Useful Links for Education
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.
Australian Campuses Towards Sustainability (ACTS) – sustainability in the tertiary sector in Australian and New Zealand.
Australian Student Environment Network (ASEN), campus environment collectives all over the continent working for a just and sustainable future.
European Academy of Business in Society's directory of activities of universities and business schools in the domains of corporate responsibility research, education and training in Europe and beyond.
Resource provided by the Aspen Institute - Centre for Business Education for case studies, syllabi and innovative MBA teaching materials on business and sustainability.
International courses related to the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014.
International Eco-Schools Programme. There are news and newsletters, and a special area for schools, with ideas, projects, art and other submissions sent in by Eco-Schools.
The Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts — Sustainability Education.
The Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative. Encouraging schools to take a whole-system and whole-school approach to sustainability.
The Enviroschools Foundation is a charitable trust that provides support and strategic direction for a nation-wide environmental education program.
Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is an easy-to-use manual for individuals and organisations from both the education and community sectors. This resource addresses the potentially powerful alliance of school systems and communities working together to reach local sustainability goals. Together they can reorient existing curricula to create locally relevant and culturally appropriate education.
Free curriculum resources for primary and high-school students.
The Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University.
The United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies. The Education for Sustainable Development Programme works on research and capacity development to integrate Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) components into curricula at all levels of education and in all sectors of the society by the end of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD), which runs from 2005 to 2014.
The Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales.
Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), developing a new generation of leaders through school-based programs linked to the community.
Learning for a Sustainable Future (LFS) is a Canadian nonprofit organisation whose mandate is to work with educators from across Canada to integrate the concepts and principles of sustainable development into the curricula at all grade levels.
Macalester College's sustainability curriculum resource list.
The Sustainability Campus Group which aims to progress sustainability in the Victorian tertiary education sector.
Sustainability@MQ - The Macquarie University Sustainability Office.
This resource helps pupils to explore their own lives – and the world around them – by looking at the lives of four children from around the world.
Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership (GHESP). Four international organisations with a strong commitment to making sustainability a major focus of higher education formed the Global Higher Education for Sustainability Partnership to mobilise universities and higher education institutions to support sustainable development in response to Chapter 36 of Agenda 21.
University Presidents' Climate Commitment. Support for America's colleges and universities to go carbon neutral.
And here's a PDF of the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee policy on Education for Sustainable Development.
Second Nature can help your college, university or association develop, advance, and achieve a vision of a truly sustainable higher education institution, one that fully prepares its graduates for the challenges of the 21st Century.
SEED (School Development Through Environmental Education) promotes Environmental Education as a driving force for School Development. SEED facilitates a close dialogue and better understanding between policy makers and practitioners in the educational systems. The ultimate target group is the pupils who should benefit from innovation in teaching and learning methodologies.
An e-list for sustainability educators. Send an email to the address above to subscribe to the list.
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future assists colleges and universities in making sustainability an integral part of curriculum, research, operations and outreach.
International Association of Universities — Sustainable Development. This website describes the background and evolution of IAU actions in the field of Higher Education and Sustainable Development.
This is a listing of international programs and projects at the above site.
The UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education. Concentrates on activities that focus on education from the Secondary level and beyond with a mission to contribute to sustainable human development (underpinned by tolerance, human rights and a culture of peace) through the design and implementation of education programs and projects, mainly at the post primary level of education, which stress 'educational innovation for development'.
WWF China – Conservation Programs/Environmental Education: Environmental Educator's Initiative: Providing hands on learning approaches for 200 million Chinese school children. The Environmental Educators' Initiative (EEI) is the centerpiece education project currently being undertaken by the WWF China Program Office.
WWF's site for those working to put Education for Sustainable Development at the heart of school life.
UNESCO Australia, Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future, is a multi-media professional development program for educators prepared by UNESCO on educating for a sustainable future.