03 Education for Sustainability
Education and Informed Decision-making.
Fundamentally, this is what it’s all about. Without the knowledge, the information, necessary to decide to act otherwise, to act in favour of sustainability, to act ‘planet-wise’, all other efforts are futile.
Why legislate if no-one cares because knows really why they should care?
Why finance if no-one on the other end knows what role the innovation/technology/product/service plays in the greater scheme of things?
Why do anything if no-one understands their role in the greater scheme of things?
Sustainability education and communication cut across social, economic and environmental sustainability. Education is at the core of a widespread awareness of our environmental impacts, and what lifestyle changes we can begin to make.
We Started Here:
Education for Sustainability and Global Learning
And also recommend:
Education for Sustainability – Professional Learning Hub
https://www.efslearninghub.net.au/
The London South Bank University is a UN Regional Centre of Excellence in EfS/ESD, and offers the following resources:
EfS Knowledge Hub
http://www.efsknowledge.t83.net/
Their excellent knowledge resources at:
http://www.efsknowledge.t83.net/#/knowledge-sources/4548235907
Education for Sustainability (EfS) programme at LSBU, an internationally-recognised pioneer in EfS:
http://www.efslsbu.moonfruit.com/
London Regional Centre of Excellence in Education for Sustainable Development
http://londonrce.yolasite.com/
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Above Image, Eco-Literacy Map, courtesy of and with enormous thanks to EcoLabs, graphics for ecological literacy in higher education. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecolabs/
