Ever wanted to know more about the sustainability issues of the subject you study, or the industry you work in?
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Education for Sustainable Development
Workshop Materials:
Links to ESD workshop materials provided by other organisations; some for embedding sustainability into existing curricula and some to examine 'what is sustainability?'.
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| Information Type | Lesson Plans and Workshop Materials; webpages and downladable PDF's, Powerpoints etc. |
| Reference/Link | http://www.edu.plymouth.ac.uk/esd |
| Brief Summary | Materials used by University of Plymouth Teacher Training Dept. on sustainability; resources for ESD within each of the CETTL ITT/PGCE modules as taught at UoP |
| Contact | Denise Summers, Programme Leader CETTL ITT at UoP. [email protected] |
| Date Entered | 22.04.10 |
| Information Type | Website & animation film |
| Reference/Link | http://www.storyofstuff.com/ |
| Brief Summary |
World famous film with animation about the global impact of consumer culture. A good film to show in almost any educational context for exploring sustainability issues. Website links to similar films on aspects of consumerism and a range of eductional resources |
| Date Entered | 12/07/2010 |
Websites:
| Information Type | Website |
| Reference/Link | http://www.eauc.org.uk/home |
| Brief Summary | With a membership of over 270 universities and colleges, the EAUC is the environmental and sustainability champion within Further and Higher Education in the UK. Their website is well worth a look at for examples of sustainability initiatives within education in the UK, sources of training, awards and conferences |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Educational Resources on Website |
| Reference/Link | http://www.eauc.org.uk/sorted/resources3 |
| Brief Summary | The Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges website ‘get sorted’ has a good section on resources for ESD, as well as a ‘getting started’ toolkit section for assisting colleges and universities in adopting a whole institution approach. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Higher Education Authority’s sustainability website |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/teachingand learning/sustainability/subjectcentrework http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/teachingand learning/sustainability/subjectcentrework |
| Brief Summary | Hosts subject specific resources areas on practically all of the main subject schools found in education:……..It is primarily aimed at Higher Education but can certainly be used by Further Education providers and students. Possibly the most useful site for users of this toolkit. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Higher Education Authority’s ESD website |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/esd |
| Brief Summary | Good starting point for access on information regarding HEA's ESD activities & projects, news, links and an excellent range of other resources |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Resource Page on Website |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/susdevresources/curric/ |
| Brief Summary | List of resources relating to sustainability in curricula in Higher Education |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Resource Page on Website |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/susdevresources/curric/ |
| Brief Summary |
This directory of resources is to support the sustainable development work of universities and colleges in the UK. Resource listings in: Strategy, Biodiversity, TransportFinancial, Curriculum, Construction, Community, Water, Waste, Procurement, Carbon management |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Website |
| Reference/Link |
http://esdgc.escalate.ac.uk/ |
| Brief Summary |
HEA Subject Centre for Education, ESCalate website. The site offers advice, guidance and a range of useful resources for embedding ESD in schools and HEI's. |
| Date Entered | 07/12/10 |
| Information Type | Website |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/education |
| Brief Summary |
The Ellen Macarthur Foundation website contains a valuable Education section for teachers concerning closed loop thinking, the circular economy and every aspect of thinking in systems. The 'teachers toolkit' offers a rich and varied menu: the raw material for hundreds of activities. Film clips, animations, powerpoint slides, colour graphics, case studies in bite sized segments and whole sets of tailored images from their publications. |
| Date Entered | 26.10.10 |
| Information Type | Website |
| Reference/Link | http://www.transitionedinburghuni.org.uk/ |
| Brief Summary | website for Transition Edinburgh University; range of resources to help students, staff and educational institutions lower their carbon footprint and join the Transition movement. More lifestyle and estates orientated than curriculum. |
| Date Entered | 07.06.10 |
| Information Type | Web Pages |
| Reference/Link | ULSF (date unknown) GHESP Resource Project [online] Available from: http://www.ulsf.org/GHESPResourceProject/index2_eng.html (Accessed on 2nd August 2005) |
| Brief Summary | Provides further overview of issues about sustainability in higher education – more practically, it does offer some case study links of specific curricula which have taken sustainability issues on board (but do not presently have a wide range of such case studies available) |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Web Pages |
| Reference/Link | UNESCO, Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future [online] Available from: http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/ (Accessed on 23rd July 2005) |
| Brief Summary | First four modules on rationale for ESD Multimedia teacher education programme containing 25 professional development modules for teachers, teacher educators and student teachers, and reflects an interdisciplinary approach to developing knowledge and skills for building a sustainable world. Focuses on pre-16 education. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | |
| Reference/Link | University of Wisconsin (date unknown), ESD Toolkit [online]. Available from: www.esdtoolkit.org (Accessed 19th June 2005) |
| Brief Summary | Huge resource for both communities and schools to address sustainability. Lots of exercises for teaching sustainability principles but not much on examining sustainability of existing curricula. There is, however, a useful exercise for looking at specific issues (the Project Y exercise) which influenced the mindmap I present here. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Website |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/ |
| Brief Summary | Genral Government website on Sustainable Development from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Website will soon change due to new government. Link still working at time of entry. |
| Date Entered | 23.11.10 |
| Information Type | Website: Sustainability Open Access Journal |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability |
| Brief Summary | Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050; CODEN: SUSTDE), an international and cross-disciplinary, scholarly, open access journal of environmental, cultural, economic and social sustainability of human beings, which provides an advanced forum for studies related to sustainability and sustainable development, is published by MDPI online monthly. |
| Date Entered | 11.2.11 |
| Information Type | e-Conference |
| Reference/Link | www.world-sustainability-day.net |
| Brief Summary | Website for The World Sustainable Development Teach-In Day, which occured on 03.12.10. Although the event is now past, the website contains interesting resources. The idea of the day is to foster a truly global debate on sustainable development. This means, for example, that a presentation prepared by a university lecturer or professor from Rio de Janeiro, be used at a lecture in New York or Beijing. This global interaction on matters related to sustainable development is the essence of this unique event, the largest initiative on education for sustainable development which has ever been organised. Be part of it! |
| Date Entered | 13.12.10 |
Books and Publications:
ESD Texts:
| Information Type | Downloadable PDF version of book |
| Reference/Link |
http://www.unece.org/env/esd/information/Publications %20IUCN/engaging%20people.pdf |
| Brief Summary |
Book:Tilbury, D. and Wortman, D. (2004) Engaging People in Sustainability. Commission on Education and Communication, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ISBN: 2-8317-0823-0 Book includes case studies and analysis of sustainability initiatives around the globe, with a particular emphasis on communication and education. |
| Date Entered | 28.2.11 |
| Information Type | Webpages about the book |
| Reference/Link | http://www.sustainability-literacy.org/ |
| Brief Summary | The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: In this ground-breaking book, leading sustainability educators are joined by literary critics, permaculturalists, ecologists, artists, journalists, engineers, mathematicians and philosophers in a deep reflection on the skills people need to survive and thrive in the challenging conditions of the 21st century |
| Date Entered | 28.2.11 |
| Information Type | Book |
| Reference/Link | Parker, J and Wade, R (2008) Journeys Around Sustainability. Education for Sustainability Programme, London South Bank University, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences ISBN 978 0 946786 43 5 <http:// www.lsbu.ac.uk/efs/> |
| Brief Summary | A collection of tutor and student work from the Master's programmes in EFS at London South Bank University on the subject of EFS, involving case studies in sustainability initiatives from across the globe, as well as overviews on EFS |
| Date Entered | 28.2.11 |
| Information Type | A report for The Higher Education Academy |
| Reference/Link | Gerald Dawe, Rolf Jucker and Stephen Martin (2005) Sustainable Development in Higher Education: Current Practice and Future Developments. York. Higher Education Academy |
| Brief Summary | Although researched and published in 2005, this report still contains many interesting conclusions that can be learnt from, as well as a broad range of case studies and resource links. |
| Date Entered | 14.12.10 |
| Contact | [email protected] |
| Download: | Click Here |
| Information Type | Publication on Website |
| Reference/Link |
Forum for the Future, (20050 Learning and skills for sustainable development: developing a sustainability literate society. Available from: http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/library/sustainability-literate-society |
| Brief Summary | This guidance explores how to integrate sustainability literacy into the provision of all higher education courses and provides a toolkit to guide. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Downloadable publication on Website |
| Reference/Link | http://www.forumforthefuture.org.uk/node/948 |
| Brief Summary | The purpose of this publication is to provide an introduction to techniques that enable non-financial (ie environmental and social) considerations to be integrated into traditional financial accounts; this guide explores the latest thinking about sustainability resource flows, assets and liabilities and offers guidance on implementing sustainability accounting in higher education. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Publication on Website |
| Reference/Link |
OFSTED (2003), Taking the first step forward…towards an education for sustainable development [online]. Available From: http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Publications-and-research/Browse-all-by/Documents-by-type/Thematic-reports/Taking-the-first-step-forward-towards-an-education-for-sustainable-development/(language)/eng-GB |
| Brief Summary | Aimed at schools within the national curriculum framework. Descibes principles of sustainability and gives examples of sustainability initiatives achieved in UK schools |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Book |
| Reference/Link | Sterling S, (2004) (3rd Ed) Sustainable Education: Re-visioning Learning and Change. Dartington: Green Books |
| Brief Summary | Exploration of ESD theories and underlying principles. Sterling makes the case for a new transformative kind of education which he calls Sustainable Education and explains its qualitative difference to current mainstream education. Includes excellent resource list at back of book. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Book |
| Reference/Link | Scott, W. and Gough, S. (2003) Sustainable Development and Learning. Framing the Issue. London: Routledge Falmer |
| Brief Summary | In depth academic work on the complexities of sustainable development and learning. Identifies a need for environmental meta-learning (learning which occurs across the boundaries between different institutions, literacies and practices). It makes a considered critique on the ideological differences inherent in different interpretations of sustainability, including a critique of many of the resources included here. Makes proposals for curriculum design approaches. |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Book |
| Reference/Link | Orr, D, (1992) Ecological Literacy: Education and the Transition to a Modern world. Albany: State University of New York Press. |
| Brief Summary | Seminal text on ‘Ecoliteracy’ which explains the need for a more Sustainable society/education system and proposes a vision of Ecoliterate education. . |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
| Information Type | Book |
| Reference/Link | .****(2003) The Sustainability Curriculum: The Challenge for Higher Education. London: Earthscan |
| Brief Summary | .Opens with chapters on generic sustainability issues in higher education. Also includes several chapters on sustainability issues of specific curricula eg. Geography, Sociology which will be of use to students of those disciplines |
| Date Entered | 02.02.10 |
