Climate Access: Sharing What Works
Type: International Agencies Organisation:
Summary: Climate Access is an online network for those engaging the public in the transformation to low-carbon, resilient communities.
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Gaia Education
Type: International Agencies, NGO Organisation: Gaia Education
Summary: Gaia Education promotes a holistic approach to education for sustainable development by developing curricula for sustainable community design. While drawing upon best practices within ecovillages and sustainable communities around the world, Gaia Education works in partnership with universities, ecovillages, government and non-government agencies and the United Nations.
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Gaia Education Design for Sustainability
Type: International Agencies, NGO Organisation: Gaia Education
Summary: The virtual course Gaia Education Design for Sustainability, GEDS, is offered by Gaia Education in collaboration with the Campus for Peace of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, UOC.
This link will take you straight into taster pages of the GEDS course, where you can access a variety of information across the social, ecological, economic and worldview dimensions of sustainability.
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Cool Australia - Educating young Australians for a sustainable future
Type: NGO Organisation: Cool Australia
Summary: Cool Australia’s educational program Our Cool School, brings sustainability and our environment into the classroom, providing teachers with engaging, fun and informative learning activities on a whole range of environmental topics.
Learning activities are year level specific (years 1 to 10) and linked to curriculum standards, including physical, personal and social learning. Discipline-based learning as well as interdisciplinary learning are also addressed.
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Learning and Teaching Sustainability
Type: NGO Organisation: Australian Learning and Teaching Council, University of Western Sydney and the Australian Government
Summary: Sustainability Resources for Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
This site enables:
* Academic staff and members of teaching units to find effective practice and resources for teaching sustainability
* University leaders and policy makers to access resources on implementing programs in sustainability, staff development initiatives and embedding sustainability in policy
* Prospective students to promptly identify courses and programs with a focus on sustainability, from short courses to postgraduate
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Indigenous Concepts of Country and Sustainability
Type: State Government Organisation: The Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability (ARIES)
Summary: The Indigenous concept of Country provides an excellent way for students to engage with systemic thinking, indeed it embraces sustainability. It is the holistic engagement of a person with a specific physical location that is both symbolic and real. Australian Indigenous people have a deep emotional connection to Country – they care for and nurture Country; visit Country; talk to Country; sing for Country; and feel sorry for Country. Country defines identity and with identity comes obligation to oneself...
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Marine WATERS
Type: State Government Organisation: Department of Fisheries Western Australia
Summary: Dive into the pool of curriculum-linked education resources of Marine WATERs (Western Australian Teacher Education Resources), an initiative of the Department of Fisheries and Woodside Energy.
Marine WATERs is an interactive and fully integrated resource that connects educators and students with resources and tools developed specifically to study Western Australia’s unique marine ecosystems and address challenges facing the sustainability of our aquatic resources.
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NSW Threatened Species Database
Type: State Government Organisation: Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water
Summary: This website contains detailed profiles for every threatened species, population and ecological community in New South Wales except those that are presumed extinct. The profiles include photos, descriptions, habitat, ecology, distribution, threats, management actions.
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Ethnic Communities Sustainable Living Project
Type: NGO, State Government Organisation: Ethnic Communities Council NSW and the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW
Summary: The Ethnic Communities Sustainable Living Project (ECSLP) is a partnership project between the Ethnic Communities’ Council of NSW and the NSW Government Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water. The project aims to assist organisations to engage culturally and linguistically diverse communities in local environmental activities and education.
A team of bilingual educators deliver environmental workshops, fieldtrips and art projects in community languages including Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and
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Australian Association for Environmental Education - NSW Chapter website
Type: NGO Organisation: Australian Association for Environmental Education - NSW Chapter
Summary: The Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE) is the professional association for environmental educators. AAEE NSW represents environmental educators from all sectors (community, formal and government educators) in discussions, debates and provides recommendations on issues and directions for a sustainable future. The AAEE NSW website provides a range of up to date events, news, resources and a members networking directory.
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