Green Schools Globally

Author : Annette Gough,John Chi-Kin Lee,Eric Po Keung Tsang
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030468200

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Green Schools Globally by Annette Gough,John Chi-Kin Lee,Eric Po Keung Tsang Pdf

This book brings together stories of the green schools movement ((Eco Schools, Enviroschools, Green Schools, Sustainable Schools, ResourceSmart Schools etc) in several countries around the world, with a focus on the impact of the movement on the development and implementation of education for sustainable development in each of the countries. In particular, each story will explain the history of the movement per country, its current status, achievements, obstacles and broader impact. There have been a number of evaluations of these school movements at a national or more local level, and numerous articles and chapters have been published on aspects of these schools’ activities, but to date these have not been brought together in a single volume that focuses attention on the impact of the movement on education for sustainable development in each country. This is the purpose of this volume. The green schools movement focuses on a whole school approach which aims to include everyone (students, teachers and the local community), to improve school environments, including resource usage and the environmental footprint of the school, to motivate students to take on environmental problems and seek resolutions particularly at a local level but also thinking globally, and to improve students' attitudes and behaviours as part of developing a sustainable mind set.

Author : Chan, Tak C.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466663138

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Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future by Chan, Tak C. Pdf

As environmental concerns become more prevalent, it is important for today’s youth to be exposed to green practices. The introduction of environmentally sound principles into educational systems and institutions helps establish a positive viewpoint on sustainability as well as promote green practices. Marketing the Green School: Form, Function, and the Future features the latest research surrounding the operational efficiency, financial and legal considerations, and effectiveness of environmentally friendly school systems, as well as the integration of environmental education curriculum. Investigating the impact a green environment has on student well-being and success, this book is an essential reference source for school superintendents, school business managers, contractors, architects, and civil engineers interested in the development and promotion of green initiatives in educational institutions.

Author : Lisa A. W. Kensler,Cynthia L. Uline
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134737611

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Leadership for Green Schools by Lisa A. W. Kensler,Cynthia L. Uline Pdf

Leadership for Green Schools provides aspiring and practicing leaders with the tools they need to facilitate the design, leadership, and management of greener, more sustainable schools. Framed by theory and research, this text draws from the fields of sustainability science, built learning environment, and educational leadership to explain what green schools look like, what role school buildings play in advancing sustainable organizational and instructional practices, and why school leaders are "greening" their leadership. Sustainability can often seem like an unreachable, utopian set of goals, but this important resource uses illustrative examples of successful schools and leaders to show how establishing and managing green schools aligns with the work they are already doing to restore engaged learning within their schools and communities. Leadership for Green Schools is a unique and important resource to help leaders reduce the environmental impact of school buildings and immerse students in purposeful, meaningful learning for a sustainable, just future. Special Features: Examples from award-winning schools and leaders—best-practices and illustrative examples throughout make whole school sustainability come to life and show how green leadership is a real possibility for the reader. Aligned with Professional Standards for Educational Leadership—provides the tools necessary for leaders to advance sustainability goals while at the same time fulfilling the core purposes of their job. End-of-chapter discussion questions—valuable pedagogical tools invite personal reflection and conversation.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231001802

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Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Cynthia L. Uline,Lisa A. W. Kensler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000391190

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A Practical Guide to Leading Green Schools by Cynthia L. Uline,Lisa A. W. Kensler Pdf

This practical guide for educational leaders explores how you can transform your school or district into a vibrant center of learning and socio-ecological responsibility with only three manageable actions: taking students outside, bringing nature inside, and cultivating a mindset of awareness, responsibility, and empathy. This book is rich in practical, attainable approaches and stories of real actions taken by leaders, teachers, parents, and community partners to design, lead, and manage a vibrant, flourishing, sustainable learning community. Authors Uline and Kensler take you on an inspirational journey through nine key leadership strategies for you to begin or expand your work towards whole school sustainability.

Author : John Chi-Kin Lee,Rob Efird
Publisher : Springer
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401788663

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Schooling for Sustainable Development Across the Pacific by John Chi-Kin Lee,Rob Efird Pdf

Environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) are asserting their growing role in curricula around the world, yet how deeply embedded are they in the learning systems of the Pacific nations? Building on an earlier analysis in China and Taiwan, this volume expands its purview to examine the quality and extent of environmental and sustainable development education in a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including China itself, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia. As well as offering detailed national analyses provided by Asian-Pacific academics and professionals, this work includes examples in the US and Canada and an introduction that assesses the contrasting challenges and positive commonalities among diverse education systems. The chapters reflect leading-edge practice, innovation, and depth of experience and at the same time as detailing locally relevant and culturally appropriate strategies they also provide clear models and strategies for expanding the application and influence of education for sustainable development elsewhere. In doing so, they mirror the global nature of environmental issues as well as the local nature of the solutions.

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789231001796

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Schools in action, global citizens for sustainable development by UNESCO Pdf

Author : Linda H. Plevyak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000603569

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Teaching Towards Green Schools by Linda H. Plevyak Pdf

This engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK–12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students and leading the way towards becoming a green school. Sharing real-world case studies and detailed walk-throughs of sustainable schools in action – from Madison, Alabama, to Bali, Indonesia – author Linda H. Plevyak lays out the benefits, principles and practices of creating a sustainable school from beginner classroom projects like creating a garden, recycling and composting to more complex and school-wide initiatives like energy audits, creating an environmental management system, engaging with policy and building and leveraging community partnerships. Plevyak highlights sustainable practices that can be developed with little to no budget and focuses on those that support the development of critical thinking skills, promote project-based learning and consider the environment as a learning tool, incorporating sustainability as a natural progression of the learning process. The book outlines extensive resources teachers and schools can use to embed sustainability in their programs and curriculum, offering teachers, school leaders and policy makers the tools they need to provide this generation of students with the knowledge and skills to create a more sustainable world.

Author : Helen Gadsby,Andrea Bullivant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136728914

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Global Learning and Sustainable Development by Helen Gadsby,Andrea Bullivant Pdf

Global learning and sustainable development encompass some of the key ideas and challenges facing the world today: challenges such as climate change, globalization and interdependence. Schools increasingly recognize the role of education in addressing these issues with young people, but exploring global issues across the curriculum requires a considerable amount of time and planning across subjects. This book aims to reduce this workload by providing a clear overview of global learning, its development in policy and what this means for teachers in practice. It outlines the different ways in which global learning can be delivered as a cross-curricular theme, with examples of current activities and practice in schools. Features include: an examination of key influences and debates in this area guidance on how to plan, implement and evaluate change in the curriculum to incorporate global learning the role of Personal Learning and Thinking Skills as a way of exploring global learning and sustainable development ideas from the "global context" of practice in Europe and beyond activity ideas supported by case studies of innovative practice links to other educational agendas, relevant topics and resources. Providing clear guidance on the underpinning theory and policy and drawing upon current initiatives in schools, this book will be of interest to all trainee and practising secondary teachers wanting to help young people engage critically with global issues.

Author : Leicht, Alexander,Heiss, Julia,Won Jung Byun
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789231002441

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Issues and trends in education for sustainable development by Leicht, Alexander,Heiss, Julia,Won Jung Byun Pdf

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is globally acknowledged as a powerful driver of change, empowering learners to make decisions and take actions needed to build a just and economically viable societ y respect ful of both the environment and cultural diversit y.

Author : K. Henderson,Daniella Tilbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental education
ISBN : 1864089792

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Whole-school Approaches to Sustainability by K. Henderson,Daniella Tilbury Pdf

This research study documents several national initiatives, such as Enviroschools, New Zealand; Green School Award, Sweden; Green Schools, China; and the international programs of FEE Eco-schools and ENSI Eco schools. It is our intention to review these experiences of wholeschool approaches to sustainability in order to address the following questions: What does a sustainable school look like? Is there a formula for 'how' to run an effective and wide-reaching whole-school sustainability program? Is there evidence of effective methods to engage the community in these endeavours? What are the critical success components of whole-school sustainability programs?

Author : International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication
Publisher : IUCN
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Environmental education
ISBN : 9782831706238

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Education and Sustainability by International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Commission on Education and Communication Pdf

A publication from IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), this book tells the stories of people who work with communities to motivate them to create a more sustainable future. The accounts range from engaging communities through theatre to a revival of indigenous stories to pass on good environmental practice. The publication was produced both to share what educators around the world have learnt and to give them a platform to tell their stories.

Author : Todd Parr
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780316186889

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The EARTH Book (Illustrated Edition) by Todd Parr Pdf

"I take care of the earth because I know I can do little things every day to make a BIG difference..." With his signature blend of playfulness and sensitiviy, Todd Parr explores the important, timely subject of environmental protection and conservation in this eco-friendly picture book. Featuing a circular die-cut Earth on the cover, and printed entirely with recycled materials and nontoxic soy inks, this book includes lots of easy, smart ideas on how we can all work together to make the Earth feel good - from planting a tree and using both sides of the paper, to saving energy and reusing old things in new ways. Best of all, the book includes an interior gatefold with a poster with tips/reminders on how kids can "go green" everyday. Equally whimsical and heartfelt, this sweet homage to our beautiful planet is sure to inspire readers of all ages to do their part in keeping the Earth happy and healthy.

Author : Karen Haydock,Abhijit Sambhaji Bansode,Gurinder Singh,Kalpana Sangale
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030640651

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Learning and Sustaining Agricultural Practices by Karen Haydock,Abhijit Sambhaji Bansode,Gurinder Singh,Kalpana Sangale Pdf

This book describes a participatory case study of a small family farm in Maharashtra, India. It is a dialectical study of cultivating cultivation: how paddy cultivation is learnt and taught, and why it is the way it is. The paddy cultivation that the family is doing at first appears to be ‘traditional’. But by observation and working along with the family, the authors have found that they are engaging in a dynamic process in which they are questioning, investigating, and learning by doing. The authors compare this to the process of doing science, and to the sort of learning that occurs in formal education. The book presents evidence that paddy cultivation has always been varying and evolving through chance and necessity, experimentation, and economic contingencies. Through the example of one farm, the book provides a critique of current attempts to sustain agriculture, and an understanding of the ongoing agricultural crisis.

Author : Rosalyn McKeown,Victor Nolet
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789400742734

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Schooling for Sustainable Development in Canada and the United States by Rosalyn McKeown,Victor Nolet Pdf

Education for sustainable development (ESD) presents an intriguing challenge in developed countries. The very notion of sustainable development may appear to be at cross-purposes with the social and political aims of large industrial economies. Yet, arguably, the residents of wealthy countries may be most in need of new ways of thinking and behaving on an increasingly more fragile and crowded planet. This book presents a collection of essays that capture the depth and diversity of education for sustainable development (ESD) work in formal education in Canada and the United States. Many of the authors are pioneers in the field of ESD, not only in their own countries but internationally. In this book, they share their expertise, lessons learned, and insights into the ongoing success of their work. The essays reflect leading edge practice, innovation, and depth of experience and provide clear models and strategies for expanding the application and influence of ESD in wealthy countries. The ESD programs described in the book are relevant and culturally appropriate for the specific locally contexts in which they are found but also in the larger context of ESD writ large as a planetary endeavour.