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ESD
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Education for Sustainable Development
The resources and web links available on this page are divided up into three sections:
- resources identified through the survey of ESD in the biosciences
- ESD activity at other Subject Centres, the Higher Education Academy and CETL's
- web-based resources
The Centre for Bioscience conducted a survey into ESD within Higher Education Institutions during March 2005. The following web sites and resources were used by bioscience teaching staff as sources of information, views and data relating to sustainability;
- World Health Organisation (WHO) – wide range of data, such as mortality rates, disease statistics, and public health statistics, case studies and WHO reports and publications
- Tearfund – with a wide range of publications and reports and information on topics such as child development, environment & climate change and water & sanitation
- UK indicators from a number of organisations, for example the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission contain data relating to energy consumption and emissions
- Scottish National Heritage (SNH) –
annual reports, facts and figures about the environment in Scotland and details of SNH’s work
- Scottish Government (Agriculture) – information on policy and legislation and also news stories related to agriculture and the environment in Scotland
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) –
environmental reports, for example Radioactivity in food and the environment, data, such as water quality and emissions release in Scotland, news reports and environmental guidelines
- Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) –
range of documents and statistics relating directly to SD, including bio-energy and sustainable livelihoods. Also statistics, news stories and reports related to agriculture, forestry and fishing
- Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) –
departmental and ministerial statements, summaries of topical issues such as recycling, DEFRA publications and some primary data
- Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) –
EMAS is a voluntary EU scheme for organisations “willing to commit themselves to evaluate, improve and report on their environmental performance”. The site contains: Legislative texts, guidance documents, leaflets, fact-sheets, brochures, training material and case studies.
The Higher Education Academy ESD project webpages bring together ESD information, reports and project outcomes across the disciplines, including the two guides " Current practice and future developments guides for sustainable development", one is intended for Senior managers in higher education and the other for employers, unions and the professions. Many of the Subject Centres are participating in ESD projects and research and links to their ESD pages are available through the Higher Education Academy ESD pages.
Three of the CETLs (Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) focus on various aspects of ESD:
- CSF: Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of Plymouth
- C-SCAIPE: Centre for Sustainable Communities Achieved through Integrated Professional Education, based at the University of Kingston
- CRUCiBLE: Centre for Rights Understanding and Citizenship Based on Learning through Experience, based at the University of Roehampton
The following resources and web sites may also be of use:
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