Resources

Department Resources

Learning Resources for Education for Sustainable Development, Kindergarten to Grade 12: A Reference for Selecting Learning Resources (November 2008) ( 505 KB)
The list of titles with indexes was compiled using the results of learning resources reviews conducted by the Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) in conjunction with Manitoba and Canadian Teachers. LSF is a Canadian non-profit organization founded in 1991 to implement education for sustainable develoment (ESD) into the formal school systems in Canada.

Education for Sustainable Development Grade 7 to Grade 9 Learning Resources: A Reference for Selecting Learning Resources (May 2007)
This publication is a reference tool provided by Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth to help educators select student and teacher learning resources to support the curriculum.

Education for Sustainable Development: A List of Titles with Suggested Uses for Senior 2 to Senior 4: A Reference for Selecting Learning Resources (April 2006)
This publication is a reference tool to help educators select student and teacher learning resources related to sustainable development where sustainable development concepts are woven into various subject areas.

Education for a Sustainable Future: A Resource for Curriculum Developers, Teachers, and Administrators
This publication is intended to assist Manitoba curriculum developers and educators to integrate sustainability concepts into new and existing curricula. "The challenge of Education for a Sustainable Future is to enable students to make choices that incorporate the essential principles and values of sustainability."

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National Resources

Learning for a Sustainable Future provides an online database of excellent, relevant, peer-reviewed curriculum resources relating to education for sustainable development. This is not a directory of resources, rather it is a database of high quality resources available to teachers. A resource is anything (print, multi-media) developed for use in the formal education system (K-12) and must come with instructions and materials.

 

International Resources

UNESCO
Highlights on the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development Progress to Date (January 2007)

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Sustainable Consumption

Here and Now: Education for Sustainable Consumption was developed by the UNEP and the Marrakech Task Force on Education for Sustainable Consumption, led by the Italian government, they form part of the global process to support a 10-Year Framework of Programs on sustainable consumption and production, as called for by the WSSD Johannesburg Plan of Action. The Guidelines are based on research of the Consumer Citizenship Network, an interdisciplinary network of educators, researches and civil society organizations.
http://www.consumersinternational.org/

Looking for likely alternatives (LOLA) was launched in 2005 by the CCN Network is a pedagogical tool for teachers and students which assists them in the process of identifying, evaluating and documenting cases of social innovation towards sustainable lifestyles.
http://www.sustainable-everyday.net/lolaprocess/

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Web Resources

The Earth Charter Handbook
http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/

Eco-Globe Supporting Websites

Resources for Thinking
http://www.resources4rethinking.ca/

Green Schools Initiative
http://www.greenschoolsmb.ca

Green Manitoba
http://www.greenmanitoba.ca

Manitoba in motion
http://www.manitobainmotion.ca/

Healthy Schools
http://www.gov.mb.ca/healthyschools/

Resource Conservation Manitoba
http://www.resourceconservation.mb.ca/

Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/index_e.html

Canadian Association for School Health
http://www.safehealthyschools.org/index.htm

Manitoba Science Council
http://www.scmb.mb.ca/

Planet Earth, Earth Sciences for Today
http://www.esfs.org/

Manitoba Conservation
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/susresmb/principles-susdev/index.html

Pollution Prevention
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/pollutionprevention/index.html

Waste Reduction
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/pollutionprevention/waste/index.html

Manitoba Envirothon
http://www.mbforestryassoc.ca/Envirothon/envirothon_home_page.htm

Manitoba Forestry Association
http://www.mbforestryassoc.ca/

Manitoba Model Forest
http://www.manitobamodelforest.net

Manitoba Conservation-Fisheries
http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/fish/

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