Sustainable Schools

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

Meeting the challenge of change: 19 January is the deadline for responding to DEA's discussion on education preparing young people for their global future.
Introduction to global school partnerships: This British Council workshop will be held at UK venues in January and March.
How about a school fruit garden?: Free organic gardening wokshops from Garden Organic as part of the Food for Life Partnership.

Events

Inspiring change: Two training courses from Waste Watch, to be held on 27 and 28 January 2009.
Four and twenty blackbirds?: This year's RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch runs from 19 to 30 January.
National School Grounds Conference 2009: Making the most of play in school grounds.