Intercultural Competence Through Virtual Exchange: Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals

This book addresses the importance of sustainability and environmental worldviews and the role of intercultural competencies  in achieving SDGs acceptance and their effective implementation. Particularly since the pandemic, there is a growth in online education, and this offers opportunities for educators and students that can be exploited with a focus on sustainability. The book provides examples of virtual exchange including Global South and Global North with tools ranging from Project-Based and Community-Based Service Learning, Debates, Environmental Games and Simulations, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality, and Accessibility and DEI issues. Additionally, issues of social justice and digital colonialism are a thread through several of the chapters. By providing a broad range of global learning experiences from scholars across several continents from various disciplines that include various post-secondary education based on tools and best practices, the book is a great resource to academics, researchers, and students on approaches to education that prepare the learner for praxis and effective implementation of sustainable solutions for their professional and social future perspectives. 

Chapter How can we raise global citizens at home: Evidence from an intercultural virtual collaboration between the Netherlands and Japan  is available open access under a via link.springer.com.>