Global
Alliance for
Digital
Education and
Sustainability

(GADES)

A Digital & Artificial Intelligence Literacy Working Group

GADES is a global community of knowledge and practice advancing digital education – awareness, capacity, and literacy around the design, development, and use of digital technologies, with consideration for social and environmental sustainability.

Vision

Our vision is to reimagine and redefine global digital and AI literacy by including education around the ethical, safe, and sustainable design, development, and use of digital technologies. This means building a society able to develop, use, and engage with digital technologies safely, securely and inclusively, while understanding and mitigating the direct and indirect impacts they have on our society and environment. 

Mission

Our mission is to bridge diverse stakeholders (including but not limited to technology experts, educators, sustainability researchers, policy makers, industry and civil society), by defining common goals, consolidating best practices, and exploring innovative approaches to building digital education. 

Key activities

  • Identify challenges, solutions, and best practices in advancing digital education and sustainability. 
  • Advise multi-level discussions and policy processes on digital and AI literacy and sustainable digitalization.
  • Foster partnerships to co-design and scale solutions. 
  • Advocate for and engage in transdisciplinary work. 

View our GADES database: This database showcases examples of education programs/efforts from across the world that are promoting a new form of digital and AI literacy, with considerations for sustainability principles. If you wish to submit your own program/effort, please fill in our submission form.

Audience

Our work is relevant to governments, non-profits, academia & research, educators, industry, youth, caregivers, funders, and global citizens.

View and download the key outcomes from our 2024 consultations (PDF) >

Partners

Future Earth Canada, Digital National Alliance Bulgaria, Sustainability in the Digital Age, National Central University Taiwan, Asian Institute of Technology, LabXR Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Future Earth Taipei, MKAI International Ltd., Coalition for Digital Environmental Sustainability (CODES), Earth 3.0 Foundation, Silver Bolt, Open Channel Culture, and Kankan Tree.

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Impact

2024

5

Continents

23

Nations

80+

Stakeholders

Join our mailing list and community

We are building a network of global actors toward digital transformations, digital sustainability, and digital literacy.

Please sign up here if you are interested in joining the Digital Literacy Alliance Working Group and be added to our mailing list. GADES community meetings will take place 3-5 times a year.

To directly engage with the community and share resources and opportunities, join our new forum at : https://members.futureearth.org/topics/36349/feed

For further inquiries, contact: nilushi.kumarasinghe@futureearth.org
Nilushi Kumarasinghe, Sustainability in the Digital Age & Future Earth