Dr Antje Brown of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development and Centre for Energy Ethics Member has been awarded the 2024 Golden Dandelion Prize. This annual award recognises excellence in education for sustainable development and relates to Dr Brown’s work on the module Looking after Eden.
Looking after Eden is a vertically integrated project which brings together researchers and students from various disciplines who share an interest in the Eden Estuary. Located on the outskirts of St Andrews, the Eden Estuary is a key part of the local ecosystem. The bulk of the reserve is made up of rich intertidal mud and sand flats, home to an abundance of tiny plants and animals. Due to this wealth of food, the site supports a huge variety and volume of birds and mammals including otter, common seal and even the occasional dolphin! Like many other nature reserves, the Eden Estuary and its inhabitants are exposed to a number of immediate, local pressures as well as global, cumulative pressures. The goal of the project is to deepen our understanding of these pressures, to disseminate findings and develop solutions that will not only benefit the Estuary itself but may also be employed in similar regions around the world.
Now in its fifth year, the Golden Dandelion Awards are coordinated by the SiTC Committee, who invite submissions of curriculum modules that demonstrate considerable contribution to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). Previous winning modules include the Anthropology of Energy, co-created by Prof Mette High, Dr Sean Field, and Dr Pauline Destrée.
