Greening Island Schools
Promoting Education for Sustainable Development
Our goal is to provide schools and educators in SIDS with access to teaching resources that are easy to use and that can support the greater understanding of sustainable practices within their local context.
The resources below are free to access. They provide practical teaching activities and strategies, and inspiration for how schools can promote sustainable practices at a personal, classroom school and/or community level.
School Kitchen Gardens
The school kitchen gardens project offers guidance and resources to help you develop your own school garden and integrate it into classroom teaching to promote active learning.
Stories about Sustainability
The collection of stories below can be used to teach students about sustainability. You can search through the entire story collection, or by theme.
Each story is accompanied by teaching resources, including lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, and suggested activities.
Whole School Approaches
In a whole school approach to sustainability, the school community integrates sustainability into their daily programs and school life.
The examples below highlight outstanding but achievable whole school approaches to sustainability, in schools around the world.
Projects do not have to be on a large scale to be effective.
Teaching Resources
Our goal is to provide schools and educators with access to free education resources that promote education for sustainable development within their local context.
Our team has created a list of online ESD teaching resources, which can be found below. These resources are free to access. They include teaching activities and strategies, lesson plans and student worksheets.
Acknowledgement
We acknowledge the support of the DHB Foundation and the University of Melbourne (Melbourne Climate Futures and the Faculty of Education) for funding the development of these resources for schools.
Contact details
Project lead:
Dr Rhonda Di Biase
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Education
Email: dibiaser@unimelb.edu.au