The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is based on the idea that communities and educational systems within communities need to dovetail their sustainability efforts.
The Gateway to Educational Materials is a US Consortium initiative to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of lesson plans and educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.
This briefing aims to: * Provide information and advice on ESD to those engaged in teacher education; * Outline relevant theory in the context of local, national and international strategies on sustainable development and ESD; * Review initiatives by government, business and non-governmental organisations; * Survey current best practice in schools, CPD and initial teacher education; * Draw on international perspectives; and * Provide links to a wide range of relevant sources and resources.
A project funded by the Higher Education Academy's Centre for Bioscience to develop a series of "How to Make Your Teaching More Sustainable" sheets. Intended as guidelines, they will provide information on how to make some aspects of teaching in the biosciences more sustainable and demonstrate how these changes in practice can then be raised as discussion points among students within the lecture, tutorial or lab group.
We Are What We Do is a global movement that believes it's not just politicians, institutions and big businesses that can change the world - ordinary people can do it too.
The DEA work on both formal and informal education, which includes schools and youth work, covering ages 5-19 in England and the UK. Influencing policy and curriculum that relates to schools and youth work is central to their work, as is enabling the improvement of practice of those who work directly with young people.
Low-Impact Living Initiative (LILI) is a non-profit organisation whose mission is to help people reduce their impact on the environment, improve their quality of life, gain new skills, live in a healthier and more satisfying way, have fun and save money. Includes factsheets, information on local courses, a shop, a forum and more.
GEN-Europe is the European ecovillage association promoting environmental protection and restoration of nature through the concept of ecovillages as models for sustainable human settlements.
The website aims to promote sustainable settlement for all by acting as an information resource and news service. \nVolunteers maintain a website of UK ecovillage projects, skills, and resources; provide current information on ecovillage theories and practices, alternative technologies, legal and financial resources to assist projects in setting up; hold regular meetings to share experiences and information; ncrease public awareness through presswork and the website.
Information for families looking to build or purchase a home, builders wanting to become greener, and estate agent. Also a useful resource for students researching the principles and technologies of ecovillages.
The 'Cool Kids For A Cool Climate' project website includes information on childrens conferences about environmental issues, ways in which they can help reduce climate change, and personal stories of actions taken by young people.