Sustainable Education

"Welcome to the World Ecitizens Online Environment, a resource for educational collaboration in topics such as responsible citizenship, mutual respect, combating social injustice and conflict prevention and resolution."

"Climate consensus under strain We ask a range of experts: what damage has been done by recent criticisms of climate science credibility?"

Risk Interconnection Map This network diagram shows an overview of all risks and their connections. Click on node to see details.

LSBU Dissertations with Sustainability in the title. Masters in Education for Sustainability

"China or the U.S.: which will be the last nation standing? by Richard Heinberg Silly me. Here I had thought that world leaders would want to keep their nations from collapsing."

"Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life. While poverty persists, there is no true freedom. The steps that are needed are clear."

"It's very permacultural to develop skills that will connect you more deeply to land, home, and community. And sometimes the skills that we gained in search of self reliance are the same ones we need to be more community-reliant. But self reliance, as a goal in itself, is a tired old myth that needs to die. It's unpermacultural."

"How Can We Talk About Transformational Change Without Losing Hope?" by Frankie Colmane. A well written personal overview.

"Most economists, as well as financial pundits in the mainstream media, focus on the money cost of energy. But the energy costs of energy can provide useful insights into environmental impacts and the underlying reasons for the money cost. "

First Graders partner with Terracycle to 'upcycle' waste from markers, tape dispensers and glue sticks. Here's there message.

A good starting point. Try one that you fancy and see how you get on with it.

Nick Peachey's " Web 20 tools for teachers" TEFL etc. Well explained. Download his book . Register on Scribd first

Good place for info and examples. well organised

"For more than two centuries, the idea that the world's ills are caused by poor people having too many babies has been remarkably successful at diverting attention from the complex social causes of poverty and injustice."

"... an important difference between a gift economy and an exchange economy is that in a gift economy, a bond develops between the gift giver and the recipient, while in an exchange economy, the parties often don't care if they ever see each other again."

Book review of " Bottleneck: Humanity's Impending Impasse", William Catton, Jr. dispenses with "the happy chapter" altogether and simply gives us the grim prognosis. Human society is now on an unstoppable trajectory for a significant die-off. Not cheerful stuff, but a viewpoint non-the-less.

"Frankly, when I first learned about peak oil, I was a bit freaked out. ... But after a time I slowly changed my attitude, expectations, and lifestyle to accommodate a radically different reality from the one I previously knew." One woman's personal transition tale. Useful links

might be a useful place to look for web2.0 apps.

"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