Success stories from this international organisation about how to motivate disengaged students through innovative school programs targeting individual students.
Health, Medicine And Veterinary Studies
13 resources found
Calling all health professionals
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Climate and Health Council
Networks, Toolbox
This UK based website has many links to organisations, research papers, government authorities and projects in the UK that are dealing with the impacts of climate change on human health.
Climate adaptation skills for professionals
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Graduate School of the Environment, Macquarie University
Toolbox
Access a number of case studies for students in climate change adaptation via this site. These were developed over a two year period for a federally funded research project aimed at determining employer needs for graduate skills in climate change adaptation. An email address is required to access resources.
Climate change and human health: risks and responses
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WHO (in collaboration with UNEP & WMO)
Reference material
Described as a 'summary' this booklet has short, concise sections on the impact of climate change on health and possible solutions to the problems. All parts of the booklet are downloadable as pdfs.
Doctors Without Borders
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Doctors Without Borders
Case study, Multimedia, Reference material
Videos, slide shows, podcasts, field reports and frontline stories of the organisation's activities worldwide, but mainly in developing countries.
Ecohealth101
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Ecohealth: Environmental change and our health
Toolbox
Cutting-edge environmental science made accessible through resource materials including research papers, lesson plans, activities, articles, books and interviews. Primarily targeted at school students, materials may be adapted for tertiary students.
Health & physical education for the earth.
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GreenHeart Education
Activity
Detailed website for primary teachers with articles on a variety of topics pertaining to nature and the uptake of an ethos of environmental sustainability by school students.
Psychology and climate change
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The Australian Psychology Society Ltd
Multimedia, Networks, Reference material
Articles and resources (including radio interviews) on psychology and climate change, and the impact of climate change on children in particular.
Psychology and climate change: Addressing a multi-faceted phenomenon and set of challenges
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American Psychological Association
Reference material
This report examines the role of psychology in understanding and addressing global climate change, including efforts to adapt and mitigate climate change.
Sustainability Online Resource & Toolkit for Education (Sorted)
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The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (UK)
Multimedia, Toolbox
A variety of resources provided in the area of sustainability education over a number of sectors e.g. health, poverty etc.
Teaching psychology for Sustainability: A manual of resources
Activity, Lecture/Tutorial, Multimedia, Reference material
A selection of teaching resources organised according to traditional sub disciplines of psychology but many could be used across sub disciplines.
Videos by Veterinarians Without Borders
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Veterinarians without borders
Multimedia
A large number of short videos on sustainability issues surrounding animals e.g. human health impacts, biodversity protection, domestic animal population control.
World cafe website
Activity
World cafe is a participation tool. This website shows the design principles of this technique and gives a number of good case studies where it has been used successfully both in communities and discipline areas to solve complex problems.