Sustainable Schools

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Sustainable Schools

A montage of sustainability themes

The Sustainable Schools area of Teachernet is designed to support schools on their journey to sustainability, introducing the principles of sustainable development and offering guidance on how to embed these principles into the heart of school life. The DCSF has been working with partners to provide core materials to help embed sustainable development into all areas of school life.

The site provides useful information for all sectors of the school community, including the leadership team, teachers and parents, and offers a number of excellent online and downloadable tools to help schools identify the best route to becoming more sustainable.

The resource library offers a comprehensive online directory providing access to hundreds of teaching resources, places to visit, a useful A to Z directory of organisations that work in the field, information about related programmes, case studies and an inspirational image gallery. Similarly, the support section contains information about funding, professional development opportunities, research and regional support.

News

Invitation for sustainable development activists
DCSF to empower sustainable development young activists
Classification of school waste
Defra clarifies that school waste should be classified as household waste.
London Schools Case Study Guide published
A collection of twenty case studies based on the Sustainble Schools National Framework.

Events

Global Learning in Primary Schools
A conference for primary teachers, heads and senior managers as well as those in support roles on 6 March 2008
Sustainable Education conference
A good practice event for schools in the West Midlands region on 11 December 2007.