<P><FONT color=#33711E><STRONG>John Fien</STRONG></FONT>
Innovation Professor for Sustainability
RMIT University, Australia
John Fien is currently a Professor at RMIT University where he is responsible for facilitating the development of teaching and research to further the social change processes that underlie sustainable development.
A member of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, John was a resource person for UNEP and UNESCO in Education for Sustainable Development at the Commission for Sustainable Development in New York and at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. In addition, John was the Director of the Young People and the Environment project that analyzed the environmental knowledge and values of young people in the Asia-Pacific region. He has also contributed to a number of publications in the field of Education for Sustainable Development and has been a co-editor on IUCN and UNESCO publications. John also wrote and designed the UNESCO multimedia teacher education program, “Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future”.
His work in the values and action outcomes of education have led to projects on sustainable consumption education for OECD, conservation education for WWF-International and WWF-USA, and sustainable development education for the University of Peace.