Sustainable Education

Does what it says on the tin Interesting study of water used to make coffee and the effect of importing coffe inot the Netherlands. UN backed site

Water, Waste management, Timber, Textiles, Greening Britain's Schools. Industry & Environmental Services with educators provide a range of resources

Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation promoting sustainable development through environmental education. \nFEE is an international umbrella organisation with one national member organisation per country. FEE has member organisations in 58 countries worldwide. Eco-schools, Blue Flag,Young Reporters, Learning about Forests, Green Key Awards

Exciting ideas for using Google Earth. Probably lots here we know little about YET. Important to help develop a sense of place and know and get a feel for other places. The simple task "where were you born?", "your parents", "your grandparents" maps most of us as immigrants and foreigners.

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Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to defend their rights. We educate consumers, lobby companies and government, raise awareness, and encourage international solidarity with workers. We coordinate the UK platform of the international Clean Clothes Campaign.

The Eco-schools initiative provides principles, resources, awards and advice on the process of making sustainable development a part of the life and ethos of a school. 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.

The Earth Charter is a set of internationally agreed, cross-cultural, cross-religious, cross-political values to guide our relations with the rest of human and non-human nature. It has an education programme, a youth initiative and a community programme.

This website aims to be an educational resource for people wishing to understand how the world, both manmade and natural, operates along biological principles. Biothinking results in products, processes and business models that are adaptable, sustainable and well suited to their niche.

Education for Sustainability (E4S) resources, links, news & help for tutors, students and teachers trying to embed ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) and GC (Global Citizenship) in ITE (Initial Teacher Education). These materials inform the "sustainability debate" in HE and schools, encouraging\nAWARENESS, REFLECTION, ACTION, and CONNECTION with a range of VIEWPOINTS.\n

Teacher Training Resource Bank. This is the new (Sept 2006?) briefing document on Education for Sustainable Development that has been prepared for the TDA. "Seminal background paper on ESD"

Education for Sustainable Development. What is Sustainable Development? Why is ESD important? How does ICT relate to ESD? How can ESD help with developing ICT capability? How can ICT help with developing ESD? Where can further information be found? Suggested activity for trainees. Suggested structure for mentor training

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The WorldAware website provides a useful introduction to ESD and also links to a range of development education resources for primary and secondary schools.

A particularly significant initiative is a dedicated ITE website called Education for a Sustainable Future, jointly owned and managed by the Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the Moray House Faculty of Education of the University of Edinburgh. Developed from a Scottish ITE module and the EU funded SEEPS Project, which promotes school focused programmes in education for sustainability, it provides on-line supported self study materials, consisting of activities and resources linked to a study guide. It is organised into seven units.A particularly significant initiative is a dedicated ITE website called Education for a Sustainable Future, jointly owned and managed by the Institute of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the Moray House Faculty of Education of the University of Edinburgh. Developed from a Scottish ITE module and the EU funded SEEPS Project, which promotes school focused programmes in education for sustainability, it provides on-line supported self study materials, consisting of activities and resources linked to a study guide. It is organised into seven units.

Resources for KS 1, 2, 3 & 4. Ask the expert. Young people's Messages. Find out more. Climate X-change, e-safety & teachers section.

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

OSDE IN BRIEF\nThe OSDE methodology supports the creation of OPEN SAFE SPACES FOR DIALOGUE AND ENQUIRY about GLOBAL ISSUES and PERSPECTIVES focusing on INTERDEPENDENCE. \nIn these spaces, people are invited to ENGAGE CRITICALLY with their OWN and with DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, think INDEPENDENTLY and make INFORMED and RESPONSIBLE decisions about how they want to think and what they want to do. \nThe OSDE methodology offers a SET OF PROCEDURES and SUGGESTED GROUND RULES that can be adapted to different age groups and contexts.\nThe key is to create spaces where people GATHER TOGETHER to LISTEN and TRANSFORM THEMSELVES - LEARNING and UNLEARNING together, re-inventing ways of RELATING to one another and IMAGINING OTHER POSSIBLE FUTURES.

The educational initiative Through Other Eyes (TOE) offers a free online study programme for educators highlighting indigenous perpectives of the development agenda. TOE focuses on the development of transnational, cultural and critical literacies.\nTOE is jointly hosted by Global Education Derby and the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice. \n