Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Environmental Worldviews, Ethics, and Sustainability
Through this interactive module, history has shown that the multifaceted aspects of nature have been overlooked many times in the past. And thus, our pursuit to control our environment has failed and left us wanting. What does the future...
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Branksome Hall Asia: Design and Inquiry: Sustainable Design
Sustainable design is a philosophy of developing products in line with social, economic, and ecological sustainability principles. In design, it is important to understand the distinction between Green Design and Sustainable Design....
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Univ. Of Idaho: Principles of Sustainability: Chapter 3: The Culture of Waste
This is the third chapter in an online course on sustainability. It examines solid waste management in developed and developing countries. It looks at the global waste crisis and at options for dealing with it. Includes a video [41:50]...
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United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Organization affiliated with the United Nations whose purpose is to help "reduce poverty in countries with developing and transition economies through sustainable industrial growth".
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Manitoba Model Forest Network: Sustainable Forest Management (Grade 11) [Pdf]
This 167-page Science unit on forest management looks at the different ways humans have managed Manitoba forests throughout history. It explains the ways we harvest our forests, the products they provide us with, and what the future...
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Freie Universitat Berlin: Everyday Objects [Pdf]
In our daily lives we are surrounded by objects which have specific roles and functions. Some are relatively simple, like a drinking cup. Others are much more complex, like a mobile phone. This wonderful 56-page handbook presents...
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Great Lakes Information Network
The Great Lakes Science Center provides research on various topics concerning the Great Lake environment such as fish advisories, contaminants, threatened species, low water levels, and sustainable development of the Lakes.
University of California
Asi: What Is Sustainable Agriculture
Agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization and government policies that favored...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Learning Sustainability With Sim City
Helps educators develop SimCity-based lesson plans that will encourage students to think critically about the challenges facing modern cities. SimCity is a city-building simulation computer game where players become the mayor and design...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Designing a Sustainable Guest Village
This lesson introduces students to their task of designing a permanent guest village within the Saguaro National Park. The design must provide a true desert experience to visitors while also emphasizing sustainable design, protection of...
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Caterpillar: Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future [Pdf]
This set of lesson plans was developed to accompany Ground Rules: Mining Right for a Sustainable Future, a documentary film created by Caterpillar and Science North. They introduce students to the various phases involved in mining,...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dome It Challenge Scenario Cards
Student teams find solutions to hypothetical challenge scenarios that require them to sustainably manage both resources and wastes.
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Shft: Curating the Culture of Today's Environment
A platform which identifies and exemplifies ways in which to achieve sustainable living through film, design, art and food.
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Water: The Foundation of All Sustainable Development [Pdf]
This PDF chart shows income inequality in relation to access to clean and safe drinking water.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Professional Development: The Route to Reform
A discussion of factors - sustained deep learning, connection to actual classroom instruction, and collaboration with peers - that can help educators teach literacy within their content area.
Other
Wuppertal Institute: Towards a Global Energy Transformation [Pdf]
This study analyzes the deepening crisis in the availability of global energy resources and looks at ways to transform how we produce and use energy in order to create a sustainable development model. They state that "Socially just and...
United Nations
United Nations: Development
Links to UN programs and organizations involved in economic development, by region.
Eduweb
Eduweb: Indigenous Ecotourism
This scholarly article overviews how ecotourism is tied to a survey of sustainable development in the case of Rio Blanco, Ecuador.
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International Eco Schools
Eco-Schools is an international group; the website presents environmental topics and sustainable development education for schools. It aims to combine learning and action and enable schools to start a meaningful project.
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International Eco Schools
Eco-Schools is an international group; the website presents environmental topics and sustainable development education for schools. It aims to combine learning and action and enable schools to start a meaningful project.
International Reading Association
Reading Online: A Survey of Sustained Silent Reading Practices in 7th Grade
Research and ideas about developing a sustained silent reading program in the middle school classroom.
Other
Linking Environment and Farming: Simply Sustainable Soils [Pdf]
With increasing pressure on the world's natural environment and resources it is essential that we develop farming systems that have a low impact on the environment, and are also highly productive in meeting the needs of a growing global...
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Home Lighting in Developing Countries
The lessons included on this site are for the Home Lighting in Developing Countries Project. For each lesson, there is a link to the lesson itself and another link to the lesson plan for that particular lesson.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Modernization
A comprehensive learning module on modernization that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students will examine the impacts of development in...