WAB Learns: Sustainability: Resources & Themes

Sustainability in China

Enhancing Sustainability Education in China’s Secondary Schools
The Earth Institute’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy and Management, along with colleagues from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, are working with the Tencent Foundation to develop a set of sustainability education modules for secondary school students in China.
AMAREWA (Mother’s Hope) - Innovative Education for Sustainable Development in Rural Schools in China’s First National Park
FUQUN is a Chinese NGO committed to promote community-based conservation and sustainable development through innovative education and community work. Its programme namely “AMAREWA (Tibetan, in English means Mothers’ Hope” , responding to the Sustainable Development Goal on Quality Education, aims to bridge the urban-rural education gap and improve global citizenship awareness through promoting innovative education on sustainable development, respecting cultural diversity, building sustainable lifestyle and eco-schools. It is implemented in 13 rural primary schools in watershed of Yangtze,Yellow and Mekong River in the Tibetan Plateau, benefiting 40,000 indigenous Tibetan people.

Earth Hour
Every year, at 8:30 pm on the last Saturday of March, millions of people across the world show their support for our planet, raising awareness of nature loss and climate change - the two biggest threats facing our one home.

TAG - Take Action Global
The climate crisis isn’t solving itself. Fortunately for all of us, teachers and students are already stepping up to lead.

We work worldwide with students, teachers, educational institutions, and organizations to use climate education as a force for environmental action.

Eco-schools - Global
WWF Eco-schools Malaysia
Eco-Schools is an international programme of environmental and sustainable developmental education for schools. At the heart of the programme is a structured ‘change management’ process called THE SEVEN STEPS, used by schools to work towards continuous improvement in environmental action.
Currently, the programme is being implemented in over 50 countries around the world, involving more than 40,000 schools. Its adoption in Malaysia offers the promise of consolidating various environmental education efforts that are already in place in schools.
Sustainability in Schools - Australia
Sustainability is a cross-curriculum priority within the Australian Curriculum. It's time to embed sustainability into your classroom, school and community. Have a look at the four key steps below, or go straight to our Resources Portal. Submitting a resource is as easy as completing a one-page form at the About Us tab.

Curate, advocate, collaborate: Updating a school library collection to promote sustainability and counter eco-anxiety
Pooja Mathur highlights the role teacher librarians can play in promoting the cross-curriculum priority of Sustainability.