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The Deep Ecology Platform 1. All life has value in itself, independent of its usefulness to humans. 2. Richness and diversity contribute to life's well-being and have value in themselves. 3. Humans have no right to reduce this richness and diversity except to satisfy vital needs in a responsible way. 4. The impact of humans in the world is excessive and rapidly getting worse. 5. Human lifestyles and population are key elements of this impact. 6. The diversity of life, including cultures, can flourish only with reduced human impact. 7. Basic ideological, political, economic and technological structures must therefore change. 8. Those who accept the forgoing points have an obligation to participate in implementing the necessary changes and to do so peacefully and democratically.

"You are part of nature. You rely on the diversity of life, what we call "biodiversity", to provide you with food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. So if biodiversity delivers real benefits to our well-being, why don't we value it more?"

"Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services." International Year of Bio-diversity

"The Earth Charter Initiative" is an extraordinarily diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter. This page contains a guide for using the Earth Charter in education, including key resources for teachers.

"The Earth Charter Initiative" is an extraordinarily diverse, global network of people, organizations, and institutions that participate in promoting and implementing the values and principles of the Earth Charter. This page contains a guide for using the Earth Charter in education, including key resources for teachers.

The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) is a non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity. The emphasis is on education for action: moving beyond single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives.

The International Society for Ecology and Culture (ISEC) is a non-profit organisation concerned with the protection of both biological and cultural diversity. The emphasis is on education for action: moving beyond single issues to look at the more fundamental influences that shape our lives.

The Schools Linking Network (SLN) aims to facilitate links between schools in England to help children and young people explore their identity, celebrate diversity and develop dialogue.

DEP works with teachers, trainee teachers, youth workers and other educators to promote diversity, global education and sustainable development.

"The Teaching Race and Ethnicity website is intended for all interested scholars, researchers, teachers and others who want to engage with key issues of race, ethnicity, diversity, multiculture and racism. The aim is to provide critical resources and suggestions for teaching, learning and assessment."

Be Aware, Be Moved, Be Involved: Be Humankind. A good diverse resource source for sustainability.

"Almost since life began on earth, mycelia have performed important ecological roles: nourishing ecosystems, repairing them, and sometimes even helping create them. The fungi's exquisitely fine filaments absorb nutrients from the soil and then trade them with the roots of plants for some of the energy that the plants produce through photosynthesis. No plant community could exist without mycelia."

Biodiversity is life. Scientists use the word to describe the links and variety between all living things on the planet - including humans. You may think of biodiversity as the environment, or as nature, wildlife, plants and animals, but the important thing to remember is it's all inter-connected. That includes every person too - we all rely on biodiversity for our survival, because of the vast number of goods and services our planet provides for us

"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."

Every state primary school in the UK will be sent a Darwin Treasure Chest jam-packed with outstanding free resources. The fun activities - which take place in the classroom, online and in the great outdoors - include exploring habitats, collecting seeds and growing plants.

An essay of short reflections. How is this relevant? Anthropmorthism, human centred worldview leads to the creation and continuation of zoos. Not all bad surely, but what do zoos teach our children?

"Bees for Development Trust is an international charity working to promote sustainable beekeeping to support livelihoods and to conserve biodiversity." Journal, portal, network centre, extensive links.

"The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) study is a major international initiative to draw attention to the global economic benefits of biodiversity, to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, and to draw together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward."

Satoyama landscape refers to a traditional Japanese socio-ecological production landscape and an example of multi-functional land use wherein residents employ agricultural practices and natural resource management techniques that optimize the benefits derived from local ecosystems.

"In this talk from RSA Animate, Sir Ken Robinson lays out the link between 3 troubling trends: rising drop-out rates, schools' dwindling stake in the arts, and ADHD. Divergent thinking."

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"Effective solutions for living sustainably in the postindustrial age require innovative frameworks and implementation strategies. Rather than tackling these global-scale problems one by one, as we are attempting for climate change, we need a far more holistic and integrated approach. The planetary boundaries framework provides such an approach. "