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  SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
 

www.worldbank.org/depweb
Development Education Program's DEPweb Explore Sustainable Development Students and teachers, welcome to DEPweb, the World Bank's web site of classroom-ready sustainable development materials designed especially for you. Here you'll find online books and learning modules brimming with activities, information, data tables, case studies, and colorful maps, charts, and photos that will help you explore the often complex yet intriguing social, economic, and environmental issues of sustainable development.

 

www.earthcharter.org
The mission of the Earth Charter is to establish a sound ethical foundation for the emerging global society and to help build a sustainable world based on respect for nature, universal human rights, economic justice, and a culture of peace.

 

www.cee.org.uk
Welcome to the Gateway for Education for Sustainable Development brought to you by the Council for Environmental Education. The Council for Environmental Education (CEE) provides a national focus in England for those committed to education for sustainable development. CEE works in partnership, bringing people together to address issues of common interest. Providing information is a major focus of our work - through this website and a range of newsletters and publications.

 

www.unesco.org/education/esd
UNESCO issued a declaration on the responsibilities of the present generation towards future generations on 12 November 1997. It covers: protection of the environment; biodiversity and cultural diversity; freedom of political, economic and social choices; peace; development and education - a new form of human rights declaration. The transdiciplinary project "Educating for a Sustainable Future" was launched in 1994 as the principal mechanism within UNESCO to follow-up the recommendations concerning education made by the major UN conferences of the 1990s and the conventions on biological diversity, climate change and desertification, and intended to mobilize, integrate and innovate within the Organization across sectoral lines. ESD's objective is the promotion of values and ethics through education at different levels in order to make an impact on people's lifestyles.

 

www.worldwildlife.org/windows/material.html
One of the cornerstones of Windows on the Wild is its collection of materials designed to help educators teach about biodiversity and the many ways it affects our lives. WOW materials range from colorful posters of wildlife to ecoregional maps to biodiversity videos to in-depth curriculum guides. The majority of WOW materials target middle school students and educators. However, some materials are appropriate for elementary and secondary school educators, university students, parents, and the general public.

 

Foundation for our Future - the Sustainable Development Library
The library contains approximately 4,500 items. It specializes in American and international publications about sustainable development and education.

 

www.esdtoolkit.org
The Education for Sustainable Development Toolkit is an easy-to-use manual for individuals and organizations 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 curriculums to create locally relevant and culturally appropriate education. The ESD Toolkit will be helpful as ministries of education, non-profit organizations, school system, communities, and other organizations prepare for United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005 - 2015.

 

http://naaee.org
The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) is a network of professionals, students, and volunteers working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world. There are many environmental interest groups, and many organizations dedicated to improving education. NAAEE uniquely combines and integrates both of these perspectives, and takes a cooperative, nonconfrontational, scientifically-balanced approach to promoting education about environmental issues.

 

www.naaee.org/npeee
The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education
 

www.naaee.org/~npeee/Workbook
http://naaee.org/npeee/vol_1_resources.php
http://naaee.org/npeee/vol_3_resources.php
 

http://naaee.org/npeee/vol_2_resources.php
The Environmental Education Collection: A Review of Resources for Educators is designed to help educators find curricula, multimedia resources, and other educational materials that can enhance teaching environmental education in a variety of settings. It is hoped that this resource guide will assist educators as they plan, develop, and implement creative and effective environmental education programs.

 

http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/sustainable/
Sustainable Development Education Panel UK
In 1998, the UK Government set up the Sustainable Development Education Panel, an advisory NDPB whose five-year remit covered schools, further and higher education bodies, and education in work, recreation and the home. The Panel was jointly sponsored by DfES and Defra (previously DfEE and DETR).

 

www.eelink.net
EE-Link, a project of NAAEE, develops and collects quality EE materials and makes them available to a broad audience of teachers and other educators. It uses only fact-based, accurate resources that inspire inquiry, critical thinking and decision-making, and engagement. ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education

 

http://www.ericse.org/eeindex.html
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a federally supported system of 16 education clearinghouses. This site enables the user to search a database that describes nearly one million articles, reports, curriculum guides, books, and other information resources
 

http://www.schoolnet.ca/learning/

Canada: Learning for a Sustainable Future

 

http://www.xs4all.nl/~esdebate/index.html
Education for Sustainable Development: International Debate

 

http://www.forumdirectory.org.uk/aboutus/index2.html
Forum for the Future – Directory of Sustainability in Practice
Searchable database of sustainability initiatives in the UK and rest of Europe. UK website so UK focussed.

 

http://www.schoolnet.ca/learning/
Canada: Learning for a Sustainable Future

 

www.hect.nl/hecteducationforsustainabledevelopmentineurope.html
HECT Consultancy

 

http://www.gse.mq.edu.au/units/sus_dev/Education/Edu_sd.htm
Macquarie University – Graduate School of the Environment – Masters in Sustainable Development Course

 

http://www.iscvt.org/
Institute for Sustainable Communities

 

http://www.gse.mq.edu.au/units/sus_dev/sus_dev.htm
Professional Development in Education and Sustainability ‘It’s A Living Thing’ New South Wales Environment Protection Authority, Nature Conservancy Council and Australian Association for Environmental Education (2002)

 

http://www.iied.org/human/index.html
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) – Human Settlements pages

 

http://iucn.org/themes/cec/cec/home_page.htm
IUCN Commission on Education and Communication

 

http://www.schoolnet.ca/learning/
Learning for a Sustainable Future

 

http://www.secondnature.org/
Second Nature: Education for Sustainability

 

http://www.sustainable.org
Sustainable Communities Network
Case studies

 

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/sdissues/education/edu.htm
United Nations Sustainable Development – Education and Awareness

 

http://www4.gu.edu.au/ext/unesco/
UNESCO Australia Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future

 

http://www.unescobkk.org/education/aceid/mission.htm
UNESCO Education and Sustainable Human Development