The International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education forms part of the Emerald Management Xtra 150 database. The International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education is a fully-refereed academic journal. Published in conjunction with the Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF), the journal aims at addressing environmental management systems (EMS), sustainable development and Agenda 21 issues at higher education institutions, worldwide.
The Kelvin Grove Urban Village demonstrates best practice in sustainability, creating a model for future developments at less cost tho the environment. The webpage promotes the project, discusses environmental, social and economic sustainability aspects of the village and therefore forms a valuable learning object/example for higher level students.
The [PDF] document can be downloaded and is a national Environmental Education Statement for Australians Schools, published by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage in November 2005. It provides a nationally agreed description of the nature and purpose of environmental education for sustainability through all years of schooling, including a vision and a framework for its implementation. It is intended for teachers, schools and their communities, education systems and developers of curriculum materials.
Project of the UNESCO-Asia Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation for Development and Griffith University. The website provides an introduction, workshop planning & facilitation skills, ten modules, and a net forum. Each module provides ideas and activities for learning sequences to the particular topic.
Website of Education for Sustainability (EfS) Portal explaining the term sustainability. The EfS Portal is an initiative of the Australian Research Institute in Education for Sustainability (ARIES) based at Macquarie University, Sydney. ARIES is primarily funded by the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Navigational links to About EfS, EfS Initiatives, UN Decade of ESD, Key EfS Docs, Key EfS Links, and Feedback.
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.
These websites contain useful resources for researchers, teachers, students, and practitioners interested in social interactions and social capital, in their role in the well-being of communities, and in their relationship with human, social and economic development. A search for sustainability provides lists of articles which have been resources to this site.
Website of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) featuring the multimedia teacher education programme Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future (TLSF). The page provides links to the following menus: UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, Getting Started in TLSF, Curriculum Rationale, Sustainable Development Across the Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Curriculum Themes, Teaching & Learning Strategies, and Dissemination & Training Toolbox.
Report by the Crawford Fund calls for research into growing food in northern Australia, to not only provide food supplies during climate change, but also pass on valuable knowledge to
(ABC News, 15/11/08)
The Australian Federal Government plans to study non-lethal methods of whale research, which will not only discover how the world’s whales are coping with climate change and other problems, but only prove to Japan that whales can be studied without killing them.
(ABC News, 17/11/08)