An ARC Linkage project examining treaty and agreement-making with Indigenous Australians and the nature of the cultural, social and legal rights encompassed by past, present and potential agreements and treaties. The project also examines the process of implementation and the wider factors that promote long term sustainability of agreement outcomes.
Interdisciplinary
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Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements Project
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Centre for Health and Society, University of Melbourne
Reference material
Centre for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
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SAGE
Toolbox
The Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE) is a research center in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison, with about fifty faculty, scientists, students, and staff. The team contributes to the scientific and policy discourse on agriculture, air quality, climate, energy, public health, urban environment, and water.
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.
Ecologically Sustainable Development
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Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Reference material
This website provides useful material on the acts, policies and reports relating to ecologically sustainable development in Australia.
Effective community engagement
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Victorian Depts. Sustainability & Environment & Primary Industries
Toolbox
A workbook and toolbox to help practitioners plan and implement community engagement activities.
Environmental Defenders Office Compliance Portal
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Environmental Defender's Office (EDO)
Reference material
Although targeted towards the community at large, the website provides simple and clear information relating to environmental compliance in the NSW context that would be beneficial to both teachers and students alike. Links are also provided to relevant websites.
Griffith Review
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Griffith University
Griffith REVIEW is a quarterly publication designed to foster and inform public debate and to provide a bridge between the expertise of specialists and the curiosity of readers. Recent editions include: Populate or Perish (29); Food Chain (27); Participation Society (24); Cities on the Edge (20).
Institute for Sustainable Communities
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Institute for Sustainable Communities
Case study, Networks
This organisation runs many programs based in schools and communities in China, Kosovo, Macedonia and other eastern European nations.
Integrated Sustainability Analysis
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The University of Sydney
Networks, Reference material, Syllabus
Integrated Sustainability Analysis is a research team bringing together expertise in a range of disciplines including science, economics, waste technology and ecology. The site is useful in keeping educators and students informed of innovations in the fields of sustainability and the environment.
Learning for a Sustainable Future
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Learning for a Sustainable Future
Networks, Toolbox
LFS is a Canadian non-profit organisation whose mandate is to work with educators from across Canada to integrate the concepts and principles of sustainable development into the curricula at all grade levels.
Mekong e-Sim
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The University of Adelaide
Activity, Multimedia, Tutorial/syllabus
The Mekong e-Sim is an online roleplay simulation set in the Mekong region of South-East Asia which seeks to inform participants of the issues faced in the Mekong region and involve them in the hypothetical management of some of these conflicts.
Mirvac School of Sustainable Development
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Bond University
Bond University’s Mirvac School of Sustainable Development is dedicated to the concept and practice of sustainability by integrating design, planning, property, construction and urban development education. Positioned within Bond’s faculty of Business, Technology and Sustainable Development, the School offers a comprehensive suite of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, developed from the ground up to embrace the very latest environmental, master planning and design guidelines.
Sustainability at Macalaster: Curriculum resources
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Macalaster College, Minnesota
Multimedia, Networks, Syllabus, Toolbox
A number of varied teaching resources on education for sustainability topics and syllabi plus useful Networks links.
Sustainable Development
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Delft University, Netherlands
Case study, Reference material, Syllabus
Free online courses and educational materials relating to sustainable development (including technology for sustainable development and sustainable development for engineers) water management, offshore engineering and microelectronics by one of Europe's most prestigious universities.
Teach sustainability
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The University of New South Wales
The Teach Sustainability resource sharing hub was developed by the Sustainable Living Challenge Team at the Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney. The site is designed primarily to support NSW high school teachers but can be used by any sustainability education practitioner. All resources available on this site aim to assist teachers to deliver learning outcomes that increase the capacity of the next generation to create a sustainable future.
Teaching & learning for a sustainable future - a multimedia teaching education program
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UNESCO Education International
Case study, Multimedia, Syllabus, Toolbox, Workshops & seminars
This is an extremely comprehensive site providing guidelines for running successful workshops, and four workshop modules on Introducing Teaching & Learning for a Sustainable Future (TLSF), Teacher education for a sustainable future, Multimedia approaches in teaching education and using TLSF in courses.
Teaching and learning through civil engagement: Prospects for sustainability in teacher education
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Issues in Educational Research 2010
Reference material
The title of the article describes its content. Challenges to uptake by academics in using community organisations to teach sustainability could be applied to other disciplines.
The Climate Institute
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The Climate Institute
Reference material
A large number of reports on all aspects of climate change impacts e.g. attitudes to climate change; economic impacts; energy policy etc.
The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
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Australian Research Insitute for Environment and Sustainability (ARIES)
Lecture/Tutorial
ARIES has developed a module in energy efficiency and renewable energy for students in the tertiary sector, so they may develop an informed understanding of the issues and the role they might choose to play in contributing to solutions. The resource was commissioned by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.
The purpose of the unit is to provide students with the understanding, skills and capabilities to incorporate concerns about energy efficiency, energy effectiveness and renewable energy into their personal and working lives. The modular construction of the unit will allow teachers and lecturers to either utilise the content within existing courses, or to develop new short courses.
The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: skills for a changing world
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Dartington: Green Books www.greenbooks.co.uk
Multimedia
The book defines the skills, attitudes, competences, dispositions and values necessary for surviving and thriving in our unsustainable world