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A web based co-operative movement to re-design the planet. Our Future Planet is an online community that allows you to share ideas, design your future and create global change in the real world. Join the network and become a planetary citizen at www.ourfutureplanet.org

Eco-explorer has been designed to be a fun and informative introduction to sustainable or eco-friendly living. It has been specifically designed for use in primary schools for Key Stage 2 pupils, although many of the pages and activities could be used by children at home.

Get your school involved in Fairtrade Fortnight with the specially designed resources.

Get your school involved in Fairtrade Fortnight with the specially designed resources.

"Ken Webster - Head of Learning from The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (UK) introduces the concept of a circular economy. The end of the era of cheap fossil fuels and key materials, coupled with rising population and anxieties around water resources, food production and harmful wastes, demonstrates the need for rethinking our model of production and consumption, not merely patching it up. Let's re-think, re-design and build a positive future."

Ketso was designed to unleash people's creativity, incorporating ideas from Tony Buzan on Mind Mapping®, Edward de Bono on creative thinking, David Kolb on experiential learning and Howard Gardner on multiple intelligences. Suggestions for how to run workshops are influenced by recent thinking in community development, based on the community's assets instead of starting with problems.

Website designed to teach children about the internet and FALSE information. A SPOOF site. Useful materials.

"This riveting documentary reveals how an educational dream became a bitter political battle over cultural differences. MACOS was an innovative social sciences program designed to teach American children "what it was to be human."

"The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works with education and business to inspire people to re-think, re-design and build a sustainable future. "

"Mission:Explore has been created by The Geography Collective in partnership with The Workshop. The Geography Collective is a group of Geography explorers, activists, teachers, artists and Guerrillas. We've come together to encourage (young) people to see the world our ways. The Workshop is a creative consultancy of over 50 people based in Sheffield. We develop learning, design, marketing and communication products in all media. This website and the app has been made possible with the kind support of GeoVation."

This website aims to be an educational resource for people wishing to understand how the world, both manmade and natural, operates along biological principles. Biothinking results in products, processes and business models that are adaptable, sustainable and well suited to their niche.

School grounds are essential to children's learning and development, providing opportunities for healthy exercise, creative play, making friends, learning through doing and getting in touch with the natural world. We believe all children have the right to enjoy and benefit from well designed, managed and used school grounds.

A current, relevant article.

Find out about permaculture courses, the Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design, teaching resources, tips on visiting and volunteering at projects and learning with others.

Kiran Sethi, Riverside School infects Indian city with a "I can" attitude trying to solve local problems. Now international with DFC. Watch TED talk!

Two years ago Harris student commissioners were given the quest of finding out how to make learning at Harris the best it could be. We were asked to become 'leaders of learning'. This meant discovering new ways of learning from experts - in our schools, across the UK and from around the world. As leaders of learning we have worked for all students at Harris so that learning can be improved for every single one of them

A good collection of resources specifically designed for different Key Stages. A portal for climate change material, webcasts and blogs. Likely to be maintained until 2010.

overview of Jared Diamonds important book.

"GSB goes beyond the incrementalism of Corpoate Social Responsibility and into the fundamental shifts required for business to function sustainably" head of business, WWF"

Rethinking… almost everything: The Global Village Construction Set Ken Webster's blog about GVCS from openformtech.org

$50 14 sessions Sat Jan 29th 16.00-19.00 GMT 11.00 - 14.00 EST