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!
"This comprehensive volume - containing 27 chapters and contributions from six continents - presents and discusses key principles, perspectives, and practices of social learning in the context of sustainability."
"This timeline takes you through the progress of sustainable development from the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962 to the present day."
IISD 2009 www.iisd.org
"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."
"Ecocide is the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by human agency or by other causes, to such an extent that peaceful enjoyment by the inhabitants of that territory has been or will be severely diminished."
"The GLP is a ground-breaking new programme which will create a national network of like-minded schools, committed to equipping their students to succeed in a globalised world by helping their teachers to deliver effective teaching and learning about development and global issues at Key Stages 2 and 3."
"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. "
"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.
Des Wilson's 1980's EIGEN publications now held at STEM e-library.
Many of us thougth these resources were lost. This booklet No.5 deals with the rectangle.
SandWatch project with primary aged children in Grenada
"House Assembly Project" with secondary students in Canada
The teachers describe their ways of teaching sustainability & the students' give their reactions. "
"A forum for Sustainable Development or Descent or Decline in all aspects of education. Links to http://esd.escalate.ac.uk Sharing interesting bookmarks, resources, ideas.... Let us see what happens!"
"For twenty years, The Berkana Institute has worked in friendship and partnership with people around the world who are discovering that there is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about."
"For many years, I've been interested in seeing the world differently. I've wanted to see beyond the Western, mechanical view of the world and see what else might appear when the lens was changed."
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
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 ...
Retired teacher and teacher educator. Developing website on "Sustainable Education", ESD, ESDGC ... for ESCalate at http://esd.escalate.ac.uk
Buddhist, grandpa, saxophonist...