Sustainable Education

"Introducing the Six R's: an approach to sustainability Many of the GCSE examination courses for D&T have included the 6R's as an approach to help student's think about sustainability within product evaluation and their own coursework."

Interesting example of Open Educational Resources. US Notice the format of Duscussion, activities, worksheets, resources and glossary.

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"SEEd (Sustainability and Environmental Education) is a registered UK charity with the primary objective of enabling more of the education sector to engage with Education for Sustainable Development and environmental education. "

""How can I embed sustainable development into to what I teach when I don't really understand what it means?""

"A new report by a United Kingdom industry taskforce predicts steep oil price rises and gasoline supply shortages by 2014-2015, which will put the global economy at similar risk to the 2007-2008 rapid rise in oil prices that helped trigger the Great Recession."

"covers legal, academic, and regulatory developments pertaining to the valuation of environmental amenities and disamenities, such as clean air, trees, parks, congestion, and noise. "

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"Recycling.co.uk is The Heart of Recycling in the UK, providing advice and tips to the public about what can be recycled and how to recycle it. We update our Recycling Guide regularly as new processes and technologies are developed. "

"grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills."

"These downloadable cross curricular teaching resources draw on projects run by Practical Action around the world. Suitable with key stages 2 and 3 (7-14 year olds), and could be used in geography, science and citizenship lessons."

The Pedagogy of Climate Change free download of new book from GEES

A list of websites containing information about developments and resources to support education for sustainable development and global citizenship.

University of Plymouth Sustainability Policy and Strategic Action Plan

Schools can play a major role in preparing young people to live sustainable lives. For example, they can help their pupils learn about carbon emissions - where they arise and how to reduce them - and what could happen if we don't take action. One of the best places to start thinking about sustainability is the school itself and its own practices.

The National Framework section introduces eight 'doorways' through which schools may choose to initiate or extend their sustainable school activity. It focuses on ways in which sustainable development can be embedded into whole school management practices and provides practical guidance to help schools operate in a more sustainable way.

"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?"