics, engage in peer-led sessions, and co-create solutions in real time.

The Sustainability Education Forum (SEF) will provide space to explore these possibilities and more. Per the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a forum is “a public meeting place for open discussion” and this is what the SEF offers – a space for authentic conversations, where we can engage as a community and with each other. Throughout the SEF, you will have plenty of chances to exchange ideas and make new professional connections, while gaining inspiration and an opportunity to recharge your own efforts. See what topics past participants offered for discussion.

What to Expect

• 4 pre-scheduled “Invitation” sessions to start the conversations going on timely topics
• “Open Space” engaging discussions on a wide variety of topics ranging from innovative teaching, sustainability literacy, and curriculum integration to transforming campus culture, institutional change and global engagement.
• Opportunities to share your insights, ask critical questions, and refine your sustainability education approach
• A global community of like-minded educators who share your sense of urgency and commitment to action
• No travel required—connect deeply, save resources, and engage fully in an immersive online experience!

Who Should Attend?

This is the event to attend if you’re:

• Faculty in any discipline incorporating sustainability education
• Educators developing sustainability literacy, curricula or degree programs
• Sustainability staff supporting academic initiatives
• Instructional designers helping faculty integrate sustainability into courses
• Anyone passionate about advancing sustainability education in higher education

Join us for two days of inspiration, collaboration, and action. Let’s connect, challenge ideas, and work together to shape the future of sustainability education. It is these types of connections that serve us throughout the years; they make the hard times manageable and the good times fun. Join us and let’s make some good times — together!

See map of 2024 participants and make sure to join the event for these important conversations!

Key Details

Event Dates: The SEF will take place on Thursday, June 5 and Friday, June 6, 2025 spanning multiple timezones. See Schedule.

Registration Fees*

* To check if your organization is a current AASHE member, please search the AASHE Membership Directory.

A limited number of scholarships are available to individuals who need financial assistance to participate. Please apply by June 3 to be considered for a scholarship for this event. A pay-what-you-wish option will also available.

If you are tuning into the event from the Asia-Pacific region, contact us for significantly discounted registration rates!

Registration Policies:

• Payment is accepted in the form of Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover cards.
  If you need to pay by check or ACH, please contact us at least 5 weeks prior to the event start date. Registration using these forms of payment must be received 4 weeks prior to the event start date and full payment must be received by AASHE within 2 weeks of event start date.
• Cancellation Policy: A 20% processing fee applies to any cancellation prior to May 26, 2025. No refunds will be given after May 26, 2025.
• No substitutions are allowed.
• Registered participants will receive access to the recorded portions after the live event.
• Review all Terms & Conditions.

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How It Will Work

SEF is designed to be participatory, inclusive and collaborative and is based on an Open Space Technology (OST) format. You are invited to speak and share, pose questions and/or ask for input with the ultimate aim of refining and progressing your sustainability education approach. Guidelines will be provided to make best use of our time together and to maximize capacities for partnerships and exchange. 

In addition to several pre-scheduled sessions that we call Invitations, you – the participant – get to propose the topics that will be discussed and then set the agenda for discussion. The agenda will be created live each day by attendees who are present. Anyone who wants to host a session will announce the topic and choose a space and time and be assigned a session room. You and the other participants choose which discussions to attend.

Although the Forum is 100% online, there’s nothing virtual about it. Participate in this event as if it were in-person:

• Save the time you would have spent walking through the security line at TSA, and spend it with friends and colleagues by being present and engaged.
• Save the money you would have spent on transportation to the venue, and put it towards a great meal.

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