AVALON Sustainability School offers nature-based learning experiences for young people and change agents combining adventure, art and skills for sustainability in an multicultural, English-speaking environment. The programs are led by a team of experienced […]
A community-level initiative in the UK has successfully used social marketing techniques to encourage participants to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. On average, participants reduced their emissions footprint by 2 tonnes every year. […]
Tim Willmott interviews Professor William Scott Bill Scott is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Bath where he was head of its Education and Sustainability research programme, director of the Centre for […]
“Our vision is of a natural, holistic, student-centered learning environment that empowers and inspires our students to be creative, innovative, green leaders.” “2012 Greenest School on Earth” awarded to Green School by the […]
A school’s edible garden provides healthy fresh produce, reduces the school’s ecological footprint and saves money. The garden also provides stimulus and activities for the students. When I went to school in the […]
Located in Berkeley, California, the stated mission of the Center for Ecoliteracy is to support and advance education for sustainable living. It was founded in 1995 by philanthropist Peter Buckley, physicist/author Fritjof Capra, […]
“The current obsession with human behaviour change is a strategy which has very limited scope for long-term success: instead, we should try to encourage thinking.” A while ago, a colleague and I visited […]
Whether we like it or not, we’re all learners and teachers now. Learners and teachers? Really? Well, yes. We’ve got used to the idea that learning is something we don’t just do at school […]