Sustainability is a state of mind and way of life. Incorporating sustainability principles, concepts and approaches in both formal and informal education processes will help institutionalize these concepts and encourage their widespread adoption. This section offers many resources and organizations that promote sustainability education.
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21st Century Community Learning Centers, U.S. Department of Education, Website: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/21stcclc. This website features design principles for planning schools as centers of community, examples of innovative designs, and an extensive list of online resources related to community involvement in school planning and design.
American Forum for Global Education, Sustainability Education Center, 307 7th Avenue, Suite 1201, New York, NY 10001, Tel: 212.645.9930, Fax: 212. 645.9931, Email: info@sustainabilityed.org, Website: http://www.globaled.org. The Sustainability Education Center promotes the concept and process of sustainability in educational environments through collaborative programs, research, professional development and materials development, collection and dissemination. Its web site contains a long list of useful links to sustainability education sites.
Campus Ecology Program, National Wildlife Federation, 8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA 22184, Tel: 703.790.4000, Fax: 703.790.4468, Email: wildlife@nwf.org, Website: http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/index.cfm. Campus Ecology establishes environmentally sound practices on college campuses by promoting leadership and action within the campus community.
Center for Environmental Education at Antioch New England Graduate School, 40 Avon Street, Keene, NH 03431-3516, Tel: 603.355.3251, Fax: 603.357.0718, Email: cee@antiochne.edu, Website: http://www.cee-ane.org. The Center provides schools, environmentalists, government agencies and individuals with access to materials which enable them to teach and learn about the environment while encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving.
Center for Respect of Life & Environment (CRLE), 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, Tel: 202.778.6133, Fax: 202.778.6138, Email: info@crle.org, Website: http://www.crle.org. CRLE works to awaken people's ecological sensibilities and to transform lifestyles, institutional practices and social policies to support the community of life.
EcoSchool Design, Email: sharon@ecoschools.com, Website: http://www.ecoschools.com. EcoSchool Design seeks to assist schools, and those who care about them, in transforming paved schoolyards into vibrant ecosystems for outdoor learning.
Edible Schoolyard, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA 94703, Tel: 510.558.1335, Fax: 510.558.1334, Email: info@edibleschoolyard.org, Website: http://www.edibleschoolyard.org. This school project in Berkeley, CA, creates and sustains an organic garden and landscape which is wholly integrated into the school's curriculum and lunch program.
Environmental Leadership Collaborative, Website: www.enviroleader.org. Strong leadership, skilled individuals, and effective organizations are essential to the success of the environmental movement. A new web site features information on fellowships, internships, training, workshops, and resources aimed at strengthening and developing environmental leadership. Sponsored by the Environmental Leadership Collaborative, a network of organizations working to expand the capacity of the environmental movement, the site serves as a hub for professionals, activists, students, and volunteers seeking to improve their skills and hone their leadership.
Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), 744 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Tel: 202.395.7600, 800.858.9947, Fax: 202.395.7611, Email: info@globe.gov, Website: http://www.globe.gov. GLOBE is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment. Students perform environmental observations and share their data via the Internet with scientists and other students to use in their research.
Green Map System (GMS), P.O. Box 249, New York, NY 10002, Fax: 212.674.6206, Email: info@greenmap.com, Website: http://www.greenmap.org. The mission of GMS is to strengthen the community's awareness of and connection to the urban ecology through locally- created visual representations of hometown environments, mixing the art of map-making with new, interactive media. Green Maps illluminate the interconnctions between sociey, nature and the built environment, helping residents make lower impact lifestyle choices and guiding visitors to successful initiatives they can replicate back home.
Idealist Kids and Teens, Website: http://www.idealist.org/kt. The Idealist Kids and Teens web site introduces young people (18 and younger) to the world of nonprofit organizations and encourages them to get involved in their communities and in the activities and issues that nonprofit organizations pursue.
Learning Adventures in Citizenship, Website: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork/laic. This interactive website, a project of the Markle Foundation and Thirteen/WNET, is designed to promote student participation and volunteerism in communities across the United States.
Massachussets Green Schools Program, c/o Massachussets Technology Collaborative, 75 North Drive, Westborough, MA 01581- 3340, Tel: 508.870.0312, Fax: 508.898.9226, Website: http://www.mtpc.org. The Green Schools program provides school districts throughout the state with the information and resources necessary to help them design and build high performance facilities that are energy efficient and that use renewable energy technologies.
Minnesota Association for Environmental Education, 3815 East 80th Street, Bloomington, MN 55425-1600, Tel: 952.854.5900, Email: maee@uswestmail.net, Website: http://naaee.org/maee. This association promotes a responsible citizenry through environmental education and action.
National Environmental Education Advancement Project (NEEAP), College of Natural Resources, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI 54481, Tel: 715.346.4748, Fax: 715.346.4748, Email: neeap@uwsp.edu, Website: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/neeap. NEEAP is a national organization which aids state and local environmental education leaders in promoting their environmental education efforts and develops informational items on building state capacities for environmental education.
New Jersey Sustainable Schools Network, c/o Global Learning, Inc., 1018 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, NJ 07083, Tel: 908.964.1114, Fax: 908.964.6335, Email: globallearning@worldnet.att.net, Website: http://community.nj.com/cc/sustainableschools. The New Jersey Sustainable Schools Network is a consortium of schools and a wide variety of organizations committed to promoting education for a sustainable future in schools in New Jersey.
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE), 410 Tarvin Road, Rock Spring, GA 30739, Tel: 706.764.2926, Fax: 706.764.2094, Email: email@naaee.org, Website: http://www.naaee.org. NAAEE is a network of professionals and students working in the field of environmental education throughout North America and in over 55 countries around the world.
Ohio Alliance for the Environment, 1500 West Third Avenue, Suite 30, Columbus, OH 43212, Tel: 614.487.9957, Fax: 614.487.9957, Email: probasco@ohioalliance.org, Website: http://www.ohioalliance.org. The Ohio Alliance collaborates with other Ohio-based groups to develop and implement a statewide strategy for building Ohio's ability to promote reform-based environmental education.
Redefining Progress - Ecological Footprint Project, 1904 Franklin Street, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, Tel: 510.444.3041, Email: info@rprogress.org, Website: http://www.redefiningprogress.org/programs/sustainability /ef. This project helps individuals estimate their impact on the environment by measuring how much nature they use to sustain themselves.
Second Nature, 99 Chauncy Street, Sixth Floor, Boston, MA 02111-1703, Tel: 617.292.7771, Fax: 617.292.0150, Email: info@secondnature.org, Website: http://www.secondnature.org. Second Nature provides training programs and access to educational resources to promote environmental education at institutions of higher learning.
SEEK - Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge, MN, Website: http://www.seek.state.mn.us/. This website provides extensive resources on environmental education.
"Sustainable University of Michigan", University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, Email: sustainUMcore@umich.edu, Website: http://www.umich.edu/~usustain. The Sustainable University of Michigan initiative calls for the University of Michigan to formally integrate a Sustainability agenda into its operations and educational approach. The website includes a suggested agenda and implementation strategies and a list of sustainability efforts at other institutions.
The Natural Step (TNS), P.O. Box 29372, The Presidio, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, General Kennedy Avenue, Building 1007, Suite 225, San Francisco, CA 94129-0372, Tel: 415.561.3344, Fax: 415.561.3345, Email: tns@naturalstep.org, Website: http://www.naturalstep.org/. The Natural Step trains business, government, educational, and community leaders in natural systems thinking and planning so that collective daily actions support the emergence of a sustainable economy in America and throughout the world.
The Orion Society, 187 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230, Tel: 413.528.4422, Fax: 413.528.0676, Email: orion@orionsociety.org, Website: http://www.orionsociety.org. The Orion Society is a publisher, an environmental education organization, and a communications and support network for grassroots environmental and community organizations across the US.
The Rural School and Community Trust, Email: info@ruraledu.org, Website: http://www.ruraledu.org. The Rural Trust seeks to strengthen relationships between rural schools and communities and engage students in community- based public work. Its school-facility network works to improve school-community facilities, increase community participation in the facilities design process, and expand the purposes these public resources can serve.
University Committee for a Sustainable Campus, University Committee/Office of Campus Sustainability, 525 South Kedzie Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, Tel: 517.355.1751, Fax: 517.432.9555, Email: link@mail.lib.msu.edu, Website: http://www.ecofoot.msu.edu. The mission of the University Committee for a Sustainable Campus is to foster a collaborative learning culture that will lead the Michigan State University community to a heightened awareness of its environmental impact; to conserve natural resources for future generations; and to establish MSU as a leader in creating a sustainable community.
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF), 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037, Tel: 202.778.6133, Fax: 202.778.6138, Email: info@ulsf.org, Website: http://www.ulsf.org. ULSF helps to build and strengthen institutional capacity to develop ecologically-sound policies and practices, and to make sustainability a major focus of academic disciplines, research initiatives, operations systems, and outreach efforts of higher education institutions worldwide.
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American Library Association. A Librarian's Guide to Global Programming for a Sustainable Future. (June 1998). This guide seeks to provide public and school librarians with a variety of practical resources for contributing to the public's understanding of major global trends and relationships that also affect local communities. To obtain this resource contact the American Library Association International Relations Office, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795; Tel: 312.280.3201; Fax: 312.280.3256; Email: intl@ala.org. This resource can be found online at: http://www.ala.org/work/international/guide/adult.html.
American Library Association. Libraries Build Sustainable Communities. This website introduces sustainable community development as a process for making choices about the future, identifies three basic dynamics of community, and suggests activities to guide communities and libraries toward becoming sustainable. This resource can be found online at: http://www.ala.org/sustainablecommunities/intro.html.
AtKisson, Alan. Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World. (White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1999). This book provides an optimistic view of a future that embraces the ideas, techniques, and practices of sustainable living.
Balu, Rekha. "Lessons for Life". Fast Company. (June 2000). This article describes a consensus- based "microsociety" educational model used at the Garehime Elementary School in Las Vegas, NV, where children run their own marketplace and currency, postal service and court system and learn about leadership and accountability. This resource can be found online at: http://www.fastcompany.com/online/35/lifelessons.html.
Campus Earth Summit. Blueprint for a Green Campus: the Campus Earth Summit Initiatives for Higher Education. (1994). The Blueprint, crafted at the Campus Earth Summit at Yale University in February 1994, is a set of recommendations for higher education institutions across the globe to work toward an environmentally sustainable future. This resource can be found online at: http://www.envirocitizen.org/cgv/blueprint.
Center for a Sustainable Future. Sustainable Development Resource Database. This online database, compiled by Education for a Sustainable Future, a project of the Center for a Sustainable Future, includes books and articles, web sites, classroom activities, and other media resources for educators interested in sustainable development. The website also describes three downloadable software programs on sustainability that can be used K-12. This resource can be found online at: http://csf.concord.org/esf/Resources.cfm.
Children's Task Force on Agenda 21. Rescue Mission Planet Earth: a Children's Edition of Agenda 21. (New York, NY: Kingfisher Books, 1994). This book was written by children from nearly 100 countries to inspire young people all over the world to join the mission to save the earth.
Churchill, Jane and Gwynne Basen. A Crack in the Pavement. (National Film Board of Canada, 2000). This two- part video series shows children, teachers and parents how, working together to green their school grounds, they can make positive changes in their communities. To obtain this resource contact Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; Tel: 800.543.3764; Email: info@bullfrogfilms.com; Website: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com.
Clymire, Olga N. A Child's Place in the Environment: Curriculum Guide . (California Department of Education). This curriculum guide series provides elementary school teachers with an example of an interdisciplinary, thematic environmental education program. It is available in a series of six grade-level units. To obtain this resource contact Lake County Office of Education, 1152 South Main Street, Lakeport, CA 95453; Tel: 707.263.7249; Fax: 707.263.0197; or call the CA Department of Education at 800.995.4099.
Everett, Melissa. Making a Living while Making a Difference: The Expanded Guide to Creating Careers with a Conscience. (Gabriola Island, Canada: New Society Publishers, 1999). This book provides a 10-step program for career development that stresses personal fulfillment, integrity, and contribution, focusing on personal, social and environmental values as the driving force for career decisions.
Hopkins, Susan and Jeffrey Winters. Discover the World: Empowering Children to Value Themselves, Others and the Earth. (Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers, 1990). To obtain this resource contact New Society Publishers, P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, BC, VORIXO, Canada; Tel: 800.333.9093; Fax: 604.247.7471.
Innovative Design. Sustainable Schools Checklist. This section of the Innovative Design web site gives a summary of the key components of sustainable design for school buildings. This resource can be found online at: http://www.innovativedesign.net/sustainable-design.
Izaak Walton League of America Sustainability Education Project. Community Sustainability: A Mini-Curriculum for Grades 9- 12. (Gaithersburg, MD: Izaak Walton League of America, 1996). This 68-page curriculum provides students with information about sustainability and tells how citizens, businesses and governments are working to achieve sustainability at the community level. It also focuses on environmental action skills students need to participate in the community sustainability movement. To obtain this resource contact the Sustainability Education Project, IWLA, 707 Conservation Lane, Gaithersburg, MD 20878; Tel: 301.548.0150; Email: sustain@iwla.org; Website: http://www.iwla.org.
MacAndrew, Heather and David Springbett, directors. Community Animals. (Asterisk Productions, 1997). In this video some of today's leading thinkers explore fundamental questions of work, time, values, change and how we will live together in the next millennium. To obtain this resource contact Bullfrog Films, P.O. Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; Tel: 800.543.3764; Email: info@bullfrogfilms.com; Website: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com.
McKeown, Rosalyn. Education for Sustainable Development Tool Kit. The ESD Tool Kit helps schools and communities develop a process to create locally relevant and culturally appropriate education. To obtain this resource contact Center for Geography and Environmental Education, 311 Conference Center Building, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4134; Tel: 865.974.1880; Fax: 865.974.1838; Email: mckeown@utk.edu. This resource can be found online at: http://www.esdtoolkit.org.
Middlebury College. Guiding Principles. These Principles, adopted by the Middlebury College Trustees in 1999, outline the College's environmental goals pertaining to construction, renovation, operation and maintenance of campus facilities. They are a statement of purpose that defines how the College and its appointees will make decisions pertaining to the relationship of this built environment and the natural environment.. This resource can be found online at: http://www.middlebury.edu/~enviroc/gbprinciples.html.
Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance and the Minnesota Environmental Education Advisory Board (EEAB). A GreenPrint for Minnesota: A State Plan for Environmental Education. This document offers guidance to individuals, organizations and agencies that deliver or support environmental education in Minnesota . To obtain this resource contact the Education Clearinghouse, Minnesota OEA, 520 Lafayette Rd N # 200, St. Paul, MN 55155-4100; Tel: 651.215.0232, 800.877.6300 (Minn. only). This resource can be found online at: http://www.moea.state.mn.us/ee/greenprint.cfm.
Monroe, Martha C., ed. What Works: A Guide to Environmental Education and Communication Projects for Practitioners and Donors. (Gabriola Island, Canada: New Society Publishers, 1999). This manual illustrates some of the most successful environmental education and communication projects from around the world and provides program ideas.
National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities. Outdoor Learning. This website contains a resource list of links, books, and journal articles on the design, construction, and maintenance of school grounds to support and enhance a school's educational objectives. This resource can be found online at: http://www.edfacilities.org/rl/outdoor.cfm.
O'Sullivan, Edmund. Transformative Learning: Educational Vision for the 21st Century. (New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999). This book focuses on how to make education more relevant -- personally and globally -- in the next millenium.
Paden, Mary and Sarah A. Snyder. "Exploring Sustainable Communities" Teacher's Guide. (Washington, DC: World Resources Institute, 1997). This teacher's guide is a unit of WRI's Teacher's Guide to World Resources.
President's Council on Sustainable Development. From Classroom to Community and Beyond: Educating for a Sustainable Future. (Washington, DC: President's Council on Sustainable Development, 1997). This is the report of the Public Linkage, Dialogue, and Education Task Force of the President's Council on Sustainable Development. This resource can be found online at: http://clinton2.nara.gov/PCSD/Publications/TF_Reports/lin kage-top.html.
Rosner, Joan and Hy Rosner. Albuquerque's Environmental Story: Educating for a Sustainable Community. (Albuquerque, NM: The Albuquerque Conservation Association, 1996). This document was created to help students relate to their local natural and human environment and to foster a mindset which can lead to a sustainable future for their community. To obtain this resource contact the Albuquerque Conservation Association, PO Box 946, Albuquerque, NM 87103. This resource can be found online at: http://www.cabq.gov/aes/index.html.
Saphire, David. Making Less Garbage on Campus: A Hand-on Guide. (New York, NY: INFORM, Inc., 1995). This report offers case studies of campuses that have learned to prevent waste in a variety of innovative ways and includes checklists for action. To obtain this resource contact Whitman Distribution,10 Water Street, Lebanon, NH 03766; Tel: 800.353.3730.
The Learning Team. The Green Home: A new "green" way of building and operating your home. This CD-ROM teaches students in grades 7-12 to be more environmentally aware by showing them a new "green" way of building and operating homes. It has three primary sections: a walkthrough, a "library" with information on over a hundred environmental topics, and an "activities" section with interactive screens for manipulating various aspects of the house. To obtain this resource contact The Learning Team, 84 Business Park Drive, Suite 307, Armonk, NY 10504; Tel: 1.800.793.TEAM; Fax: 914.273.2227.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Service-Learning Education Beyond the Classroom [EPA530-K-99-001]. This booklet profiles both school-based and community-based recycling and waste reduction initiatives that emphasize education as well as service. To obtain this resource contact RCRA Hotline, 800.424.9346.
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. Educational Resources for Students/Youth. This EPA web site hosts a vast array of teacher resources on water-related environmental education programs. This resource can be found online at: http://www.epa.gov/adopt/education.html.
Union of Concerned Scientists. Global Warming: Early Warning Signs - Curriculum Guide and Map. This curriculum, geared towards students and teachers in grades 9-12, is designed to accompany a science-based world map depicting the local and regional consequences of global climate change. The materials align with National Learning Standards for Science, Geography, Social Studies, Language Arts, Environmental Education, and Technology. To obtain this resource contact Jason Mathers at ssi@ucsusa.org; Tel: 800.666.8276. This resource can be found online at: http://www.climatehotmap.org/curriculum/index.html.
Urban, Hal. Life's Greatest Lessons: 20 Things I Want My Kids to Know. 3rd Edition.. (Redwood City, CA: Great Lessons Press, 2000). This book is a treasury of truth, wisdom, and common sense that will help find the best in the world, in others, and in oneself. To obtain this resource contact Hal Urban, 790 Barbour Drive, Redwood City, CA 94062-3014; Tel: 650.366.2882; Fax: 650.366.9882.
Wackernagel, Mathis and William Rees. Our Ecological Footprint - Reducing Human Impact on the Earth. (Philadelphia, PA: New Society Publishers, 1996). This book presents a new tool for measuring and visualizing the resources required to sustain our households, communities, regions,and nations. To obtain this resource contact: New Society Publishers, P.O. Box 189, Gabriola Island, BC, VORIXO, Canada; Tel: 800.333.9093; Fax: 604.247.7471; Website: http://www.newsociety.com.
Whitacre, Paula T. Fostering Sustainable Cities: The Role of Environmental Education and Communication. (Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development, 1997). To obtain this resource contact GreenCOM, Academy for Educational Development, 1255 23rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; Tel: 202.884.8700; Fax: 202.884.8997; Email: greencom@aed.org. This resource can be found online at: http://www.usaid.gov/environment/greencom/fsc.pdf.
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