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The Future Fit Framework: An introductory guide to teaching and learning forsustainability in HE. A series of video clip form Stephen Sterling explaining the FFF

"This is one of the most comprehensive and accessible guides for academic and professional practitioners who are seeking ways of embedding sustainability into the curriculum and teaching and learning in higher education. It's both fit for purpose and fit for the future."

Looking at daily life in foreign lands reveals a colorful spectrum of inspiring metaphors for the shifts we need to make in education. Often what we may find initially chaotic, disorienting and strange in other countries can actually spark new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. Through the voices of teachers and students from around the world, we'll examine the unique aptitudes which allow successful expats to thrive in any environment. These are exactly the skills that future students and teachers will need to confidently enter the digital, global, converging, collaborative world of tomorrow - wherever they might be physically located.

Think Global and OCR surveyed 500 business leaders from across the country and across sectors to build an up-to-date picture of whether or to what extent our young people are prepared to thrive both today and in the future.

""Resilient People, Resilient Planet: A Future Worth Choosing", contains 56 recommendations to put sustainable development into practice and to mainstream it into economic policy as quickly as possible."

From World View: The World Wide Web brims with excellent education resources in global studies. No matter your discipline, there is good information out there that can help you bring an even stronger global perspective to your classroom or school. World View has compiled many strong web sites in the categories provided below. We will be adding new categories and links in the future, so be sure to visit our website again.

Voices of the World collaborative project connecting learners in the primary grades using a different tool each month.

Voices Of The World was created by Sharon Tonner from The High School Of Dundee in Scotland to connect children from around the world using their voices rather than the standard text and images and prepare them for their globalised future.

"An introductory guide to teaching and learning for sustainability in HE" Stephen Sterling's valiant attempt to help point ourselves in a better direction regarding Sustainability.

"Analysis shows that the adoption of the circular economy could be worth as much as USD 700 billion in consumer goods material savings alone, and also highlights added benefits in terms of land productivity and potential job creation. The report features specific examples in product categories that represent 80% of the total consumer goods market by value, namely food, beverages, textiles, and packaging. "

Sustainability relates to just about everything, so if you think 'this is nothing to do with me and my subject area', we invite you to suspend judgement and read further ...

At last Stephen Sterling's guide is in the public domain

" A few forward thinking organisations are questioning this approach to sustainability and asking the question can we be a NETpositive company?"

Recent assessment of value of an urban forest

Free to read on-line

a personal collection of writing from the ex-director of the Swiss ESD schools "Champion" Jan 2014 "Do we know what we are doing..." a free pdf file SOME VERY POWERFUL STUFF!

Ellen Mac Arthur Circular Economy Wiki Extensive and building