Sustainable Education

An excellent source of video material in general. 9 videos in this category.

Presentation on Google Docs. You need to get a gmail account (no bad thing) Ideas use Twitter and historicaltweets, twitterfall, twitter poll, wordle, Google Earth ....\nFrom Tom Barrett via Joe at Mirandanet

"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."

Welcome to One Planet Schools, providing information, encouragement and inspiration for schools working to put sustainability issues at the heart of school life.

If you teach Biodiversity as part of your Sustainability studies these are great images and videos of threatened species around the world. Suitable for 5 to 16 year olds, ARKive's free fun-packed teaching resources cover a range of key science and biology subjects including: adaptation, food chains, Darwin and natural selection, classification, identification, conservation and biodiversity. These teaching resources include: classroom presentations, activities and handouts, teachers' notes as well as links to ARKive species profiles and scrapbooks.

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

"Visual thinking and learning tools such as Mind Mapping and Concept Mapping are making an impact in today's classrooms. Christina Preston, Founder and Chair of the MirandaNet Fellowship, explains what the concept is, how it is helping students and how ICT is taking it to new levels."

Just started, could be good? Seriously lacking in ESD GC resources Might you add some?

Consider useful article from Henry Jenkins MIT on New Skills and new curricula

The World Ecitizens Online Environment is a resource for educational collaboration in topics such as responsible citizenship, mutual respect, combating social injustice and conflict prevention and resolution. There are resources and links to citizenship and also a page of teaching notes.

The World Ecitizens Online Environment is a resource for educational collaboration in topics such as responsible citizenship, mutual respect, combating social injustice and conflict prevention and resolution. There are resources and links to citizenship and also a page of teaching notes.

Good place for info and examples. well organised

The OSDE methodology offers a set of procedures and ground rules to structure SAFE spaces for dialogue and enquiry about GLOBAL ISSUES and PERSPECTIVES focusing on INTERDEPENDENCE. For teacher education, secondary schools, higher education and civil society.

The Government in England wants every school to be a sustainable school by 2020. Eco-Schools is an international award programme that guides schools on their sustainable journey, providing a framework to help embed these principles into the heart of school life.

Green-Schools is an international environmental education programme and award scheme that promotes and acknowledges long-term, whole-school action for the environment.

Learning Teaching Scotland

This website contains links to inspirational teaching resources provided by a wide variety of organisations.

RCE Severn is a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) in Sustainability Education.

"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. "

Bringing the real world into the classroom using ICT.